Over 30 Greenpeace activists broke into a nuclear plant, protesting the creation of more nuclear power in Sweden. According to their press release: “At 08:30 this morning 40 activists, dressed as renewable energy sources, such as the sun, wind and water, entered […]
A protest against the murder of a 15 year old Mexican boy on Mexican soil by a Border Patrol agent occurred close to the city of El Paso. Protesters crossed the Rio Grande and cut a hole in the fence. The 15 […]
In other news, there will be a progressiveclimate conference in Australia this November. It is important to support activist-run climate conferences in order find ways to put pressure on the “official delegates.” Continue the struggle all over the world for the wild! […]
In EPA news, yesterday’s ruling against the use of pesticide, endosulfan, in the US has sparked reviews of its use in other countries. Endosulfan is a persistent pollutant which harms wildlife as far away as the poles. Today, the Senate is discussing […]
[slideshow] Unsigned postcards were sent to timber companies and saw mills involved in the Globe Forest timber sale in North Carolina. The Campaign to Save the Globe Forest and others work very hard to protect old growth forest, but have failed to […]
Tristan Andersen is back in Berkeley, home with his family in the Sierra Foothills after being hospitalized for a long time. He still hasn’t regained the operation of the left side of his body, and needs to work on cognitive recuperation, but […]
We just received word that another unreported oil spill occurred, this time in the Niger Delta. On May 10, 2010 ExxonMobile caused the 16th worst oil spill in world history, spilling 214,475,800 gallons of oil. As the US and Europe ignore the […]
At the same time as the first tar balls started washing up on the beaches of Florida, Reporters without Borders released a report stating that environmental damage reporting is the most dangerous job in media. To top it off, today is World […]
Beset by industrial disasters and environmental militants, the State of Nigeria is on shaky ground. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has been strategically attacking the infrastructure of Shell oil as well as corrupt politicians and businessmen from […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BvMr5fiDDk&hl=en_US&fs=1&] In protest against Free Trade and the auctioning off of Indigenous lands in the Amazon, activist Q’orianka Kilcher and her mother, Saskia Kilcher chained themselves to the White House fence on Tuesday. Covered in black paint to represent the horrible environmental […]