by Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Climate campaigners celebrated Thursday after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit delivered yet another blow to a controversial gas project spanning over 300 miles in Virginia and West Virginia. “At a time when we need to […]
Continue readingBetween Brock and a Hard Place: Campers Stage Intervention to Save Badger Setts from Destruction in Brighton Stand-Off
from Freedom News A month ago, just after New Year, a group of youth climate activists took land on Coldean Lane in Brighton. They put up a treehouse in opposition to developers plans to fell healthy trees and destroy active badger setts. […]
Continue readingHalf of Norway’s Wolves “Saved for this year” as Animal Rights Groups Fight Cull
by Helana Horton / The Guardian Norway has halted a major hunt of wolves after campaigners secured a court injunction. Twenty-five animals, within four packs, are in the “wolf zone”, an area of nature set aside to protect the predators, and these […]
Continue readingProsecutors Silence Evidence of Cruel Factory Farm Practices in Animal Rights Cases
by Natasha Lennard / The Intercept IN CRIMINAL TRIALS, judges routinely rule that certain evidence or testimony does not get presented to the jury. By and large, these rulings to exclude evidence benefit the defendant: Gruesome images of a murder victim, for […]
Continue readingBurst Pipeline Sprays Crude Oil Into Ecuadorian Amazon
by Julia Conley / Common Dreams Indigenous environmental defenders in Ecuador on Sunday pointed to a pipeline rupture in the Amazon rainforest as “the exact reason why we oppose oil extraction” as the pipeline operator temporarily halted pumping crude oil. A pipeline constructed […]
Continue readingHow an anti-trans group split the fight against a lithium mine
by Jael Holzman/E&E News OROVADA, Nev. — Max Wilbert, standing on a hill overlooking a wide plain of brush and farmland, walks over to a black banner that’s grabbed a lot of media attention. In blood-red letters, the banner reads, “Lithium Lies.” […]
Continue readingDefending The Atlanta Forest – Background and Reportback
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest Since Summer of 2021 there has been an active effort to prevent the development of the South River Forest. This effort is intersectional and has been supported by a wide variety of groups for several reasons. […]
Continue readingPipeline Near New Orleans Leaks Three Hundred Thousand Gallons of Oil
[Editorial Note: The existence of Pipelines, more than weak regulations, is what causes pipelines to leak. Instead of stronger regulations, perhaps a better solutions is no more pipelines.] by Cecelia Paz / Liberation News On Jan. 12, federal documents revealed an oil […]
Continue readingIllegal Logging Threatens Indigenous People in Cambodia
by Sarah Johnson / The Guardian Rampant illegal logging of protected forests is threatening the cultural survival and livelihoods of indigenous people in Cambodia, according to Amnesty International. Members of the Kuy people, one of the largest of Cambodia’s 24 indigenous groups, told […]
Continue readingMapuche Political Prisoners Fight to Maintain Their Culture Behind Bars
from Anarchist Federation Mapuche political prisoners in the city of Angol are denouncing the Chilean Gendarmerie for obstructing their cultural ceremonies inside the prison. What follows is a translation of their statement, with added links and some [bracketed translations] for Mapuche terminology. There’s been […]
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