Cross Posted from New York Times Local leaders were all smiles this summer at a groundbreaking ceremony for a vast copper smelting project that seemed like the answer to the chronic unemployment that has plagued this city in northern Sichuan ever since […]
Continue readingTunisians Protest against Shale Gas Extraction
Cross Posted from Tunisia Live By Houda Mzioudet About 50 Tunisians gathered today in front of the Tunisian Ministry of Industry and Energy to protest the proposal to drill for shale gas in Tunisia with international energy firm Shell. Members from civil society […]
Continue readingIsraeli Anti-Gas Protesters Disrupt Conference
Cross Posted from Jerusalem Post About 200 residents of the Hof HaCarmel region protested outside the Fifth Jerusalem Environment and Nature Conference on Sunday, angry at the idea of establishing a natural gas transmission site in their region. Eventually, a group of […]
Continue readingEarth First! Film Fest in South Florida
Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2012 new and classic films from the front lines of the eco-resistance PRINT OUT A PDF OF THE FLYER/POSTER Location: 822 North A Street, Lake Worth (Friends’ Quaker Meeting House) $10 suggested donation for the whole weekend, […]
Continue readingTranscript from Maddy’s Grand Jury Appearance
Cross Posted from Committee Against Political Repression Maddy Pfeiffer’s Grand Jury Appearance 11/07/12 Here are the notes from the Grand Jury hearings. Personal information has been redacted including the names of people asked about by the Prosecutor. Prosecutor Michael Dion: What is […]
Continue reading“Community Corridors” Resist the Pacific Trails Pipeline
“Community Corridors” resist “Canada’s Colonial Carbon Corridors” on Wet’suwet’en territory, colonially known as Northwest British Columbia by Julien Delacroix The other day I was watching videos of the Tar Sands Blockade where environmentalists were resisting the path of the Keystone XL pipeline […]
Continue readingMass Action to Stop Keystone XL – Monday, Nov. 19th
The movement to stop Keystone XL is escalating with another mass action in East Texas on Monday, Nov. 19th. Join us for 2 days of training and action in Nacogdoches, Texas, Nov. 18 & 19th. This is a family friendly event with […]
Continue readingControversial Logging Proposal on Federal Land in Oregon Meets Resistance
Cross Posted from Truthout By Alissa Bohling, Truthout | Report Aaron Nelson draws his bow and aims it at a branch high up in a Douglas fir tree. But Nelson isn’t hunting on this late September afternoon. At least, not to kill. He’s looking for […]
Continue readingNo Good Dirty Racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio Wins Again, Gets a Big F You in Arizona
TEMPE, AZ – Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign is staying busy this Election Day after a shocking message was left on Tempe Butte Tuesday morning. According to Arpaio’s campaign manager, several of his campaign signs were stolen and relocated to Tempe where they […]
Continue readingObit: Larry Bloch of the Wetlands Club in NYC Dies at 59
by James C. McKinley Jr., NY Times Larry Bloch, who built the Wetlands Preserve in TriBeCa into an influential rock club and a hub of environmental activism, died last week at his home in Brattleboro, Vt. He was 59. Larry Bloch, who […]
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