Cross Posted from Bangkok Post Work on Brazil’s controversial $13 billion Belo Monte mega-dam ground to a halt Monday after protesters torched buildings at three dam construction sites over the weekend, the developer said. Saturday, “a group of 30 people set fire to […]
Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade Right now TransCanada is bulldozing Nacogdoches local landowner, Michael Bishop’s property for its Keystone XL pipeline. Mr. Bishop has been a vocal opponent of the tar sands pipeline for years and has filed several lawsuits against […]
Cross Posted by Minnesota Public Radio by Tom Robertson Ojibwe tribal members spent part of the weekend protesting Minnesota’s first managed wolf hunt, which began Saturday. Tribal members on the White Earth Indian Reservation stood along highways in several tribal communities, carrying signs of […]
Cross Posted from ABC News Tasmania’s Premier has accused wealthy businessmen of bankrolling fringe environmental groups whose protests are threatening the forest industry. Five activists have been charged with trespass-related offences after a protest at Ta Ann’s timber processing site in […]
Cross Posted from The Register By Simon Sharwood Despite promising “Zero harm and sustainable development” and winning a court case permitting it to build a rare earth processing plant, Australian rare earth miner and processor Lynas Corp has failed to win favor from […]
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Cross Posted from France 24 Mock-up of the artificial beach slated to open in 2014 in Lung Mei. Photo courtesy of HK Wild Life. Three hundred animal and plant species could vanish from Hong Kong’s Lung Mei shoreline due to an artificial beach project. […]
Cross Posted from Pittsburgh Gazette More than 50 residents from Bessemer, Pa. and members of the Shadbush Environmental Justice Collective have joined together today to protest gas drilling that is underway 4,000 ft. from a local woman’s farm. Maggie Henry, who raises […]
Crossposted from BCBlackout On a sunny Saturday afternoon in East Vancouver, some thirty protesters gathered at a city park and then proceeded to blockade a Shell station located at Clark Drive and 12th Avenue. Organized by BC Blackout, an anarchist project opposing […]
Alright, eco-warriors, consider yourselves on notice. Tar Sands Blockade is stepping our game up, and we’re calling on you to do the same. We’ll be throwing down in a big way next Monday, November 19th, somewhere near Nacogdoches, Texas, the heart of […]