Cross Posted from Frontera NorteSur For the second time in less than two years, an indigenous community in the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacán has erected barricades and seized control of security matters. Located in the Purépecha highlands of the Pacific coast […]
Continue reading14 Activists Arrested Protesting Coal in South Africa
Fourteen activists including groundWork‘s Bobby Peek, Earthlife’s Makoma Lekalakala and Greenpeace Africa‘s Melita Steele have been arrested while protesting at the Eskom megawatt park. Today, three campaigning organizations joined forces to put South Africa’s energy utility, Eskom, under “new management.” Activists confronted […]
Continue readingCroatan Earth First! Locks Down Against Fracking
Seven members of Croatan Earth First! and participants from our Piedmont Direct Action Camp locked together today, barricading the front of North Carolina’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) building in downtown Raleigh. Providing physical, active resistance against fracking in North […]
Continue readingDana Lyons’ Great Coal Tour Makes a Stop in Rising Tide Country
On Friday evening, October 19, performer and environmental educator Dana Lyons of Bellingham, Washington, brought his Great Coal Train Tour to Moscow. Best known for his comedy hit song Cows with Guns, Dana has recorded eight albums during his lifetime artistic career, […]
Continue readingManifesting Deliciousness for the Environment
Cross Posted from CBA Soup lovers packed Toronto’s Woodbine Park on Sunday in a culinary protest against a proposed mega-quarry planned for a site just north of the city. The one-day event called Soupstock featured over 200 chefs serving soups to raise awareness about […]
Continue readingEnvironmental Justice Rally Against MegaInfrastructure Project in Long Beach
In the latest confrontation over a proposed railyard on Long Beach’s western border, more than 100 people rallied to oppose the project Thursday night before a public hearing. As the 6 p.m. hearing being held by Port of Los Angeles officials got […]
Continue readingThousands of Protesters to Demonstrate Against Northern Gateway Tar Sands Pipeline
Cross Posted from Canadian Press VICTORIA _ Opponents of the Northern Gateway pipeline gathered Sunday for a protest school of sorts, in preparation for what they hope will be a massive show of environmental force on Monday. An estimated 300 protesters, who […]
Continue readingProtesters, police clash in Greece over gold mine
Cross Posted from Huffington Post THESSALONIKI, Greece — Hundreds of protesters have battled riot police for hours over plans for a gold mine in northern Greece’s Halkidiki peninsula. Police say one policeman and three protesters were hurt, while 21 protesters have been detained. […]
Continue readingAfter Summer of Solidarity, Eco-Activists Building Autumn of Unity
Cross Posted from Dissident Voice By Peter Rugh A hard rain was falling on Monday night as Occupy the Pipeline activists spread out along New York’s Hudson River Park, in front of the site where workers in orange day-glow vests have been laboring […]
Continue readingStand With the ACFN to Stop Pipelines At the Source
Cross Posted from It’s Getting Hot in Here Any fight against the pipelines and tanker projects in BC must be rooted at stopping them at the source—the Alberta Tar Sands. On Tuesday, October 23rd we will be standing with the Athabasca Chipewyan First […]
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