5 Charged with Felonies in Michigan Fracking Protest, Bail Needed

Today, October 24, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in Michigan held another Mineral Rights Auction.  The DNR is currently auctioning off 196,000 acres of land in Michigan.  This auction is one of the first steps toward Horizontal Hydrolic Fracturing in Michigan. […]

Activists Unfurl Banner Over ‘Peabody + United Way’ Billboard

The banner drop marks the beginning of the “Post-Peabody St. Louis” week of action, during which activists and community members will target institutions around the city that enable Peabody Coal to continue their business of causing global warming, contributing to St. Louis’ […]

Indigenous Communities Rise Up in Mexico

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 […]

14 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 […]

Croatan 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 […]

Dana 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, […]

Manifesting 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 […]