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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cross Posted From CBC A protest at Charlottetown’s province house that included symbolic gifts of hemlocks trees turned nasty for MLAs on Friday. The demonstration was designed to be a statement about the realignment of the Trans-Canada Highway between Bonshaw and New […]
Cross Posted from Brisbane Times Protesters opposing coal seam gas production in Queensland have taken to Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point cliffs have their message heard – and seen. As part of the protest involving the Lock the Gate Alliance and environmental groups, seven […]
Cross Posted from Free Leah First and foremost, do not panic. Leah wanted for us to express these points to you with this news: She is extremely traumatized and experienced a lot of very, very bad things, but she is alive. The state of […]
Last month, activists with the Everglades Earth First! group joined forces with residents of Limestone Creek, a historic Black community, near the city of Jupiter. This week the alliance succeeded in defeating a plan related to Scripps Biotech in Palm Beach County. […]
[Yeah, that’s right. We EF! Journalistas occasionally escape the doldrums of office life and get out to the woods to raise some hell. The following is a first hand account, re-posted from TarSandsBlockade.org] One Blockader’s Story (Day 25) Monday’s early morning hike […]