Day 24 Report from East Texas Tar Sands Blockade [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYN64GX5u60] Monday I was arrested at the site of Tar Sands Blockade’s tree blockade in Winnsboro, TX. Though some people attend an action of that size with the intention of being […]
Updates from East Texas The following is an excellent report on yesterday’s events by Truthout reported, Candice Bernd. By Candice Bernd, Truthout | Report As the Texas tar sands tree-sit enters its fourth week, activists re-enter the tree village to supply and defend members of […]
Cross Posted from Sydney Morning Herald Thousands of people have protested in New South Wales against coal seam gas mining. The two largest protests were in Sydney and the north coast town of Murwillumbah. The rallies are part of a national week […]
Cross Posted from Citizens Voice People opposed to fracking for natural gas protested Monday against the infrastructure used to bring the gas to market. About two dozen people from as far away as Ithaca, N.Y., and Bloomsburg gathered in front of PVR […]
Cross Posted from The Vancouver SunA small group of protesters greeted the environmental review panel weighing the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline Tuesday as the hearings returned to British Columbia where the pipeline proponent will face cross-examination about its plans. Members of the […]
Opponents of new salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds deployed their own patrol vessels in a protest flotilla today. Guardians of the Sounds chairman Peter Beech said people wanted to show their opposition to King Salmon’s application to build nine more fish […]
Cross Posted from Commercial Appeal.com Royal Dutch Shell PLC is suing Greenpeace International in an attempt to have the environmental organization banned from holding any protest within 500 meters of any Shell property, or face a 1 million euros ($1.3 million) fine. […]
Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade.org Following a weekend of nonviolent civil disobedience training in North Texas by Tar Sands Blockade, dozens of protesters and supporters are rallying today at the site of the largest and longest tree sit in Texas history […]
Cross Posted from CAPR Leah -Lynn Plante was imprisoned at SeaTac Federal Detention Center yesterday by Judge Richard Jones for refusing to comply with a grand jury investigation. She will be in there for an indefinite length of time, potentially up to […]
While Transcanada strongly believes that there is “overwhelming support” to build this disasterous pipeline, the Earth First! Newswire is committed to keeping the international community of readers and eco-warriors posted on all of the amazing resistance that is helping prevent Alberta Tar […]