by Lynne Peeples As Hurricane Isaac batters the Gulf Coast, some experts are warning that the storm could threaten more than levees, power lines and gas prices. Isaac’s high winds and rains, they speculate, could also stir up remnant crude oil from […]
Continue readingRush Limbaugh: Obama Manipulated the Hurricane Forcast to Sabotage the RNC
from Climate Progress On his radio show today, Rush Limbaugh suggested that the government manipulated hurricane forecasts in order to force Republicans to cancel a day of their national convention, saying the model “allows them to do it.” “The hurricane center is the […]
Continue readingWashington Wildlife Officials to Kill 4 Wolves of the Wedge Pack
from the Seattle Times Washington state wildlife agents are preparing to kill up to four more gray wolves in the northeast corner of the state after investigators said the pack has injured or eaten livestock. But seven environmental groups on Friday urged […]
Continue readingThe RNC, Koch Habits, and Uprisings in District 12
by Clinton Tyree, reporting live from the streets of Tampa Bay. So Hurricane Issac didn’t blow the political elite and their flock far into the oil-slicked, algae blooms of Florida’s dismal Gulf Coast, like we had hoped. As it turns out, those […]
Continue readingCoke Plant Expansion Shut Down by Protestors in India
India – Thousands of villagers from Navelim in Bicholim taluka of Goa today observed a day-long Bandh against the Sesa Corporation’s Goa metallurgical coke plant in the village, with complaints that it is polluting their surroundings. Originally a Hindi word meaning ‘closed’, […]
Continue readingBrandon Darby Claims “Occupy Anarchists” Plan to Take Down Emergency Medical Services at RNC
Earth First! Journal Offering Reward of Lifetime Subscription to Whomever Tars and Feathers Brandon Darby at the 2012 RNC the following story is from Big Government, a right wing Tea Party blog. Brandon Darby is the self proclaimed former Black Panther who, […]
Continue readingFamily Fun Day at the blockade against coal seam gas in Australia
Last week Police started issuing infringement notices at the blockade site of Fullerton Cove coal seam gas pilot project in Newcastle, Australia. Officers told the protesters that they must vacate the site. Instead more residents have arrived to support the cause. And […]
Continue readingActivists on Occupied Russian Arctic Oil Rig Hit with Water Cannon
Six activists with Greenpeace International have occupied a Russian oil rig to protest drilling in the Arctic. The rig belongs to the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom, which is set to become the first company to produce Arctic oil through drilling operations […]
Continue readingOld School Earth First! in Technicolor
Damn, this video has it all: an intro by Ed Abbey, mullets, footage of tree spiking, camo-hats, endorsement of direct action by the Sierra Club, hippies circumnavigating a tree and singing sweet hippy songs and timber officials calling them eco-terrorists. You don’t […]
Continue readingBiomass Incinerator Looms on Horizon for Gypsum, Colorado
– by Josh Schlossberg, The Biomass Monitor An 11.5 megawatt biomass power incinerator proposal for the 6,400 person central-Colorado town of Gypsum is moving along swiftly, despite concerns of community members and at least one town councilor. Utah-based Eagle Valley Clean Energy […]
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