September 22-28 EF! Climbers Guild will be hosting a climbing camp this fall in southern Ohio. This is the first time a Guild camp has been organized in the Midwest and we are really excited about it! At the EF! National Rondezvous […]
Continue readingElectric Cars and Wind Farms Spurring Ecological and Social Devastation in China
By Le Monde From the air it looks like a huge lake, fed by many tributaries, but on the ground it turns out to be a murky expanse of water, in which no fish or algae can survive. The shore is coated […]
Continue readingSpice up your local infoshop with copies of the Earth First! Primer
You can now download copies of the newest Earth First! Primer for outreach and tabling in your community, or on your adventures gallivanting across the countryside. We currently have editions of the EF! Primer in English, Spanish and Greek. We are looking […]
Continue readingThe WE’RE F**KED Weather Report
the following weather summary for July is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Summary Information July 2012: hottest month on record for contiguous United States Drought expands to cover nearly 63% of the Lower 48; wildfires consume 2 million acres […]
Continue readingKeystone XL’s Beetlemania
by Sarah Laskow / The American Prospect The carcass of a passenger pigeon weighed in at exactly the size they preferred. Dead prairie chickens did, too. They aren’t so picky about the carcasses they bury: mammals will do as well as birds, […]
Continue reading2013 EF! Round River Rendezvous
We are thrilled to announce that Croatan Earth First! will be hosting next summer’s rendezvous in North Carolina. We’re already scouting out some beautiful locations that will have lots of swimming and hiking. The location will most likely be in the Piedmont […]
Continue readingBlack Bear “Management” Hearing Aug 29
Consider coming out to that event to speak in defense of the bears, or to join us for a demonstration outside. Either way, make sure you contact them at wrnccomments@ncwildlife.org and the executive director, Gordon S. Myers 919-707-0151. His individual e-mail is […]
Continue readingDoes “Anti-Occupy” Law End U.S. Right to Protest?
[Cross-Posted from The Washington Times by Paul A. Samakow. See comments below regarding the credibility of this article.] Thanks to almost zero media coverage, few of us know about a law passed this past March, severely limiting our right to protest. The […]
Continue readingToxic Fire at Chevron Refinery in Richmond, Calif
by Justin Berton, Kevin Fagan and Vivian Ho Thousands of East Bay residents were ordered to stay in their homes with the windows and doors closed Monday night after a series of explosions and fires tore through Chevron’s Richmond refinery. The explosions started […]
Continue readingCaffeine Pollution in the Ocean
Plastic, clothing fibers and CO2 are not the only things ending up the sea. So is caffeine. Scientists at Portland State University and Washington State University, Vancouver, found caffeine concentrations off the coast of Oregon. To their surprise, the substance was not […]
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