By Jeff Barnard / The Associated Press A wandering Oregon wolf that has been out looking for love has gotten the cold shoulder from people in one Northern California county. Citing fears that if wolves move into the area they will attack […]
Breaking Update: Cross Posted from the Portland Mercury: The first interview with any of the Portlanders who were served grand jury subpoenas as FBI agents searched their homes on Wednesday, July 25, shines some light on what authorities may be hoping to achieve with the […]
Taiwan’s protesters: Is Malaysia next? After protest stalls giant petrochemical in Taiwan, plans are to build it in Malaysia A long-running saga has come to the end for a US$12.8 billion attempt by the Kuokuang petrochemical company , which is owned by […]
Yesterday we posted news of Captain Paul Watson bail-skipping out of Germany and into free water. Today his attorney reveals knowledge of an additional extradition request from the Japanese Embassy, submitted July 19th to the German Foreign Office. Germany had been proceeding […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — On the second anniversary of the costliest onshore oil spill in U.S. history, environmental groups held rallies in several states Wednesday to raise concerns about transporting tar sands oil in underground pipelines. Demonstrators walked along the riverfront […]
More than a dozen protesters from Quebec’s Innu First Nation are due to arrive in Vermont this weekend to protest the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, being held in Burlington. They are protesting against the construction of a new […]
by Jaymi Heimbuch The deadliness of ocean plastic pollution for birds and other animals should come as no surprise. It is something biologists have witnessed for years, including among the albatross of Midway. But the rate at which seabirds are ingesting plastic […]
Kelly Pflug-Back, Food Not Bombs activist, author, poet and new member of the Fifth Estate editorial collective, has been sentenced to 11 months in jail for her role during the G20 summit’s protests in 2010. You can write her a letter at: […]
by Tierra Curry / Center for Biological Diversity When you think of mountaintop removal coal mining, you probably don’t think of salamanders. But you should — because when coal companies use the cheapest and most destructive methods to blow off the top […]
By Philippin@ Anarchist A group of anarchist demonstrators wearing mask, around 30 individuals, (with black clothes tied on in their face) unpredictably showed up from Aurora Avenue, Cubao Quezon City staging uncompromising rebellion against the State of the Nation Address or SONA. […]