Dozens gathered in the Michigan state capitol today to protest the expansion of the Enbridge oil pipeline that cracked and leaked over 800,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River in Marshall, Michigan on July 25th, 2010 – “…the costliest inland oil […]
Continue readingEXXON CEO: Fossil Fuels Are Warming The Planet — But Don’t Worry, We’ll Adapt
NEW YORK (AP) — ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson says fears about climate change, drilling, and energy dependence are overblown. In a speech Wednesday, Tillerson acknowledged that burning of fossil fuels is warming the planet, but said society will be able to adapt. […]
Continue readingSea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson arrested in Germany, Faces Extradition to Costa Rica
from the Herald Sun / Australia Captain Paul Watson was arrested in Germany over the weekend and will be extradited to Costa Rica on an outstanding arrest warrant from an incident that occurred in 2002.
Continue readingResidents Blockade Injection Well One Week After 1,000 Gallon Fracking Waste Spill
[For updates check ohiofracktion.com] Concerned residents blocked access to an injection well in Trumbull County this morning, protesting the failure of Ohio regulators to adequately test and monitor dumping of toxic fracking waste. At least one protestor has been arrested and at […]
Continue readingTwo New Wolf Packs Established in NM
Federal wildlife managers have designated two more Mexican gray wolf packs in New Mexico, bringing the number of packs in the American Southwest to 14. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been trying to return the predators to their historic range […]
Continue readingThe Ecology of Disease
By Jim Robbins THERE’S a term biologists and economists use these days — ecosystem services — which refers to the many ways nature supports the human endeavor. Forests filter the water we drink, for example, and birds and bees pollinate crops, both […]
Continue readingDaniel McGowan having mail rejected
Cross Posted from NYCABC Folks from NYC Anarchist Black Cross have heard from Daniel McGowan regarding the every-other-week collection of updates and announcements we compile. These updates are typically about U.S. held political prisoners and prisoners of war and add up to 25-35 pages each time. They are […]
Continue readingIn Vast Effort, F.D.A. Spied on E-Mails of Its Own Scientists
Cross Posted from The New York Times A wide-ranging surveillance operation by theFood and Drug Administration against a group of its own scientists used an enemies list of sorts as it secretly captured thousands of e-mails that the disgruntled scientists sent privately to […]
Continue readingEnvironmental Scientists Protest Firings, Spending Cuts in Canada
by Blake Deppe, for The Indypendent In June 2012, Canada’s government made excessive cuts in its environmental departments, resulting in the firing of many top scientists. On July 9, those scientists – and their supporters – had decided they’d had enough; they […]
Continue readingSustainable Colonialism® in the Boreal Forest
by RUSS McSPADDEN / Earth First!News [The text of this work is free to share and distribute under the following Creative Commons License CC-BY-ND 3.0] What do you get when the world’s largest environmental organization and the world’s largest “sustainable” logging company […]
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