by the Center for Biological Diversity SAN FRANCISCO— The Obama administration announced plans on Thursday to dramatically expand offshore oil drilling, including in the Arctic and the heart of critical habitat for polar bears. The plan will also expand high-risk, ultra-deepwater drilling […]
Continue readingFeds Grant Approval for Southern Portion of Keystone XL
—By Kate Sheppard/ Mother Jones Not long after delaying the approval of the Keystone XL, President Obama announced that the administration is expediting consideration of permits for the pipeline’s southern portion. And that’s exactly what happened on Wednesday, according to the New […]
Continue readingFronteras y Cuerpos (Borders and Bodies)
por Russ McSpadden / arte por Jill Lavetsky for the English version click here En algún lugar en las afueras del viejo pueblo minero de Ruby -no es nada más que un pueblo fantasma- y no tan lejos de la frontera Arizona/México, […]
Continue readingEF! Journal Volunteer Party & Work Week! July 16-20th
Don’t forget that we’re inviting you to a week of jam-packed volunteer opportunities for the eco-rev, at our EF! Journal office in the Night Heron activist center, and adventuring in the Loxahatchee watershed. Join us the first week after the 2012 Rondy, […]
Continue readingOver 300 Protesters Demand Kitzhaber Stop Nestlé’s Water Grab in the Gorge
By Julia Degraw Portland, Ore. – Over 300 Oregonians gathered at Terry Schrunk Plaza in Southwest Portland yesterday to protest the development of a Nestlé Corporation water bottling facility in the Columbia River Gorge city of Cascade Locks. Protesters called on Governor […]
Continue reading‘Epic’ Fire Forces Tens of Thousands to Flee in Colorado
Cross-posted from CommonDreams Predictions of more frequent and intense fires fueled by climate change contained in recent study – Common Dreams staff A record-breaking heat wave in Colorado has generated what one local fire chief called a ‘firestorm of epic proportions’ and forced approximately […]
Continue readingFracking Blockade in Ohio Ends After 6 Hours
Cross Posted from NBC4 ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio — An Athens County woman was arrested Tuesday morning after she chained herself to two barrels of concrete and blocked the entrance of a fracking fluid injection well on Ladd Ridge Road. Madeline Fitch told reporters […]
Continue readingStudy: East Coast Sea Levels Rising Four Times Faster Than Global Average
by the Center for Biological Diversity SAN FRANCISCO— Sea levels on the East Coast are rising three to four times faster than the global average, putting several major U.S. cities at increased risk of flooding and storm surges, according to a new […]
Continue readingForest Service Approves Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Despite 26-year-old Environmental Review
by the Center for Biological Diversity GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK— The U.S. Forest Service announced late Monday that it will allow Denison Mines Corp. to begin excavating the “Canyon Mine” this fall without first updating the 26-year-old environmental impact statement for the […]
Continue readingNew Paintings by Marie Mason
Click here to view two more new paintings by Marie Mason. Marie Mason is a loving mother of two and a long-time activist in the environmental and labor movements. In March 2008, she was arrested by federal authorities for charges related to […]
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