Controversial gas- and oil-drilling method is under increasing scrutiny in the state of California By Christine G.K. LaPado Dave Garcia recalled the first time he showed the widely acclaimed 2010 documentary film Gasland—which looks at the effects of natural-gas drilling in the […]
Cross posted from MinesandCommunities.org In a serious incident last week, unidentified assailants shot at Ms. Yolanda “Yoli” Oquely Veliz, a Guatemalan anti-mining activist from San Jose del Golfo. She was campaigning against the activities of Canadian company, Radius Gold, and is currently […]
UN Meets with protests and People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice Leaders from around the globe gathered Wednesday to open three days of talks at the United Nations conference on sustainable development, where a sober, unambitious mood prevailed as negotiators produced […]
With Markets For Change, The Last Stand, JATAN Japan Tropical Forest Action Network, and The ObserverTree, Huon Valley Environment Centre has released this film that shows the cycle of destruction in Tasmania’s forests, this is still happening today. This footage was recently […]
Leaked Embassy cables reveal Western complicity A new timeline launched by oil watchdog Platform suggests that the role of British and US governments in the Niger Delta conflict links them to Nigerian military groups through oil giants like Shell and Chevron. The timeline, based on over […]
from the Arizona Daily Star WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled U.S. House approved a bill today that would allow the Border Patrol to circumvent more than a dozen environmental laws on all federally managed lands within 100 miles of the borders with Mexico […]
By Ian C. Campbell, The Oregonian With an invisible flash of infrared light across the snow, motion-detecting cameras in the mountains of Oregon may have snapped evidence of a nocturnal fox not seen in the state in decades. These new photos provide […]
The first weeks of June saw another display of open defiance to Shell’s pipeline construction in County Mayo. The following is a report from the Rossport Solidarity Camp: The week of action started with fortifying the camp against eviction, and as the […]
Cutten, Ca. – Monday, June 18th 2012 – After 4 years of continuous tree-sitting in the McKay Tract, Earth First! Humboldt is declaring success. Green Diamond Resource Company (GDRC) has sent paperwork to the Calfire’s forestry department, ending the clear-cut logging plan […]
by Leslie James Pickering My earliest understandings of Earth First! were almost mythological – people escaping into the wilderness, dismantling bulldozers and blasting dams. When I finally encountered Earth First! in person, what I saw was something quite different – a much […]