By John Ruwitch QIDONG, China, July 28 (Reuters) – Angry demonstrators occupied a government office in eastern China on Saturday, destroying computers and overturning cars in a violent protest against an industrial waste pipeline they said would poison their coastal waters. The […]
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Help the Defenders of the Oldest Mountains in the World
There were 20 folks arrested at this action each with a bail of $25,000, for a combined bail of $500,000 — please spread this plea for solidarity. Donate to the Legal Fund here. Help any way you can.
Continue readingVideo: Mountain Mobilization shuts down largest mountaintop removal mine in U.S.
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Continue readingDaring Protesters Shut Down Obama Backed Strip Mine In West Virginia; 500,000 in Bail Needed!!!!
by Jeff Biggers Ramping up renewed efforts to end mountaintop removal mining in central Appalachia, scores of protesters staged a daring action at the controversial Hobet strip mine today in Boone County, West Virginia, shutting down operations through a series of coordinated […]
Continue readingWolf Looking for Love Finds None in California
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 […]
Continue readingBird Ingestion of Plastic in North Pacific Among Highest in the World
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 […]
Continue readingSaving Salamanders and Ourselves, From Ourselves
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 […]
Continue readingA Threatened Snail in the Path of Rosemont Copper Mine
By Samantha Bare / Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it will begin a yearlong review to determine whether the Sonoran talussnail is threatened, specifically by the proposed Rosemont Copper mine. The action is in […]
Continue readingVideo: Keystone Pipeline is a Toxic Frat-Boy D-Bag, and He’s Back
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Continue readingEgypt Resists Monsanto’s Genetically-Modified Maize
by Tafline Laylin When an insect feeds on Monsanto’s genetically-modified MON810 maize plant, it is in for a nasty surprise. Encoded within the seed’s DNA is an especially insidious insecticide called cry1Ab that causes the insect’s stomach to explode after ingestion. Given its brutal […]
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