Scientists studying grey wolves in Yellowstone national park have developed a method to predict how animals will respond to climate change. The discoveries gleaned from the study, published on Thursday in Science, could eventually help scientists discover which animals are more resilient […]
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Blast from the Past: “The Politics of Radical Environmentalism” 1987 Earth First! documentary
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhTTAVbDEfw&w=640&h=360] This film is a pre-released version of the documentary “Earth First!: The Politics of Radical Environmentalism” produced by Chris Manes. Its an examination of Earth First! in the early days, filmed at, and around the time of, the 1987 Grand […]
Continue readingCars, Cops and Corporations feel the heat of British riots
By Panagioti, co-editor, Earth First! Journal There is plenty of news covering the riots in Britain. So we won’t go much into the details, except to say that racist cops shot and killed someone, and lied about it, again. It can be […]
Continue readingAgent Orange Being Used to Clear the Amazon
Agent Orange is one of the most devastating weapons of modern warfare, a chemical which killed or injured an estimated 400,000 people during the Vietnam War — and now it’s being used against the Amazon rainforest. According to officials, ranchers in Brazil […]
Continue readingExxon causes oil spill in Yellowstone
Hundreds of barrels of crude oil spilled into Montana’s Yellowstone River after an ExxonMobil pipeline beneath the riverbed ruptured, sending a plume 25 miles downstream and forcing temporary evacuations, officials said. The break near Billings in south-central Montana fouled the riverbank and […]
Continue readingHudson Valley Earth First! joins fight to close Indian Point Nuke plant
On June 2nd the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) had a meeting to talk about the safety of Indian Point reactors # 2 & 3. Over 500 people showed up to voice concerns over the deteriorating power plant. Below are excerpts from a […]
Continue reading“Don’t Frack with Cackalack!” Three Croatan Earth First!ers arrested
Exercpt from a June 15, 2011 press release by Croatan Earth First!: Raleigh, NC – On Tuesday night, over twenty-five people showed their opposition to hydraulic fracturing and offshore drilling in North Carolina outside of the legislative building before heading inside for […]
Continue readingTake Back the Land: Direct action for the Earth should start at home…
Preferably a liberated home. By Panagioti Tsolkas, Earth First! Journal While Earth First! is most commonly associated with the direct action to defend of the wild from corporations and governments, the fight to liberate urban land (often from those same corporations and […]
Continue readingRollins 5 charges dropped! Resistance to industrial wind continues in Maine
Bangor, Maine—Today, all trespassing charges were dropped against Maine Earth First! activists Jessica Dowling, John Waters, Leonard Murphy, Donald Smith and James Freeman. The five were arrested in November after they blocked construction vehicles at the Rollins industrial wind energy project. Charges […]
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