Groups gather at Mendiola to protest mining

MANILA, Philippines – Environmental and militant groups gathered at Mendiola near Malacañang on Saturday to kick off an “intensified” campaign against mining in the country. The Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment is calling for a moratorium on all mining applications of […]

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No Coal Eugene Banner Drop

(EUGENE, Ore.) – Yesterday at approximately 1:36 PM members of No Coal Eugene dropped a banner reading “STOP THE COAL TRAIN” from the parking garage on 10th and Oak in Eugene, Oregon. This action was done in solidarity with Rocky Mountain Powershift […]

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Whale Wars Victory – Activists to be Released

Three Australian Activists Released from Detention on a Japanese Whaler in Australian Waters 10 Jan, 2012 07:45 AM An unscheduled meeting between Japan’s whalers and environmental activists on the high seas seems an unlikely backdrop to an outbreak of détente. But Australia […]

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O’odham Pepper Sprayed in Phoenix ALEC Protest

David Ortega, Tohono O’odham native elder, suffered a stroke after being pepper sprayed by police and is now at the hospital. SCOTTSDALE, Arizona— Tohono O’odham David Ortega, veteran and elder, suffered a stroke today after being pepper sprayed by police at the […]

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Protests Continue Against Iron Mining

By Karlen Aslanian Cross-posted from here Opposition politicians and environmental activists joined on Wednesday about two hundred residents of the central Armenian town of Hrazdan in protesting against the opening of an iron mine which they believe would have grave ecological consequences. […]

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