In a remote part of northwestern British Columbia lies the Sacred Headwaters. It’s where three important wild salmon rivers originate – the Skeena, Nass and Stikine. First Nations and local communities depend on the vitality of the Headwaters for their livelihoods. And […]
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Energy Industry Crackdown, Global Protest Frackdown
Yesterday, while Shell announced suing Greenpeace International in an attempt to have the organization banned from protest within 500 meters of any Shell property in the Netherlands, New York activist Susan Walker was sentenced to 15 days in jail after she refused […]
Continue readingClimate Justice Collective builds ice blockade at Shell HQ in London
Environmental protesters opposed to Shell’s Arctic oil drilling plans stacked a wall of ice blocks in front of an entrance to the company’s London headquarters yesterday. Some 15 activists from the group Climate Justice Collective participated in the action against Shell, saying […]
Continue readingGreenpeace activists shut down 74 UK Shell petrol stations
Greenpeace activists shut down 74 Shell petrol stations in Edinburgh and London in a protest against the company’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic that saw 24 campaigners arrested on Monday. The campaigners are attempting to shut off petrol to […]
Continue readingAnother Week of Stopping Shell at the Rossport Solidarity Camp
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 […]
Continue readingEmerging Market for Natural Gas
As if you needed another reason to hate Shell Travel Centers America (TA) and Shell are teaming up to offer Natural Gas at the fuel pumps coming in 2013. Shell came up with the brilliant idea because of how cheap and easy […]
Continue readingPreparing for another Summer of resistance at Rossport Solidarity Camp
A report from the May Day work week and coming June action camp Welcoming in the Spring, a blocakade on May 3rd held up traffic for over 3 hours between Bellanaboy and Shell’s Aughoose compound. A concrete lock-on in the middle […]
Continue readingCelebrating May Day with the Rossport Solidarity Camp
May Day! Day of Solidarity & work weekend 4-7 May Anyone feel like heading over to Ireland next week? Along with plans for actions against Shell, the weekend includes a talk by an Earth First! Journal editor who will be visiting overseas. […]
Continue readingMore blockades at proposed gas hub in Walmadan, Western Australia
Source: Perth Now A PROTESTER has tied himself to a communications tower near a proposed gas hub site in the Kimberley in a bid to stop survey work for the controversial project. The protester scaled the 30-metre tower at around 4am today […]
Continue readingMore action and anger against Shell—from Ireland to Australia
Rossport Solidarity Camp activists pull off another lock-on protest (or lockdown, as some say) on the roadside in north Mayo, near the site of Shell works for the controversial Corrib gas project, meant that operations were impeded until lunchtime Monday. The two […]
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