by Steve Horn / the guardian For residents of Tucson in southern Arizona, the Santa Catalina Mountains in the Coronado national forest are known as a hub for hiking, mountain biking and other outdoor recreation. But on 5 June lightning ignited a […]
Continue readingBy 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 readingRemembering a Tucson Radical by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! News [The text of this work is free to share and distribute under the following Creative Commons License CC-BY-ND 3.0] Most of the heroes of the Wild West, the rootin’ tootin’ movie […]
Continue readingfrom 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 […]
Continue readingRising Tide North America sent out this report today about the Shut Down the Corporations call to action: “#F29 is off to bang this morning with actions across the country. big props to our Rising Tide & Occupy comrades in Portland for […]
Continue readingSix activists locked down inside the border patrol’s lobby here in Tucson, and they all were cited and released. Just walked away, and felt damn good about it. They won the local news cycle, sending racist cops a strong message. But they […]
Continue readingPress Release Below: Get Your Groove on and Support Local Activism at the Grassroots Groovin’ Celebration! The second annual Grassroots Groovin’ celebration kicks off at the The Hut on May 29. The event features a diverse lineup of high-energy music acts and […]
Continue readingSkytruth estimates that, actually, 1.1 million gallons of oil per day are now spilling into the Gulf. The feds won’t reveal any actual information about the amount, because that would lead to cleanup costs billions of $ higher than the current estimate […]
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