Washington DC – Earth First! Journal

Pro-Mountain Activists Hold Sit-In, Others Shave Heads to Protest Mountain-top Removal in Appalachia

from Appalachia Rising [UPDATE: 22 arrested in sit-ins. For updates, photos, videos and details on how to support them, visit Appalachia Rising] (Washington, D.C.) — This morning residents from four states severely impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining began sit-ins in protest […]

Thousands of protesters surround White House in opposition to TransCanada Pipeline

By Katarzyna Klimasinska Environmentalists opposed to TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline encircled the White House, urging President Barack Obama to reject the project even if it means overruling his own State Department. “It will be the real test of his character, you […]