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• Libya: Workers Shut Down Oil Terminals

  From WW4 ReportLibyan oil production this month fell below 400,000 barrels per day—from 1.65 million bpd a year ago—as striking workers shut down export... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Activists Boat onto Sludge Pond; Confront W.Va. Governor on Dangers of Coal...

  

  Charleston, W.Va. – This morning at 7:30 a.m. two activists paddled out onto the 2.8 billion gallon Shumate slurry impoundment in Raleigh County with banners... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Activists Boat onto Sludge Pond; Confront Gov. Tomblin on Dangers of Coal Sludge

  

  From RAMPSCharleston, W.Va. – This morning at 7:30 a.m. two activists paddled out onto the 2.8 billion gallon Shumate slurry impoundment in Raleigh County with... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Hunting Towers Destroyed in Sweden

  

  from Bite BackAccording to media reports, as many as 20 hunting towers in Jämtland County were cut down or overturned early on August 18. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• What The US, Russia Are Really Quarreling Over: Pipelines

  

  For both countries, the Snowden affair is just another ho-hum spat in the greater imperial rivalry.by Steve Horn / Mint Press NewsSecretary of State John... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Willits Bypass Protester’s Account of Lock-down Action, Time in Jail

  

  from Save Little Lake ValleyKim Bancroft is a writer, homesteader, and retired teacher who lives in Willits. She has been working to oppose the Caltrans... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Campaign to Transfer Marie Mason from Special Isolation

  

  From Support Marie MasonThe campaign to have Marie moved from her special isolation unit is underway! Please write a letter today. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• U.S. Marines Plan to Destroy Another Island

  

  By Michael Hadfield / ENS-NewswireAnother beautiful and valuable Pacific island has been selected by the U.S. Marines as a site for “live fire training. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Facebook Removes March Against Monsanto Event

  

  By Lauren Berlekamp / EcowatchFacebook has been accused of being a facade for free speech as it has been known to censor controversial content. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Circus Lions Decide They’re Not Going to Take It Anymore

  

  Cross Posted from Dangerous Minds This is exactly why I hate the circus. Torture wild animals all day long so they’ll perform neato little tricks for human... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Tahltan Activists Serve Fortune Minerals with Eviction Notice

  

  Protest over Coal Mine at Mt.Klappan (Photo: Skeena Watershed Coalition)By John Ahni Schertow / Intercontinental CryOn Wednesday night, citizens of the Tahltan... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• U.S. Navy to Increase Sonar Training and Underwater Detonations Despite Injury t...

  

  Cross Posted from Natural Resources Defense CouncilThe U.S. Navy has indicated that it intends to disregard the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC)... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Hey Earth First!, Time to Get Busy!

  

  More Full Time Direct Action campaigns about to kick off this Summer…from Earth First! NewswireAt the 2012 Earth First! Rendezvous, during the 4th in a series o... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Tense Situation in Tibet After Crackdown on Mine Protests

  

  By Yeshe Choesang / Tibet PostEmerging reports from Tibet say over hundred Tibetans were injured and one man committed suicide in Yulshul County, Kham region... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Statement from Grand Jury Resister Jerry Koch

  

  Cross Posted from Jerry Resists Facebook PageJerry’s first statement from inside:First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who has supported me in so many... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Wild Wolf in Kentucky, First in 150 Years, Killed by Hunter

  

  by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! NewsAccording to a recent announcement by state wildlife officials, a 73-pound, federally endangered female gray wolf was shot... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• UK Green Party MP Among Dozens Arrested in Balcombe Anti-Fracking Protest

  By Fiona Harvey and Peter Walker / The Guardian The UK’s only Green party MP, Caroline Lucas, was among dozens of anti-fracking protesters arrested on Monday... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Real ‘Avatar’ Tribe Deals Fatal Blow to Vedanta Mine

  

  The Dongria Kondh have overwhelmingly rejected Vedanta’s mine in their sacred hills. © Jason Taylor/Survival Cross Posted from Survival InternationalIndia’s... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• UK Anti-Frack Activists Shut Down Cuadrilla HQ, PR Office and Frack Site

  

  from No Dash for GasBlockade outside Cuadrilla fracking site in BalcombeAnti-fracking protestors Reclaim the Power have targeted Cuadrilla at locations across... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Disruption in Oil Supply in Syria Spurs Amateurs to Build Make-Shift Refineries

  

  by Jeffry Ruigendijk / Al JazeeraOne of Abu Zechariah’s sons covers his mouth and nose while working with the refinery to avoid inhaling smoke emitted from the... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT