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• Chaos on the Clearwater River: Second Night of Megaload Blockades

  

  by Earth First! NewsAfter a three-hour blockade involving upwards of 150-200 people from the Nez Perce Nation, Idle No More, and Wild Idaho Rising Tide,... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Girona, Spain: Call for a Camping Against the M.A.T. Power Line

  

  from Contra InfoWHAT IS THE M.A.T.? The very high tension power line (M.A.T.) is an electric motorway which transports at least 400,000 volts. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Activists Identify DC Cop Who Infiltrated Bangladesh Sweatshop Protests

  

  Left: Still photo from a video of the May 15 protest at Children’s Place. Right: Photo from @snufftastic Twitter account. By Mike Elk / In These Times Rumors... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Inside the Censored EPA Fracking Water Study

  

  By Steve Horn / Counterpunch DeSmogBlog has obtained a copy of an Obama Administration Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fracking groundwater contamination... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• ZAD Update: “Let’s Bury the Notre Dame Des Landes Project for Good!”

  

  For background on this story, check out Rurals Rebels and Useless Airports: La ZAD – Europe’s Largest Postcapitalist Land Occupation, also in print in the Brigi... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• GPTSR Speaking Tour

  Folks from Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance will be doing presentations about the impact of tar sands development, transportation, and refining. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• 7 People Lock Down in Oakland in Solidarity with California Prisoners

  

  Cross Posted from Prisoner Hunger Strike SolidaritySeven activists locked down at the State Building on Aug, 5th, the 29th day of a California prisoner hunger... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• 2013 Fracktivist Conference: Sept 13-15, Knoxville, TN

  

  from EarthRootThe movement to end all forms of extreme energy extraction on this planet, wrest control from multinational corporations, and give the power back... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• New Mexico is the Driest of the Dry

  

  By Julie Cart / LA TimesScientists in the West have a particular way of walking a landscape and divining its secrets: They kick a toe into loamy soil or drag a... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Seven Dead Dolphins Found on Maryland Shores in ‘Alarming’ Mid-Atlantic Trend

  By Scott Dance / The Baltimore Sun Seven bottlenose dolphins have washed up dead on Maryland shores in recent weeks, part of a larger mystery along the... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Nuclear Plant Spills Radiation into Lake Michigan

  

  by John Upton / GristPalisades Nuclear Generating StationLast summer, a leaky tank led to the shutdown of the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Nez Perce, Idle No More, Rising Tide Blockade Highway 12 to Stop Megaloads

  

  By Earth First! NewsNearly 150 members of the Nez Perce Nation were joined by Idle No More, Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), and others in a blockade of Highway 1... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Investigation Continues Into Fatal Explosion at WV Fracking Site

  

  by Laura Beans / Ecowatch.comIn the early morning hours of July 7, an explosion at a natural gas drill site in Doddridge County, WV, launched federal and state... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Willits Action Update

  from EF! Humboldt People rallied this morning on the north end of town as festival goers headed south from Reggae on the River. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Plan Would Expand Range in Arizona for Gray Wolves

  

  from the APFLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—The federal government is floating a plan that would let endangered Mexican gray wolves roam north toward Flagstaff and across... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Tom Manning Thank You and Solidarity with Those in Solitary

  

  from Jericho MovementGreetings from this federal medical prison in Butner, N.C.At this time last week i was released from solitary confinement, and am now in a... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Tar Sands Stock Tanks After Direct Action in Utah

  

  by Lauren Berlekamp / Ecowatch.comIf you are thinking about investing in tar sands oil in Utah—think again.US Oil Sands’ stock price fell further down the road... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Protesters Dump Mud Outside Kevin Rudd’s Electorate Office

  

  By Brad Ryan / ABCEnvironmentalists have used the start of the federal election campaign to rally for reef protection outside Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• What’s At Stake in Mali’s Elections?

  

  An image from last year’s coupBy Sasha Mali today is in turmoil. Since the coup that brought the military strongman Amadou Haya Sanogo into the limelight, Mali... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Cyber-Sabotage Is Easy

  

  by Thomas Rid / National Security[eds. note. This article, from an outlet centered on discussions of National Security, carried a pro-tech angle and is only... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT