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• Researchers Expose Industrial Infrastructure Sabotage Risk

  

  Luddite hackers of the world unite![ eds. note. The following article by Sean Michael Kerner was written for a pro-tech outlet, but never-the-less, it offers th... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Locals Left Without as Myanmar Gas Flows

  

  By Min Thein Aung / Radio Free AsiaResidents from 30 villages in Myanmar’s Rakhine State on Friday delivered to authorities a list of demands, including the... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• US Border Patrol Violates O’odham Rights

  

  by Ofelia Rivas / O’odham VOICE against the WALLThe O’odham are Indigenous people, members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, a federally-recognized Indian... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Great Lakes Saved from Nuke Waste Shipments

  

  by Emma Lui / Intercontinental CryCommunities and organizations around the Great Lakes received heartening news over the weekend. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Red Lake Encampment Battles Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline on Tribal Lands

  

  By Andrea Cornelius / The Circle Since 1949, Enbridge Energy has been transporting crude oil through its more than six pipelines from Alberta, Canada through... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Nez Perce Tribe Urges Forest Service to Stop Megaloads

  

  Cross Posted from WIRTThe Nez Perce Tribe challenged the U.S. Forest Service on Sunday to use “all legal avenues” to stop a pending megaload shipment from... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Alberta Tar Sands: A Legacy of Negligence and Deceit

  

  By Adam Kingsmith / DeSmogBlogIt’s no secret that the province of Alberta, the government Canada, and the titans of the fossil fuel industry pride themselves... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Protests Over Bangladesh Coal-Fired Power Plant Near Sundarbans

  

  Land filling and land preparation are taking place in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans for a planned 1,320 megawatt coal-fired power plant. THOMSON REUTERS... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• 3,000 Protest Chevron at Summer Heat in Richmond

  

  Photo from Twitter #summerheat By Earth First! News Almost 3,000 protestors came out to Richmond, CA, yesterday to highlight this year’s Summer Heat campaign. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Animals Freed at Zoo in Uruguay

  

  anonymous communique / Bite BackPhoto: Atlantida Zoo website“On Saturday, July 27 the Atlantida zoo (Canelones/Uruguay) was taken by surprise when we entered an... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Video: Activists Shut Down First Tar Sands Mine in Utah

  by Main Canyon / Peaceful UprisingRespect Existence, or Expect Resistance!Earlier this week activists converged at PR Springs, site of the first proposed tar... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• How Technology Has Stopped Evolution and is Destroying the World

  

  Doug Tompkins, founder of The North Face, on battles with Steve Jobs and why we need to dismantle our techno-industrial society by Jo Confino / The Guardian Dou... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• FBI Can Remotely Activate Cell Phones, Laptop Microphones and More

  

  from BanooshA new report reveals that the FBI directly employs multiple hackers who create custom surveillance software for the bureau, some of which is... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• ‘Frack Gag’ Bans Children From Talking About Fracking, Forever

  

  by Andrew Breiner / Think ProgressWhen drilling company Range Resources offered the Hallowich family a $750,000 settlement to relocate from their... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Plan for New Nuclear Plant Dropped, Public Still Pays

  

  Duke Energy shelves plan for Levy County, Florida nuclear plant but customers aren’t done paying for itby Andrea Germanos / Common DreamsPhoto: Everglades... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Defiant Nuns and Monks Refuse to Give Up Kentucky Land for Gas Pipeline

  

  by David Ferguson / Raw StoryTwo Kentucky Catholic religious orders that collectively own more than 3,000 acres of historic farmland are refusing to give up... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Problems With Arkansas Exxon Pipeline Identified in 1989

  

  from Seattlepi.com CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — A technical report on the ExxonMobil pipeline that failed in Faulkner County and spilled crude oil in a neighborhood show... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Going East! Transcanada to Build Tar Sands Pipeline to Atlantic

  

  ‘They’re in for a fight’ say environmentalists on both sides of the US/Canada borderby John Queally / CommonDreams.orgImage from CommonDreams. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Protests and Sabotage Push Shell Away from Drilling Projects

  

  by Emily Gosden / The TelegraphOutgoing Shell chief executive Peter Voser called the fall in second quarter profits ‘disappointing’. Photo: GETTYRoyal Dutch... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Funeral March to Bury Big Oil

  from the Center for Biological DiversityaOn July 25, 2013, the Center for Biological Diversity and LoveBomb Go-Go Marching Band hosted a street parade protest t... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT