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• The Wild Fires This Time

  

  By George Wuerthner / CounterpunchOne of the cornerstones of current forest policy is the assumption that western forests are outside of their “normal” density... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• China Cancels Uranium Plant One Day After Protest

  

  By Chen Aizhu and Qi Ding / ReutersChina has abruptly canceled plans to build its largest uranium processing plant in a southern Chinese city, a day after... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• EPA to Allow Consumption of Toxic Fracking Wastewater by Wildlife and Livestock

  

  Cross Posted from EcowatchMillions of gallons of water laced with toxic chemicals from oil and gas drilling rigs are pumped for consumption by wildlife and... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Ojibwe Chief Calls for Non-Violence

  

  Cross Posted from WEAU.comIn case you the sight of those paramilitary mercinaries lurking around the woods of Wisconsin boiled your blood enough to contemplate... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Protest in China Against Uranium Plant Draws Hundreds

  

  By Andrew Jacobs / New York TimesHundreds of people took to the streets of a city in China’s southern Guangdong Province on Friday to protest a proposed... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Tasmanian Lockdown Halts Work at Mill

  

  By Rosemary Bulger / The ExaminerActivists have vowed to continue to target timber processor Ta Ann Tasmania, after two people were arrested for chaining... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Dane Is Out of Prison!

  

  Cross Posted from Support Dane RossmanDear friends,Dane is out of prison and back in the US! He took a non-cooperating plea, was sentenced to one day and about... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Support the Canyon Country Action Camp!

  

  Cross Posted from Canyon Country Action CampWe are building a grassroots movement to confront extreme energy development (such as tar sands and oil shale) on th... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• FBI Calls Destruction of GMO Sugar Beets in Oregon ‘Economic Sabotage’

  

  By Sayer Ji / Green Med Info In a breaking development, the FBI confirms that 1,500 GM Sugar Beet plants were destroyed this month in Oregon, in what they are... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Drone Demonology: Flying Robots, Cop Mustaches & Resistance in the End Times

  

  by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! NewsThe first time I ever saw a drone I was sweating my ass off, hiking jugs of water through a cactus forest to drop in... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Flash Mob to Protect Our City! Stop Spectra & Rockaway Pipelines

  

  (Photo by Mickey Z.) (Photo by Mickey Z.)Cross Posted from Fearless SummerOn June 26, during lunchtime in one of Manhattan’s busiest neighborhoods, local... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Brazil Indigenous Protest Blocks Major Iron Ore Railway

  

  Cross Posted from BBC newsIndigenous people in Brazil block a railway during protests against new legislation, Oct 2, 2012.Brazilian indigenous people in the... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Greenpeace Activists Scale the Shard to Send an Arctic Message to Shell

  

  Link to video: London’s Shard scaled by Greenpeace activistsBy Matthew Taylor, Peter Walker and Karl Mathiesen / The GuardianThe sight of six tiny figures... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• National Geographic Photographer Arrested Taking Photos Of Kansas Feedlot

  

  By Rachel Tepper / Huffington PostA freelance photographer working for National Geographic was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor criminal trespassing in Garde... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Friends of the Earth Reveals Lies in Keystone XL Environmental Impact Statement

  

  By Steve Horn / DeSmog BlogThe contractor the Obama U.S. State Department hired for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) of the northern half... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Can We Save Southwest Oklahoma’s Longhorn Mountain From the Rock Crusher?

  

  Longhorn Mountain Cross Posted from My1073fm Longhorn Mountain is located in the beautiful Wichita Mountains in Southwest Oklahoma. It is about to be destroyed... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Kelloggs to Kill Many Tigers, Mascot Chokes on 1000% RDA of Irony

  

  Cross Posted from Sumofus The rainforests of Indonesia are an ecological treasure: They’re home to critically endangered species like the orangutan and the... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Greenpeace Successfully Blocks Whale Meat Shipment

  

  By Andrew Davies / GreenpeaceThis morning, Greenpeace Germany activists boarded a ship docked in Hamburg and prevented it from leaving with a cargo of meat... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• What I Learned from the Tar Sands Healing Walk

  

  By Emma Pullman / rabble.ca Some fifteen years ago, at a Peace Gathering, an elder shared a prophecy. A baby boy would be born in a teepee on a buffalo robe, hi... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Rebel Portland Goes Hard Against Coal Trains

  

  By SashaLots of folks converged on coal train hearings in Portland, Oregon, yesterday, with more than 500 people signing up to deliver comments to the Departmen... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT