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• 10 Activists Arrested, Bail Funds Urgently Needed

  

  Cross Posted from Croatan Earth First!10 brave activists remain in police custody after yesterday’s shut-down of a fracking chemical supplier. Bail has been... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Counting Bears

  

  Editorial Board / New York Times There is nothing simple about counting grizzly bears. But counting them accurately will help determine whether they remain on... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• When Trees Fall…

  

  Author’s note: This is a factual account of recent events in the Willamette National Forest. The events are true, but names have been changed on behalf of... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Armed Military-Style Guards Patrol Large Mine in Wisconsin

  

  Cross Posted from Popular ResistancePeople who live near the large taconite mine in Penokee Hills, WI are growing concerned about the presence of... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Major Norwegian Pension Fund Drops Tar Sands Investments

  

  Cross Posted from DeSmogBlogCitizens and community leaders converging this weekend in Northern Alberta for the annual “Tar Sands Healing Walk” will likely be... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• BREAKING: Hundreds of Protesters Shut Down Oil & Gas Chemical Supplier to Protes...

  

  Morganton, NC – On the edge of the western mountain range, protesters with Croatan Earth First! are currently occupying an industrial manufacturing facility... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Greenpeace Warns of Deep Sea Gold Rush

  

  Cross Posted from Mining.comGreenpeace International is warning the extinction of unique deep sea species and other significant irreversible environmental damag... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Over the Water of the Nile: The Looming Water War

  

  By SashaLast week, Africa took another step towards what could become a terribly bloody war. The government of Ethiopia announced its plans to increase defense... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Musicians Write Songs to Support Weekly Protest

  Cross Posted from ABCNorth Carolina musicians have formed a new organization to record a compilation of original protest songs to support the weekly Monday... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Swiss Pesticide Company Hires Detective Agency to Investigate UC Berkeley...

  

  By Clare Howard / 100Reporters and Environmental Health News To protect profits threatened by a lawsuit over its controversial herbicide atrazine, Syngenta... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Critical Mass Chaos: Cops Booed, Pelted With Objects After Arresting Ice-Cream...

  

  By Michael E. Miller / Miami New TimesCritical Mass Miami has blown up over the past year. The last-Friday-of-the-month rides now regularly draw more than... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Fighting Mines in Wisconsin: A Radical New Way to Be Radical

  

  By Mary Annette Pember / Indian Country TodayA brand new tribe is emerging in Northern Wisconsin. Enrollment requirements for the Penokee tribe are stringent,... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Activists Withdraw from Rig After 30-hour Occupation

  

  Crossposted from TVNZAnti-mining activists have withdrawn from a camp out on a Coromandel Peninsula gold drilling rig after occupying the site over 30 hours. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Highway 63 Protest Planned Over Unconfirmed Oil Spill

  

  Vincent McDermot / Fort McMurray Today Members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and several other aboriginal communities are planning to block Highway... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Protest Halts Newmont Gold Work in NZ

  

  Cross Posted from The AustralianProtesters have occupied a mining exploration site on conservation land in the Coromandel Peninsula. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Coal Industry Knows That Enviros Are Winning

  

  By Kate Sheppard / Mother Jones The coal industry is worried about environmental threats. Not threats like climate change, superstorms, or wildfires. Threats... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• A Mongolian Neo-Nazi Environmentalist Walks into a Lingerie Store in Ulan Bator

  

  This story of environmentalism co-opted by a fascist group in Mongolia is just another example of the creepy depths of eco-fascism. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Underground Pipeline Spills an Estimated 25,000 of Gasoline on Crow Reservation...

  

  By Matt Volz / APA Phillips 66 pipeline with a record of prior accidents spilled an estimated 25,000 gallons of gasoline in a remote area outside a small town o... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Oil Train Derailment Sparks Chain of Explosions

  

  From the EF! Newswire A 76-car Freight Train carrying crude oil derailed sparking several explosions in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec early on Saturday. So far, the... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Hundreds Walk to “Heart of Destruction” for Tar Sands Healing

  

  By Lauren McCauley / www.commondreams.orgEnvironmental activists, indigenous groups and hundreds of other concerned citizens are heading to the “heart of... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT