Earth First! Newswire

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3749 )

• Tennessee Official: Water Complaints Could Be ‘Act of Terrorism’

  

  by Brian Haas / The Tennessean(Photo: Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY)NASHVILLE — A Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation deputy director warned a grou... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Building and Machinary Destroyed to Protest Proposed Mink Farm

  

  (photo: P4 Skaraborg Sveriges Radio)from Bite Back MagazineAccording to media reports, a garage and the machines and vehicles inside, were destroyed in a fire... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Crops of Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets Sabotaged in Oregon

  

  by Kimberly A.C. Wilson / Oregon LiveFederal investigators are asking the public to help solve middle-of-the-night crimes that left ruined fields of... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Anti-pipeline Activists Occupy Enbridge Plant

  

  by Justin Saunders / Toronto Media Co-opSeveral dozen activists have occupied Enbridge’s North Westover Station. The Westover site lies along the route of Line... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Tar Sands Mining Beginning in Utah

  

  Why the U.S. Is Becoming Ground Zero For the Dirtiest Energyby Tara Lohan / AlternetThe practice that has devastated parts of Canada is already underway in the... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Man Arrested for Spear Hunting a Car

  

  by Earth First! NewsJeffrey Jones (credit: Sacramento P.D.)According to Sacramento police reports a man was arrested Tuesday night for hunting a car with a... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Extremely Toxic ‘Sour Gas’ Pipeline Ruptures in Flooded Southwestern Alberta

  

  Cross Posted from WCNativeNewsAn Alberta Emergency Alert system says a sour gas pipeline has ruptured in Turner Valley, southwest of Calgary. The pipeline is... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Oregon Extinction Event: 25,000 Bumblebees Killed, Dropping from Trees in...

  

  by Elizabeth Case / The OregonianAn estimated 25,000 bumblebees have been found dead in a Target parking lot in Wilsonville since Saturday, the largest known... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Mysterious Die-offs in Florida Lagoon

  

  by Gayathri Vaidyanathan / Discovery News Florida manatee. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) At least 111 manatees, 300 pelicans, and 46 dolphins — emaciated to the... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• A Fearless Summer of Climate Activism

  

  Cross Posted from CoalExportActionOn Monday, I joined three other participants in last summer’s Coal Export Action, as we appeared at the municipal courthouse i... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Fracking Exacerbates Colorado’s Rampant Wildfires

  

  by Katherine Cirullo / EcoWatchIt’s officially wildfire season in Colorado; last Tuesday, a fire ignited the Black Forest area of Colorado Springs. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Montana’s Highest Court Clears Way for Return of Wild Bison

  

  from EarthJusticeHelena, MT — The Montana Supreme Court today cleared the way for the return of wild bison to their historic prairie habitat on the Fort... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Blockade Started on Enbridge’s Line 9

  

  from Root ForceHamilton, ON — As this statement is released, we are digging in and occupying Enbridge’s North Westover Pump Station in the Beverly Swamp. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Why Hundreds of Thousands Are Demonstrating in the Streets of Brazil

  

  Protesters fill the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Photoby Rodrigo Nunes / Al JazeeraBrazil has been roiled by protests in recent weeks. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Wearing a Mask at a Riot is Now a Crime in Canada

  

  by Meagan Fitzpatrick / CBC News A bill that bans the wearing of masks during a riot or unlawful assembly and carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence with a... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Report Back: June Call in Action for Oso Blanco

  

  From Denver Anarchist Black Cross“I want to thank you all for calling Florence USP, in Colorado. This unity has motivated Ms McDermott to relent and give me... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Horrendous Saga of ‘Human Safaris’

  

  by Hannibal Rhoades / Intercontinental CryThe ongoing saga around ‘human safaris’ and the closure of the Andaman-Nicobar trunk road has taken new turns in the... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Documentary Film Review: ‘Grasp The Nettle’

  

  by Nafeez Ahmed / The GuardianTwo years before the Occupy movement sprang forth in New York and London, a motley group of land rights activists occupied a... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Mechanic Accused of Inventing a Death Ray for Israel And/or the KKK

  

  by Annalee Newitz / IO9.com A mechanic who worked at General Electric in New York spent the past several years perfecting a deadly, truck-mounted radiation... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Ethan Hawke Dreams of Being an Eco-Terrorist

  

  by Earth First! NewsIn a recent interview about his role in the new sci-fi horror film “The Purge,” in which violent crime is decriminalized for 12 hours every... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT