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• BC Government’s Sneaky Non-Rejection of Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline

  

  Cross Posted from UnitedFirstNationsEnvironmentalists across the country rejoiced at the news that the BC government formally opposed the Enbridge Northern... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Was Poet Pablo Neruda Murdered by a CIA Operative?

  

  My poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests. — Pablo Neruda,... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• URGENT: “We Will Die. We Will Not Leave Without Being Heard.”

  

  from AmazonWatchOnly two days after the reoccupation of the Belo Monte Dam began, the fate of 170 indigenous people is at stake. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Underreported Struggles #74 May 2013

  

  Image by Gord Hill (Coast Salish), author of the graphic novel 500 Years of Resistance. Taken from Alarm Press article by Summer Block. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Resistance Ecology Conference [REPORTBACK]

  

  By TrashyLast weekend marked the first annual Resistance Ecology Conference in Portland, Oregon. The event occasioned a discourse on intersectionality—the... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Sea Turtle Activist Murdered in Costa Rica

  

  by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! NewsJairo Mora Sandoval, murdered in defense of sea turtles.Jairo Mora Sandoval, a 26 year-old sea turtle conservationist and... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• 60,000 in Tokyo Protest Government Plans to Restart Nuclear Power

  

  Adam Westlake, Japan Daily PressApproximately 60,000 people rallied in Japan’s capital of Tokyo on Sunday, June 2nd in order to protest recent government plans... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Oh Damn, Chuck Norris Fights Monsanto and GMO Crops

  

  Better watch out Monsanto!by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! NewsOk, weird but true: Say you wanted to know real, real bad what ole Chuck Norris, the black belt... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Venezuelan Government Moves Forward with Seeds Law, Movements Demand Anti-GMO...

  

  by Sascha BercovitchA banner at last week’s Caracas anti-Monsanto protest (Aporrea tvi)Caracas, June 2nd 2013 – The Venezuelan government will continue its... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• A Few Inspiring Moments from Turkey, Occupy Gezi

  

  There is a lot of fear, there is a lot of anger, there is a lot of bloodshed. But there is also a lot of beauty.by Rabb!t / Earth First! NewswireIstanbul... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• San Francisco Activists Liberate Park in Solidarity with Turkish Resistance

  

  by Rabb!t / Earth First! NewswireOn June 1st, in solidarity with the massive resistance in Turkey which began six days ago, Liberate the Land activists in San... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Monsanto Set to Halt GMO Push in Europe

  

  The march against Monsanto, Germany. (Image from twitter user@@HarvestPM)from RTMonsanto plans to halt lobbying for its genetically modified plant varieties in... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Wanorazi Yumneze (“Awakening Spirit”)

  by John Ahni Schertow / Intercontinental Cry“Wanorazi Yumneze” is a documentary film that aims to begin a much-needed conversation between indigenous and... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Last Tree Or the Final Straw? [DISPATCH FROM TURKEY]

  

  By Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace Our office in Istanbul has been under siege. It is in the heart Taksim, an area in which a brutal police clampdown has been trying... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Mayflower Oil Spill: Exxon Doesn’t Want You to Know People Are Getting Very, Ver...

  

  Cross Posted from policymicThe oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas has left residents outside the evacuation zone complaining of illness. Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Bolivia: Amid Gas, Where Is the Revolution?

  

  Cross Posted from UpsideDownWorld, Originally printed in NACLA Report on the Americas in NACLA’s Spring 2013 issue, Volume 046, Issue 1: “The Climate Debt: Who... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Brazilian Tribe Reoccupies Farm After Deadly Clash

  

  Reported by BBCHundreds of indigenous Brazilians have re-occupied a ranch in the western state of Mato Grosso do Sul.The Terena indigenous group says the... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Decarcerate PA Undertakes 100 Mile March To Demand End To Prison Construction

  

  More at Decarcerate PA Philadelphia, PA – At 12 pm on Saturday, May 25th, a broad coalition of community groups, nonprofits, labor organizations, education... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Export of Fossil Fuels: Tribes Target Goldman Sachs Shareholders

  

  by Jay Taber / Intercontinental CryOn May 16, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) unanimously adopted a resolution entitled Oppose the Proposals... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Kyrgyzstan Declares State of Emergency After Clashes Over Canadian Gold Mine

  

  Cross Posted from APHundreds of stone-throwing protesters besieged a Canadian gold mine in Kyrgyzstan on Friday, clashing violently with riot police and... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT