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• Windfarm Allowed to Kill Endangered Birds

  

  by Kelly Fuller / American Bird ConservancyWashington, D.C., May 24, 2013 – Today the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published the Record of Decision and... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Photos: The World Marches Against Monsanto

  

  by Earth First! NewswireYesterday, May 25, 2013, huge numbers of people all over the world took to the streets to protest Monsanto and demand an end to... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Scientists to Obama: Don’t End Wolf Protections

  

  Cross Posted from Animal ConnectionWASHINGTON— In two sharply worded letters sent to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today, prominent scientists argued for... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Great Plains Activist Accused of Vandalizing Liquor Delivery Truck in Whiteclay

  

  from Earth First! NewswireLINCOLN, Nebraska – Activist T.R. McKenzie was arrested yesterday, May 24, on charges stemming from an incident on May 3, 2013, where ... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• I-5 Collapse Caused by Megaloads

  

  By SwiftDespite the media’s attempts to blame the collapse of the I-5 bridge in northern Washington on issues of poor infrastructure development, a little birdi... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Activistas De Greenpeace Suben La Estela De Luz Como Protesta

  Cross Posted From World War 4 Report Four activists from the Mexican branch of the international environmental organization Greenpeace climbed the Estela de... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Fifth Arrest On Day 3 of Anti-Fracking Sit-In in Illinois Governor’s Office

  

  Cross Posted From Root ForceSpringfield, IL–For the third day in a row, concerned Illinoisans that have requested a meeting with Governor Quinn and that he... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Sarnia Pro-Tar Sands Conference Disrupted

  

  Cross Posted From Toronto Media Co-OpThe impacts of industrial development in the area now known as Chemical Valley are deep. The relationship between the 63... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Extinct Cockroach Bears Uncanny Resemblance to Jawa

  

  by Erik Franco / MotherboardArizona State University scientists recently released their annual list of 10 recently discovered species, and among the... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• 38 Hawaiian Species Awarded Endangered Species Act Protection

  

  by the Center for Biological Diversity‘Awikiwiki photo by Forest Starr. Photos are available for media use.HONOLULU— In response to a landmark settlement with... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Unmasking Chile’s Hooded Protest Movement

  

  [the following report on anarchist and violent protest in Chile was produced by a corporate news source, and while informed and detailed, the opinions therein d... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Protests Over Gas Pipeline in Mtwara Turn Violent, Military Deployed

  

  by Deodatus Balile in Dar es Salaam / SabahiPolice are dispatched to patrol the streets of Dar es Salaam on Thursday (May 23rd) after violence erupted in... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Indigenous Peoples Protest Outside International Hydropower Association’s...

  

  by Save Sarawack RiversKUCHING May 22nd: At 11am today, SAVE Rivers and 300 indigenous people from all around Sarawak protested outside the Borneo Convention... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Idle No More & Defenders of the Land “Sovereignty Summer” Call To Action

  

  From Solidarity Spring To Sovereignty Summer: An International Callout To All Indigenous Peoples, Supporters, Allies Of Idle No More Defenders Of The Landby... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Challenges New Shell Tar Sands Mines

  BY John Ahni SchertowACFN Indigenous people living downstream from the tar sands explain in their own words why they are saying enough is enough. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Awesome Statement from Willits Treesitter

  

  by Red-Tailed Hawk / Save Little Lake Valley“Red-Tailed Hawk,” aka Will Parrish (a local journalist), issued the following statement from his tree sit yesterday... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• 5 Block Coal Co. HQ with 250-gal Dirty Water Tank and Barrel

  

  For Immediate Release 5/24/13Contact: Charles Suggs, 304-986-5080, [email protected] Headquarters Shut Down By Demonstrators Locked to Tank of Dirt... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Coal Headquarters Shut Down By Demonstrators Locked to Tank of Dirty Water

  

  Residents Protest Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, Health Impacts and Sludge Expansion by Charles / RAMPSBRISTOL, VA.— Three residents of Central Appalachia... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Swedish Riots Rage For Fourth Night

  

  A car burns in the Stockholm suburb of Kista: Sweden’s capital has been hit by some of its worst riots in years. Photograph: Scanpix Sweden/ReutersPosted from... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• DR Congo Waits On Funding For World’s Largest Hydropower Project

  

  The existing Inga I dam on the Congo River. Photograph: ReutersCross Posted from The GuardianThe world’s largest set of dams has moved closer to construction,... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT