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• Stress From Human Activity Causes Birds to Abandon Nests

  

  by Robert Johns, Cross Posted from American Bird ConservancyWashington, D.C. – A new study from scientists at Boise State University shows that even bird specie... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Occupy the Farm Protesters Forcibly Removed from Encampment

  

  Press Release from Occupy the FarmIn August, protesters attempting to harvest crops were originally unable to enter the Gill Tract due to a locked gate and the... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Military Biotech: Genetically Engineered Animals for War

  

  Excerpted from “Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts”In the 1960s, the Central Intelligence Agency recruited an unusual field agent: a... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Stop GE Tree Before They Start! An Interview with Anne Peterman, Global Justice...

  

  By Katuah Earth First!Click here to listen to the interview:Anne Petermann, of the Global Justice Ecology Project, joins The Final Straw Radio show for an... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Fourth Generation Oklahoman, Founder of the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House,...

  

  Cross Posted From Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance Follow this developing story at GPTSR’s website Wewoka Oklahoma-Monday, May 13th, 7 amEarly this morning... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Quebec to Return Land to Mohawks

  

  by Christopher Curtis, Cross Posted from Montreal GazetteA group of South Shore mayors are reeling after the Parti Québécois government announced its decision... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• This is Not a Demonstration – Actions, Constructions and Revolutionary Turns to...

  

  By Earth MovementThe Indignados are gathering again in Spain for today’s 12M rally. Thousands of people are “Taking the Square,” partying, and generally... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Uprooted: What Fuels Such an Absolute Commitment to a Cause?

  

  by Sarah Pike, Cross Posted from Aeon MagazineJulia Butterfly Hill spent 738 days living in a 55m California Redwood tree in a successful attempt to prevent... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Resistance to the Nordic Mining Boom – Action Camp in Finland

  

  Resistance to the Nordic Mining Boom - Action Camp in Finnish North Karelia Starting 18 June 2013. Talvivaaras’ nickel-uranium mine has caused the most serious... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Abolish the Fossil Fuel Industry

  

  by Henia Belalia, Cross Posted from Peaceful UprisingHow do activists use social movement history? What lessons can be learned from past movements for social... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Hundreds Protest China Battery Plant

  

  by Jane Lee and Gabriel Wildau, Cross Posted from ReutersPolice stood by as residents marched peacefully along a busy street in the Songjiang district of the... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• FBI Names First Woman on the Most Wanted Terrorist List: Assata Shakur

  

  Assata’s mugshot.Earth First! NewsIf you haven’t read the book “Assata: An Autobiography” then you’ve missed out on one of the most important books of all time. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• TransCanada Files Suit to Prevent the “encouraging” of “resistance” to the KXL

  

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:On Monday, May 6th, TransCanada filed a suit to prevent individuals from resisting the construction of the southern leg of the... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Victory! Kinder Morgan Pulls the Plug on Coal Export

  

  Cross Posted from Columbia River KeeperCitizen across the Northwest can breathe easier today. Caving under the pressure of overwhelming public opposition, Kinde... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• On 400 PPM, Mass Stupidity, and the Suicidal Language of Climate Lemmings

  

  by John Atcheson, Cross Posted from Common DreamsOK, lemmings don’t commit mass suicide. But they do reproduce chaotically, and periodically consume their way... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• UK Police Testing New Chemical Weapons for Crowd Control

  

  by Claire Carter, Cross Posted from The Telegraph Tests of the Discriminating Irritant Projectile (DIP) – a form of gun that will fire an irritant substance lik... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Greenwashing Senators Call for Increased Logging in National Forests

  

  From the Cascadia Field Office of the Earth First! JournalAs part of the over-all land grab taking place for national resources in the US, the supposedly “green... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Together, We Can Get Free: A Review of Towards Collective Liberation, by Chris...

  

  By SashaTowards Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy, by Chris Crass (PM Press 2013), is a... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Early History of the Robot Wars, Part IV

  

  In which we discuss the possibility of autonomous AI class warfare, mullets as resistance, Big Brother iPhones, the Kaczynski-bot and other shit of great and... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Mercury Pollution in Marine Animals May Be Behind a Population Crash

  

  by Brian Owens, Cross Posted from NatureAn isolated population of Arctic foxes that dines only on marine animals seems to be slowly succumbing to mercury... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT