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• Bottled Water Comes From the Most Drought-Ridden Places in the Country

  

  Bottled-water drinkers, we have a problem: There's a good chance that your water comes from California, a state experiencing the third-driest year on record. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Growing Chinese Presence a Wake-Up Call for African Natural Resource Managers

  

  “A key driver of deforestation is mining, and it is driven by Chinese investment.” Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Protesters Storm VT Statehouse

  

  State Street, one of the main thoroughfares in Montpelier, was blocked for two hours by the procession after exiting the Statehouse Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Two Years Later, North Dakota Company Still Hasn’t Paid For Illegally Dumping...

  

  In 2012, North Dakota state oil and gas regulators slapped a record $1.5 million fine on a drilling company for illegally dumping 20,000 barrels of toxic... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Nursing Moms Take Direct Action for World Breastfeeding Week

  

  Breastfeeding mamas are on the frontlines of the ecological resistance—forebearers of a biocentric revolution, if there is to be one. And its not just security... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• SHAC Ends: We Made History… The Future is Ours

  

  SHAC (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) has been the biggest and most effective grassroots animal rights campaign the world has ever seen. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Tasmanian Government Pushes Harsh New Protesting Laws Aimed At Shutting Down...

  

  “A judge has to fine the protester a minimum of $5000 for the first offence and the second offence, which could happen in the same protest, would attract a... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Factory Farms Are Going to Absolutely Hate This New Video Game

  

  In “tower defense” style video games, players are usually fighting off marauding armies (or zombies). They’re usually set in medieval times, or on distant... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Consulting First Nations That May Be Affected by the Energy East Pipeline Project

  

  We here at IC Magazine would like to note the importance of non-indigenous activists, networks and organizations allying themselves with any First Nations that... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Making It Go Away: Oilspills, Corexit and Nova Scotia’s Offshore

  

  A chemical known as corexit 9500 will be the main line of defense if an oilspill occurs once Shell starts drilling exploratory wells offshore of Nova Scotia. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Indigenous Women Unite to Protect the Environment in Indonesia

  

  So why are these “Women Warriors” so profound, so necessary in the fight against climate change? Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Exxon Starts “Most Controversial Oil Rig in the World”

  

  For the oil industry, business comes first. After years of preparation, on Saturday ExxonMobil began drilling a $700 million well in the Kara Sea in Russia’s... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Announcing the Fifth Annual Carrboro Anarchist Book Fair!

  

  The fifth annual Carrboro Anarchist Book Fair will take place the weekend of November 22, 2014 in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, North Carolina. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Updates from the Sixth Week of the Mattole Forest Blockade

  

  Tensions are easing as both sides have resumed efforts towards an agreeable resolution Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Communiqué: Mapuche Community Takes Direct Action Against Oil and Gas...

  

  We ask for the support, solidarity and commitment of those who believe in the rightfulness of our claim Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Quinoa Soup: What Our Consumption Means for Bolivian Growers

  by John Ahni Schertow / Intercontinental Cry Quinoa Soup, an exploratory documentary, seeks to provide an American audience with stories from the field,... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Women Warriors Take Environmental Protection Into Their Own Hands

  

  “I felt they were raping my land, I could not just stand aside and watch that happen” Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Tahltan Call for Blockade of Imperial Metals Mine in Wake of Mt. Polley Disaster

  

  A group of Tahltan First Nation elders is adding to the opposition of mining projects in British Columbia calling for a blockade of the Red Chris mine project... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Wildlife Defence League Raising Funds for Operation Great Bear

  Operation Great Bear will launch in the fall of 2014 in order to defend wildlife from the trophy hunt in British Columbia. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Activists “Shut Down” Zoo in the Country of Georgia to Protest Animal Cruelty

  

  On the night of 2nd of August animal liberation activists closed all the six gates of Batumi zoo with chains and locks. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT