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• A Q&A with Jaguar Advocate and Jag Critical Habitat Opponent Alan Rabinowitz

  

  by Tony Davis / Arizona Star Automatic wildlife cameras snapped this photo of a male jaguar on a nightly walk in the Santa Rita Mountains on Oct 25, 2012 near... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Amazon Indians Unite Against Canadian Oil Giant

  

  The abundant resources of their forest home provide the Matsés with a rich and varied diet. © James Vybiral/Survival Cross Posted from Survival... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Truth About Radiation and the Fukushima Meltdowns

  

  by Joe Giambrone / CounterpunchRadioactive Seawater Impact Map (March 2012), US Dept of State Geographer ImageI’m afraid I’ve got some bad news, and I’m going t... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Genetically Engineered Trees for Bioenergy Pose Major Threat to Southern Forests

  

  by Anne Petermann / Global Justice Ecology ProjectThe bio-forest of the future?In response to industry plans to develop eucalyptus plantations across the US... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Raytheon’s “Riot” Software Uses Facebook To Track Your Future Whereabouts

  

  by Pratap Chatterjee / CorpWatch.Raytheon, a U.S. military manufacturer, is selling a new software surveillance package named “Riot” that claims to predict wher... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Daniel McGowan Spring Update

  

  From NYC Anarchist Black CrossIt has been some time before we sent out a proper update about Daniel. The last 3 months have been busy with helping Daniel... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Bat-eating Spiders Are Everywhere (except Antarctica)

  

  by Robert T. Gonzalez / Io9Today in nightmare fuel: scientists now believe bat-eating spiders to be more widely distributed around the globe than previously... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Badass Momma Takes on Coal Plant in Kosovo

  

  by Nate Tabak, Pristina / DW.deJeta Xharra has long been been a thorn in the side of corrupt politicians. But as a mother of two babies, she’s embraced the... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Trains Will Move Tar Sands Oil, If Keystone XL Doesn’t

  

  by Eve Troeh / Marketplace.org Members of the French underground sabotage German supply lines by blasting trains The State Department’s latest environmental... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Monsanto and the Arab Spring

  

  Biotechnology Report: 1000 hectares of genetically modified maize grows in Egypt by Louise Sarant / Egypt Independent’s weekly print edition. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• English Spy Also Spied on NYC Activists and Tarnac 9

  

  Cross Posted from New York TimesMark Kennedy, a British police officer who spent seven years infiltrating environmental and activist groups while working... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Bicycle Brigade Raid On Portland’s Worst Polluters

  

  Cross Posted from MismanagingPerception.comToday’s Tar Sands Blockade solidarity action consisted of some 60 cyclists touring the offices and headquarters of... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Climate Resistance in Bloom

  

  From Rising Tide North America’s March Update:UPCOMING ACTIONS AND ACTION CAMPS March 16th – 23rd – Tar Sands Blockade Week of Action March 18th – 22nd – Great... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Week of Action Kicks Off With Creativity Across the Country

  

  Cross Posted from tarsandsblockade.comMarch 17 – New Orleans, Oil Execs Get a Big St. Patrick’s Day SurpriseRiver Delta Resist! Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Real Cost of an Iron Mine in Wisconsin

  

  By NEIL KOCH An iron mine in northern Wisconsin will bring 100s of jobs to the area and will result in more motels, restaurants, gas stations, grocery stores,... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Stop Tar Sands Profiteers Week of Action Kicks Off

  

  Grassroots organizations across the US and Canada are taking action from March 16th to March 23rd to demonstrate that TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Groups Challenge Uranium Mine Threatening Grand...

  

  by the Center for Biological DiversityThe “Canyon” uranium mine, seen here in the foreground, with Grand Canyon National Park six miles to its north. Photo by... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Indigenous Amazonians Unite Against Canadian Oil Giant

  

  by Survival International Indigenous Amazonians from Peru and Brazil have joined together to stop a Canadian oil company destroying their land and threatening... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Northern Ireland Police to Use Drones at G8 Summit

  

  from the Guardian The drones could cost the PSNI up to £1m. Photograph: Keith Morris/Alamy The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is expected to... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Protested Myanmar Dam to Undergo Environmental, Social Impact Analysis

  

  from ELEVEN Media MyanmarKhin Maung Oo (Kayah State Minister)A 4000 mega watt hydropower dam project on one the four main rivers of Myanmar facing public protes... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT