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• Thousands of Workers Protest Gold Mine in Athens

  

  from PressTV (video here).Thousands of protesters marched in central Athens against a disputable gold mining project in northern Greece which they say is ruinin... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Phosphorus Used on Copper Mine Protesters in Burma

  

  from BBC AsiaMonks were among those injured in the protestAn official parliamentary report in Burma has found that police used smoke bombs containing... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Poll Finds Support to Delay Next Minnesota Wolf Hunt

  

  by John Myers, Duluth News TribuneA majority of Minnesotans surveyed last month favor a five-year delay before the state holds another wolf hunting and... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Lawsuit Challenging Wyoming Wolf Plan Draws Crowd

  

  from the Star Tribune The cast of characters is growing in a legal fight pitting environmental groups against the federal government’s recent decision to end... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Submissions Call out for the Beltane Issue of the Earth First! Journal

  

  Print media may be dead, but its fungus-riddled zombie corpse is still kicking around. Despite our commitment to provide news of the brewing eco-rebellion via... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Washington State Senate Passes Wolf-killing Bill

  

  by the Center for Biological DiversityOLYMPIA, Wash.— Just as Washington’s wolf population is making a historic comeback, senators in the Washington... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Wild & Weird: Fossilized Lightning Tells an Ancient Story

  

  by the Center for Biological Diversity Even something as evanescent as lightning can tell a tale.“Fulgurites” are geological formations created when lightning... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Animal Torture Called ‘Regular Practice’ Within Federal Wildlife Agency

  

  By Cristina Corbin This photo, provided by Gary Strader, shows three dogs attacking a trapped coyote allegedly as part of his work for the USDA’s Wildlife... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• 2012: A Deadly Year for Environmentalists

  

  With activists killed in Brazil, Cambodia, the Philippines, and elsewhere, 2012 may have been the worst year yet for violence against those working to protect... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Thai Environmental Activist Shot Dead in Broad Daylight

  

  by Kate Hodal / The Guardian The family of Prajob Naowa-opas, who campaigned against polluters despite threats against his life, will not cremate his body... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Kazakh Environmental Activist Shot Dead

  by Radio Free EuropeALMATY, Kazakhstan — An environmental activist known for his campaign to save a forest near Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, has been... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• State Repression Got You Feelin’ Chilly?

  

  Outlaws burning effigies of Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown and Gov. John Kitzhaber… All in good fun, of course.“Come warm your hands by our fire! Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Over 100 Hold a “Funeral For Our Future” at TransCanada Office Outside Boston

  

  Cross Posted from Tar Sands BlockadeWestborough, MA — Monday, March 11, 2013, 10:54am (EST) – over 100 students and community members have just marched into... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Wildfire Forces Exit from Observer Tree in Tasmania, Campaign Continues

  On Thursday March 7, Miranda Gibson reluctantly left her perch high up in the Observer Tree in Southern Tasmania, after 449 days, as a wildfire burned to... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Oh Damn: Don’t Frack My Mother the Music Video

  Oh damn yall, Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, Wilco, and lots of other diverse and sundry hippy-type-creatures just released a new Anti-Fracking and Pro-Momma song sure... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Earth First! Climbers Guild Camp in NY – 2 Weeks Away

  

  OUT OF YOUR HOUSES AND INTO THE TREES! Expand your ability to defend your home, your community, and the wild by learning the technical skills involved in... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Anarchists Killed Nanotech Scientist in “Feral Defense of Wild Nature”

  

  [eds. note: the following article is from a pro business, military and defense journal]by Geoffrey Ingersoll / Business Insider Military and DefenseAn... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Canadian High Commissioner’s Visit to Oxford Tarred by Local Protest

  

  Cross Posted from No Tar Sands.orgCanadian High Commissioner to the UK, Gordon Campbell, was greeted with protests at Oxford University on Friday. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Red Lake Pipeline Blockade Initiated in Northern Minnesota – #RLBlockade

  Cross Posted from International CryEnbridge Energy LP has been trespassing on Red Lake Nations Ceded lands in Minnesota by operating multiple pipelines without... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Greedy Lying Bastards, New Film Pulls No Punches To Expose Climate Denial Machine

  

  Cross Posted from desmogblog Greedy Lying Bastards is a new film hitting mainstream theaters nationwide in the U.S. this weekend. Here’s the Rotten Tomatoes... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 ENVIRONMENT