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• 1.3 Billion Gallons Of Mining Waste Flows Into BC Rivers

  

  That’s the equivalent of 2,000 Olympic swimming pools of waste Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• “Dam Line 9!” Occupation of Construction Site Begins

  

  Activists stopped the work around 7am this morning, asserting that Line 9 poses a danger to people, animals, land, and water. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• First Nations “Making a Stand” Against Logging in Quebec with Blockade

  

  First Nations in Quebec have set up a blockade to stop what they call illegal clear-cutting near their homes. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Political Prisoner Birthday Poster For August 2014 Is Now Available

  

  Here is the political prisoner birthday poster for August. As always, please post this poster publicly and/or use it to start a card writing night of your own. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Farming Practices and Climate Change at Root of Toledo Water Pollution

  

  The toxins that contaminated the water supply of the city of Toledo – leaving 400,000 people without access to safe drinking water for two days – were produced... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Massachusetts Landowners Block Pipeline Surveyors

  

  Kinder Morgan Tennessee Gas Pipeline protesters with the The Pipe arrive at Townsend Common, Massachusetts, July 21, 2014. (Photo by Ward Clark)by Martin Lane... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• “Protect the Sacred”: Indigenous People Unite Against Keystone Pipeline

  

  Indigenous people in Oklahoma took a united front against the Keystone XL pipeline, whose proposed route will trespass upon sacred ritual and burial grounds. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• “It Was Very Vicious and Snarling:” Third Person Attacked By Otter

  First, we learned an otter put a little boy and grandmother in the hospital with serious injuries. And now, another victim has come forward. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Olympia, Washington: Nissan Dealership Attacked

  

  We did this in solidarity with Amelie, Carlos, and Fallon (Better known as the 5E3 Prisoners.). Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Europe’s Largest Coalmine Blockaded

  

  These two blockades stopped the coal transportation between the open-cast mine Hambach and the power plants. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Southwest, SeaWorld End Partnership a Year After “Blackfish” Backlash

  

  Southwest Airlines and SeaWorld are ending their longtime partnership the year after a documentary raised concerns about the treatment of killer whales at the... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• DCNR To Open 15 Day Comment Period On Loyalsock State Forest Drilling Plan

  

  The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced they will be taking public comment on a draftfor the 25,000-acre tract known as the Clarence Moor... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Unist’ot’en Camp Celebrates Major Victory, Pacific Trails Pipeline Shut Down

  

  "We are singing the Unist’ot’en song “Yinkak Honzu…” (This earth is beautiful)" Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Lockdown at ALEC Convention, Disrupting Business as Usual

  

  "we the people have got to get out here and alert other people of what’s going on.” Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Legislative Candidate Jess Spear Arrested in Oil-Train Protest

  

  “Oil and railroad companies are gambling our lives" Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Fourteen Arrests as Thousands Protest New Carbon Emissions Standards

  

  “Absolutely it’s worth getting arrested for, ’cause they are trying to take our jobs” Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Frackers Spill Olympic Pool’s Worth Of Hydrochloric Acid In Oklahoma

  

  An acid spill on Monday in rural Kingfisher County northwest of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma could turn out to be the largest spill “in relation to fracking... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Attack on Tor Has Likely Stripped Users of Anonymity

  

  Anyone who used Tor from February 2014 through this July 4 can assume they were impacted. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Hey Atlanta, Georgia: Check Out the Earth First! Group Getting Started in Your...

  

  from Earth First! NewswireDuring our Atlanta stop on the Fight or Flight Tour, we met up with animal liberation and eco activists who are revving up to fight... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Looking for Feedback for the Next Print Run of the Earth First! Direct Action...

  

  With almost 900 copies of the 3rd edition of the DAM in distribution, it's time to hear what y'all think. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 ENVIRONMENT