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• El Dorado in Greece: You Can’t Mine Your Way Out of Capitalism

  By SashaThe New York Times recently reports in a very well done video (surprise, surprise) that gold mining is the proposed solution for the financial crisis... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Drones Over Disney World

  

  by Russ McSpaddenSleeper cells, domestic terrorists and the Seven Dwarfs had better beware: Florida’s Orange County Sherriff’s office is getting hyped to unleas... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Gimme! Coffee Introduces “Fracktivist” Coffee

  

  EF!J doesn’t necessarily support or endorse the production, consumption, or purchasing of coffee. But being that the current short-termer is addicted to the... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Time is Short: Reports, Reflections & Analysis on Underground Resistance

  

  Cross Posted from Deep Green ResistanceThe modern environmental movement began some 40 years ago, and by virtually every metric, the state of the planet has... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Corruption, Justice and Forest Defense—Michoacan Style

  

  Forest defenders from Cheran, Michoacan display their solidarity with the Idle No More movement in Canada.In the previous edition of EF! Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Idle No More International Day of Action – January 28, 2013

  

  Thousands have attended round dances and rallies, like this one in Vancouver, B.C., in the month since Idle No More hit the political scene. (Photo by David P. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Ecology of Squid Sex in Video

  Check out this rare video footage captured by NOAA of Pholidoteuthis adami getting all sexy on the ocean floor in the northern Gulf of Mexico.The one swimming... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• From the “Cyanide Beach” in Italy to an Open-pit Mine in Arizona’s Sky Islands

  Augusta Resource Corporation and the Rosemont Copper MineCheck out InvestigativeMEDIA’s 24-minute video below, which reveals the deceptive business tactics of... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Last Known Female Jaguar in U.S., Shot in ’63, Returns in Habitat Debate

  

  Tony Davis / Arizona Daily Star Terry Penrod’s jaguar pelt decorates his living room in Lakeside. He shot the animal in 1963, thinking it was a big bobcat. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Mexican Gray Wolf Set for Release in White Mountains of Arizona

  

  by Gerald Bourguet / Cronkite News Service For the first time in four years, a Mexican gray wolf will be released into the forest of eastern Arizona to expand... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Extreme Energy Summit Plans Strategy Session on Tackling Extraction Industries

  

  Wait no.. those things might come in handy for all night blockade building, but that’s not what we’re talking about hereThe first Extreme Energy Summit is on th... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Today Marks 7th Year Anniversary of Eric McDavid’s Arrest

  

  Today marks the 7th Anniversary of Eric McDavid’s (also known as “D”) arrest. Eric was arrested (along with Zachary Jenson and Lauren Weiner) on January 13,... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Marie Mason Birthday Events Being Planned Across the World

  

  Artwork by eco-political prisoner Marie Mason, sent to the Earth First! Journal, 12/30/12Marie Mason’s 51st birthday is coming up on January 26, 2013. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• A New Year for the Earth First! Journal

  

  By now, all you current and former subscribers to the EF! Journal should have seen our 2013 Winter update letter in the mail. For those who have sent back... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Another ELF Case Set for Trial in Eugene: Rebecca Rubin

  

  This undated photo provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office in Portland, Ore., shows Rebecca Rubin, 39, of Canada.Alleged ELF activist Rebecca Rubin,... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Industry Consultants Warn Frackers: Do Not Underestimate the Global Anti-Frackin...

  

  By Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report(Photo: CREDO: Cuomo Policy Summit / Flickr)The bitter battle over fracking has gone global, and according to pro-business... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Corvids: The Birds Who Think Like Humans

  

  by Annalee Newitz Someday I will come up with a good reason why I am friends with the neighborhood crows. For now, I can say that it started when I looked up... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Keren Kayment Le Yisrael and Environmental Racism in Palestine

  

  by Ben Lorber / article from the Lughnasadh 2012 issue of the Earth First! JournalSince the idea of Zionism first gripped the minds of a few intellectuals and... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Idle No More Hits Arizona as Part of Snowbowl Protest

  

  by Anne Minard / Indian CountryThe international Idle No More movement hit Arizona this week, in a freshly charged protest at Flagstaff City Hall over snowmakin... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Wild & Weird: New Species of Venomous Armpits Discovered in Borneo

  

  by the Center for Biological DiversitySure, your coworker’s B.O. may be a little offensive at times, but let’s try to see the glass as half full, shall we? At... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE