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• Californians Scapegoat the Drought for Wandering Lions …and Bears

  

  In state experiencing extreme dryness, climate is not likely to blame for wildlife entering populated areasby Haya El Nasser / Al JazeeraPaul Houghtaling of... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Grand Canyon Officials Considering Lethal Means for Removing Buffalo from Park

  

  Sensitive habitats and archaeological sites are at stake, and wildlife managers are now trying to figure out how to reduce the population to a manageable size. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• UK: Several Railway Arson Attacks in Last Two Months

  

  “We believe all three fires were started deliberately with the intention to cause damage and disruption to the rail network” Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Federal Agency Seeks to Widen Surveillance Beyond Idle No More to Any...

  

  The federal government is expanding its surveillance of public activities to include all known demonstrations across the country, a move that collects... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Monarch Butterfly Decline Linked to Spread of GM Crops

  

  The main cause of the monarch butterfly’s decline is the loss of milkweed — its food — in its U.S. breeding grounds, a new study has found. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Hundreds of Maasai Families Under Threat of Eviction as Geothermal Companies...

  

  Maasai pastoralists in Kedong, Akira and Suswa are glaring at massive evictions arising from a group of concessions awarded to several companies including... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Frack Waste Trucks Blocked from Entering Injection Well Site in Athens County

  

  An Athens County resident has barricaded the gates of a frack-waste transfer station near the rest area off of HWY 50. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Hunter Attacked by Grizzly in Stable Condition

  

  Authorities say a Stevensville man attacked by a grizzly bear is in stable but serious condition. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Wolves in California Now Protected Under State Endangered Species Act

  

  The 3-1 vote for protecting wolves comes two days after wildlife biologists observed two wolf pups in the Oregon portion of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Regulators Ignore Fracking Earthquakes, Protect Big Oil Profits Over People

  

  When one thinks of earthquakes, what comes to mind is usually the vast fault line straddled lands of southern California or the great subduction zones off the... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Activists Protest of First Major Tar Sands Shipment from Canada, Threaten...

  

  On 29 May, about 50 protesters staged a demonstration outside Repsol's Bilbao refinery, after rumours spread that the dirty fuel shipment had already arrived. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• TransCanada Shuts Down Southern Leg of Keystone XL Pipeline, Raising “Suspicions”

  

  TransCanada shut down the southern leg of the Keystone XL (now called the Gulf Coast Pipeline Project) on June 2 for “routine work,” Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Sabotage on the High Speed Railway Track Bologna-Milan

  

  From the local media we learn that in the night between 19th and 20th May, copper and fibre optic cables were cut along the high speed rail track in Bologna, an... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Calling for Anti-Capitalist Bloc at the People’s Climate March in NYC

  

  On September 20, 2014 a host of Green NGOs are calling for a massive march through New York City to demand "the world we know is within our reach. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• UK Prime Minister’s Home “Fracked” by Greenpeace Protesters

  

  Ministers announced that they are prepared to overhaul trespass laws to enable energy companies to explore for shale gas under homes without owners' permission. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Police Raid House in East Vancouver On Pretext of Anti-pipeline Graffiti

  

  Considering the minor nature of the charges, the raid carried out by the Vancouver police is clearly part of a larger strategy of politically motivated... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Colombia: Protest, Rebel Attacks Depress Oil Output

  

  Colombian crude production sank to a 20-month low of 935,000 barrels per day in April as guerilla attacks and community protests curbed output. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Political Prisoner Birthday Poster For June 2014 Is Now Available

  

  Hello Friends and Comrades, 1) Here is the political prisoner birthday poster for June. As always, please post this poster publicly and/or use it to start a... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Help Support Ebba Olausson

  

  Ebba Olausson is a young Vegan Straight Edge woman that is under arrest in Sweden, suspected for over twenty attacks on fur farms and the fur industry as well a... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Earthquake Strikes Colorado Less Than 2 Miles From Fracking Site

  

  A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Colorado Saturday night, and environmentalists weren’t surprised to learn that the epicenter was near a fracking site. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT