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• Activist Gets 14 Days for Perry Ridge Logging Road Blockade

  

  Zarelli and James say they were trying to protect cultural sites of the Sinixt First Nation. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Violent Eviction of La Puya, Guatemala Peaceful Mining Resistance

  

  After two years and two months of peacefully blocking the entrance to KCA El Tambor gold mine, local residents of San Jose del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc were... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Protesters Drop Banner Demanding Briger Forest Be Saved

  

  Early this morning Everglades Earth First! activists hung a banner over I-95 reading “Save Briger Forest Now!” to demand that the Briger forest be saved in hono... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Greenpeace Blockades Lumber Liquidators Headquarters in Toano, Virginia

  

  Protesters chose Friday for the event in order to disrupt the company's annual shareholder meeting. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• ‘Ecofeminism’: A Talk About Hard Work and Great Joy

  

  In this interview, Maria Mies – a feminist activist scholar – talks about patriarchal capitalism, the ‘good life’ and how ecofeminism can inspire the movement. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Press Release Hoax Could Bring 10 Year Sentence

  

  Moylan caused a temporary $314 million drop in Whitehaven's market value Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• GMO Grass: Coming to a Lawn Near You?

  

  Monsanto and Scotts have begun testing the first genetically engineered (GE) grass, intended for both consumer and commercial use. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• TransCanada Looks to Ship Oil to US by Rail Amid Keystone XL Delays

  

  TransCanada is in talks with customers about shipping Canadian crude to the United States by rail as an alternative to its Keystone XL pipeline project. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• “We Fought the Chemical Companies and We Won”

  

  The backstory of the ALEC-modeled state law that overrides the ability of localities to regulate their own food systemsby Rebekah Wilce / Earth Island JournalTh... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Throwback Thursday: Kalmiopsis Blockade Begins

  

  “The Forest Service is an outlaw agency. If we don't stop them in the Kalmiopsis, there won't be any old growth forest left on the Pacific Coast." Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• US Officials Cut Estimate of Recoverable Monterey Shale Oil by 96%

  

  The Monterey Shale formation contains about two-thirds of the nation's shale oil reserves. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Emails Reveal North Carolina Officials’ Close Ties With Fracking Lobby Groups

  

  Emails reveal lobbyists shaping fracking legislation Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Biío Hioxo Wind Energy Project in Mexico Hurting Indigenous Peoples and Their...

  

  Farmers complain of damage to the environment and fear negative impacts on the soil, water, fauna and flora. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Siracusa, Quickly Halts Illegal Fishing Operation

  

  The aim of Operation Siracusa is to protect the fragile ecosystem of the Parco del Plemmirio. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Major Bullfighting Event in Madrid Cancelled After All Three Matadors Were...

  

  David Mora suffered the worst injuries, as one of the animals rammed its horn into his leg and tossed him into the air at the Las Ventas bullring. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Town of Ameyalco, Mexico Resists To Save Their Water

  

  Residents of San Bartolo Ameyalco, resisted the diversion of their natural spring well. Around 100 to 120 people were injured in what has been over a long... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Olinguito, Tinkerbell, and A Dragon: Meet the Top 10 New Species of 2013

  

  Out of around 18,000 new species described and named last year, scientists have highlighted ten in an effort to raise awareness about the imperiled... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Must-See Film ‘Wrenched’ Carries on the Legacy of Edward Abbey

  After watching the trailer of the Edward Abbey-inspired film Wrenched, I was filled with memories of my days in the Pacific Northwest protecting old growth... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Central India’s Tribes Go Up Against Coal Mining Giants

  

  sloth bears, a type of Indian gazelle, leopards at risk Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Tribes Fight Upstream Battle in Protest of Coal Terminal

  

  BOARDMAN, Ore. - In the bright spring sunshine, Patrick Luke cast his gill nets at one of his usual Columbia River spots, hoping to catch some spring chinook... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT