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• Brazilian Firms Accused of “Slave Labor” at Angola Biofuel Plant

  

  “The workers were in Angola under (virtual) detention, their passports withheld” Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Chevron Bought a California Newspaper to Mask Its Record on Safety Abuses

  

  In August of 2012, the Richmond refinery exploded after Chevron ignored the warning of corroding pipes from the local safety board. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Four MSEF! Blockaders Out of Jail—Nathan Joseph is Still Being Held

  

  Nathan Joseph is currently residing in PA, but still has an Ohio ID and we could not convince any bondsman to accept his bond. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Congolese Protestors Say “No!” to British Oil Exploration in World Heritage Site

  

  “I’m not afraid, because I defend my right- the right to a healthy environment.” Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Another Megaload Stopped and Turned Back by Cheyenne River Sioux

  

  Police ordered to remove the megaload from reservation boundaries and to have it go back the way it came Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Federal Judge Upholds Payette Bighorn Sheep Protections

  

  Payette to close 70 percent of the forest to domestic sheep grazing to protect wild bighorn sheep Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• BP Confirms Tar Sands Spill in Lake Michigan

  

  Less than a year after BP started up a new unit to process Canadian tar sands at its Whiting refinery, the company reported today that a malfunction allowed a... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Industrial Logging to Blame For Deadly Washington Mudslide?

  

  Scientists have increasingly challenged the timber harvests, with some even warning of possible calamity. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Endangered Condor Released into Big Sur

  

  An endangered California condor is back in the wild. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Destruction of Old Trees Inspires First Ever ELF Action in Iran

  "If you earn money, you destroy nature, we have no alternative" Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• REDD Could Lead to a “Carbon Grab” – New Report from the Rights and Resources...

  

  “As the carbon in living trees becomes another marketable commodity, the deck is loaded against forest peoples" Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Earth First! Spring Newsletter is Out!

  

  We present to you another edition of Earth First! News, our quarterly update from the front lines of the eco-wars. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Idaho Approves Year-Round Wolf Hunting on Private Land

  

  Another change is that wolf trappers will be able to use road-kill and other salvaged wildlife as bait for wolf traps. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Appalachia Resist and ACFAN Blockaders Plead to Reduced Charges

  

  "[We are] persons of reason who have done all that we could within the statute of the law in order to prevent the destruction of our natural, economic and socia... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Vigil Brings Demands from Detainees on Hunger Strike to GEO Group CEO’s...

  

  "We are here in front of George Zoley's neighborhood to bring the demand of the immigrant detention center hunger strikers to him at his home and know that he... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Canadian Spy Agency Was Monitoring Idle No More

  

  INM flash mob at Park Royal mall in West Vancouver, Dec 23, 2013.by Justin Ling / National PostSecret documents from Canada’s spy agency show that the Canadian... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Updates About Jailed Marcellus Shale Earth First! Activists

  

  from Marcellus Shale Earth First!All 5 of our brave friends are in goods spirits! They where arrested Thursday during the lock down to block one of Anadarko’s... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Largest Gulf Oil Spill Since Deep Horizon Threatens Bird Migration

  

  "The timing really couldn't be much worse since we're approaching the peak shorebird migration season." Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Activists Scale ExxonMobil Rig 25 Years After Exxon Valdez Spill

  

  “We are here today, on the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster, to protest against ExxonMobil’s plans of drilling in the Arctic." Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Sabotage at Bobcat Farm

  

  We quickly began the process of destroying all breeding records. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 ENVIRONMENT