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• UPDATE: RCMP Appear to Be Withdrawing as Solidarity Protests Spread

  Early reports are saying that the RCMP appears to be withdrawing Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• UPDATE: Full Invasion Force Arrives at Mi’kmaq Blockade

  

  700 RCMP are currently reported at the scene of the Mik'maq blockade Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• UPDATE: Mik’maq Resist! 6 RCMP Cars Torched, Fracking Equipment Confiscated

  

  from Earth First! NewsIn retaliation against a violent police raid this morning on a peaceful First Nations blockade, Mik’maq warriors and supporters have fough... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• BREAKING: Tense Standoff at Elsipogtog Blockade, Molotovs Thrown

  

  from Earth First! NewswireA tense stand off is ongoing between 200 RCMP, Mik’maq blockaders, and about 200 supporters. According to the Stimulator, At the momen... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Radical Political Economy of the Environment

  by Javier Sethness-CastroOn Saturday, 5 October, the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) held a conference on the “Political Economy of the Environment... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• 2013 Government Shutdown: Timber Companies Head to Court to Lift Logging Ban

  Western timber companies have gone to court to lift the logging ban on national forests due to the government shutdown, arguing the government has no authority... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Wisconsin Wolf Hunt Begins

  

  On Tuesday, Wisconsin began allowing the hunting and killing of wolves that had, until 2011, been protected by the Endangered Species Act. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Line 9 Reversal Hearing Protested

  

  Silent Protest and Banner Drop expose explicit ban on tar sands discussion in pipeline hearing Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• A Group of Immigration Activists Disrupt ICE

  The convergence, called Shut Down ICE, ironically took place during a time when the federal government continues to be partially shut down itself. Detentions an... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Blockades, Treesits, Prisoner Support, Mink Liberation: Our Fall Newsletter is...

  Here it is, the newest edition of the EF! Newsletter, Earth First! News #12: Mabon 2013. In it you’ll find news from this summer’s eco-wars, along with our... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Exxon Shuts Down California Pipeline Due to Oil Spill

  According to a spokesperson, Exxon Mobil has temporarily suspended operations at an oil pipeline system on Monday, October 14th at California’s Port of Long... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Once-in-a-Decade Typhoon Heads for Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan

  

  Typhoon Wipha, described as the "strongest in 10 years", closes in on Japan on a path that will take it towards the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Lake Baikal Under Threat from Molybdenum Mining

  

  Residents of Baikal region are outraged—are Russian authorities not able to resist foreign capital? Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Newly Released Undercover Video Exposes Cruelty to Baby Birds Inside “Humane”...

  In 2013, a Compassion Over Killing investigator worked inside a chicken hatchery owned by Bell & Evans, a company that prides itself for its so-called “humane... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Anti-Fracking Protesters Block Chevron Test-Drilling in Romania

  

  AFP/AFP – Children hold placards reading “STOP Chevron” as they block a local road to Pungesti village (200km northeast from Bucharest) on October 14,... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• SeaWorld & Co, WAZA and IMATA and Their Collaboration with the Dolphin...

  

  The triumvirate of SeaWorld, Kamogawa Seaworld and the Japanese drive ‘fisheries’ is a long-standing one. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• How Animal Liberation Activists Are Destroying the Cruel Fur Trade in America

  

  As of this writing, eleven known raids on farms have taken place in the last 3 months and at least 9071 animals have been released into the wild... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Call for Decentralised Action for the First Anniversary of ZAD Evictions

  

  Re-ouccpation of the ZAD shortly after the evictionsUnedited translation: # Press Release from the ZAD: 12th October  19 October 2013: Protest anniversary of... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Hands Off Appalachia November Action Camp

  

  The Hands Off Appalachia campaign targets UBS, an international wealth management company based in Switzerland and one of the top funders of mountaintop removal... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• BC First Nation Dodges Tankers Protesting Kinder Morgan Pipeline

  

  B.C. First Nation, the Tsleil-Waututh, were joined by environmentalists Monday, as they crossed Burrard Inlet in canoes to protest Kinder Morgan’s proposed... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT