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• Political Prisoner Birthday Poster For October 2013 Is Now Available

  Hello Friends and Comrades,1) We have two versions of the political prisoner birthday poster for October.  Here is one version as well as an extra spooky... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Cop Block Turns to Road Block

  

  Anti-fracking activists in Kent County, New Brunswick have responded to last night's RCMP-imposed block of both sides of highway 134, near the off ramp of... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Pagans Gather in Moss Bank Park for Anti-Fracking Ritual

  

  WHILE many Bolton residents headed to Moss Bank Park at the weekend for a stroll, an ice cream or maybe a game of football — one group of people were in the par... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Breaking: More Arrests at Ongoing New Brunswick Anti-Fracking Stand-Off

  

  At about 3pm, the call went out through social media that the RCMP had blocked off access to the compound, which, in effect, acted as a rallying cry to local... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The New IPCC Climate Change Report Makes Deniers Overheat

  

  by Michael Mann / The Guardian It happens every six years or so: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publishes its assessment of the current... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Russia Accuses Greenpeace Activists of Posing a Threat to Platform Personnel

  from APRussia‘s main investigative agency has accused Greenpeace activists of posing a “real threat” to the security of personnel at an offshore drilling... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Climate-Change Protests Starting to Heat Up Globally

  by Amy GoodmanLast week, far out in the Arctic Ocean, the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise approached a Russian oil-drilling platform and launched a nonviolent... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Fukushima Operator Seeks to Restart Another Nuclear Plant

  

  Abode of Chaos (CC by 2.0)The Tokyo Electric Power Co.—which has been an abject failure at trying to stop leaks of radioactive water from the tsunami-ravaged... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Idle No More Event Listing for October 7, 2013

  

  Idle No More has released a call out for actions on October 7, 2013. So far, 17 events are being planned.The Idle No More October Proclamation reads: “October 7... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• GMO Papaya Trees Cut Down on Big Island

  by Sophie Cocke / Civil BeatAbout 100 papaya trees were cut down with machetes overnight on Thursday in the Big Island’s Puna District, according to the Hawaii... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Suspected Agitators to Face Detention at Next Year’'s G20 Summit in Brisbane,...

  

  MEMBERS of the public could be locked up for three days during G20 if they are even suspected of planning to disrupt the event in Brisbane next year. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• What a Secretly-Negotiated Free Trade Agreement Could Mean for Fracking in the...

  from DeSmogBlogA trade agreement being secretly negotiated by the Obama administration could allow an end run by the oil and gas industry around local oppositio... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Marcellus Shale Earth First! Aerial Blockade Celebrates 2 Weeks!

  

  **Donate to this campaign NOW! Help keep Hellbender and their crew supplied!!**The mysterious HellbenderTo get directly involved, reach a spokesperson for... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Fukushima Disaster Reaches Epic Proportions

  by Christina Serich / Nation of ChangeConsuming cesium-tainted fish is probably about to be one of your least concerns. Most of us were already aware of the... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Court Rules Feds Failed to Protect Thousands of Whales and Dolphins from Navy...

  

  A federal court has ruled that National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) failed to protect thousands of whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions from U.S. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Bangladesh: Thousands March to Oppose World’s Worst Location for Coal Plant

  

  Their goal is to stop the Rampal coal-fired power plant and all activities that would destroy the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Police Make Assault Arrest After Badger Cull Clash

  

  Officers detained a 38-year-old man after a protester was allegedly attacked in the cull zone in Gloucestershire on Thursday night. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• National Parks Will Close to the Public But Stay Open to Drilling If Government...

  

  ...because Congress allocates resources to federal agencies through a complex mix of funding sources, public lands and waters would likely remain open to most... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Idle No More Protest at Shasta Dam

  by Dan Bacher / CounterpunchOver 30 people, including members of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Hoopa Valley Tribe and their allies, protested government plans to... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Marcellus Shale Earth First! Aerial Blockade Celebrates 2 Weeks

  

  To get directly involved, reach a spokesperson for comment, or donate supplies (tarps, blankets, bulk foods, hand warmers, ropes, harnesses, carabiners, winter... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT