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• Reality Check: Get Ready For The Gas Collapse

  The US Shale “Boom”: A Fantasy Concocted By Politicians & Industry Bigwigs?By Zig Lambo / The Energy ReportThe numbers don’t lie—but politicians and industry... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• How to Stop a Coal Train in Its Tracks

  

  Last Sunday, 14 people walked past a “no trespassing” sign in-between two railroad tracks in Helena, Mont., and temporarily shut down the main rail line used... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Bono Chased by Angry Anarchists in Germany

  The U2 frontman, who has long campaigned on political issues and global problems, was in Heiligendamm in 2007 for the 33rd G8 summit meeting of world leaders... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Activists Banner Drop and Lock Down at US Trade Rep Building to Expose TPP...

  

  This afternoon, September 23rd, protesters concerned about the looming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) covered the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative with... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Badger Cull: Three Protesters Released Without Charge

  

  Three people believed to be badger cull protesters who were arrested in Gloucestershire have been released without charge. A woman, aged 52, from the United... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Truth & Reconciliation March Pours Through Downtown Vancouver

  

  From Vancouver Media Co-op, Photos by Murray Bush / Flux PhotoA torrential downpour couldn’t dampen the spirits of an estimated 70,000 people who joined the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Anti-Oil Activists in Ecuador Stand Up To Protect Yasuni National Park

  

  Because we believe that a different Ecuador and a different world are possible; a planet where nature doesn’t need to be destroyed and people don’t have to die... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Hawaii Molasses Pipe Had Leak A Year Before This Month’s Disastrous Spill

  

  HONOLULU — A state inspector saw molasses dripping last year from the same spot where a pipe leaked up to 1,400 tons of the sugary substance into Honolulu Harbo... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Indigenous Peoples Renew Occupation of Belo Monte Dam

  

  Some 150 indigenous people affected by the construction of the Belo Monte dam complex in the Brazilian Amazon occupied one of the project's principle work... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• ‘Winning the Race to the Bottom’: Obama Moves to Fast-Track the TPP

  

  by Sarah Lazare / Common DreamsLeaders of TPP member states and prospective member states at a TPP summit in 2010. (wikipedia)As Obama moves to fast-track the... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• CUNY 6 Release Statement to the Media

  

  From Sparrow MediaSix students were arrested Tuesday evening in an unprovoked police attack against a peaceful protest lead by City University of New York (CUNY... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Day 8 Dispatch From the Tree

  

  By Hellbender / Marcellus Earth First!In my year with Earth First! I have learned so much. I have found internal strength build by friendships and community... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Earthquake Hits Fukushima After Typhoon

  

  By John Upton / GristTwo and a half years ago, the Fukushima Daiichi power facility was knocked out by a tsunami and earthquake. Myriad troubles ensued. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Academics Join Petraeus Protests, NYPD Arrests Six Students

  

  By Adam Gabbatt / The GuardianScores of academics at the City University of New York have signed a petition calling for charges against six students, arrested... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Sabotaging the Badger Cull

  

  By Josh Loeb and Maya Oppenheim / Hackney Citizen Badger cull 'sabs' from Hackney have travelled to the heart of the countryside where government marksmen are... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• More ALF Action in North America

  

  From Bite BackMink Farm RaidIn the early hours of September 13, 20 mink were freed from cages and breeding records destroyed at a fur farm in Summit County,... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Scripps Florida Expansion Faces New Legal Roadblock, Environmental Challenge

  

  by Fire Ant / New Times[EF!N Editors Note: Though they are not directly mentioned in the article below, Everglades Earth First! Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• October 25th: International Day of Action to Move Marie

  

  From MoveMarie.comOctober 25th has been set as the International Day of Action to Move Marie. People from across the world will be joining together to take... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Rising Tide Philly Targets TD Bank’s Cherry Hill Headquarters Over Investments i...

  

  On August 20 at 9:00 AM, a group of citizens concerned about climate change’s effects on the Philadelphia region and on southern New Jersey will gather to... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Come to the TWAC Maine Weekend

  

  Hello friends! After sending out our call out for TWAC Maine, we have heard word that folks are coming from all over the place! Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT