Cross Posted from The Lapine A six-month study by AgriSearch, an on-campus research arm of Dalhousie University, has shown that genetically modified (GM) cucumbers grown under license to Monsanto Inc. result in serious side effects including total groi...
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Cross Posted from Democracy Now! Leading environmentalist and human rights champion Rebecca “Becky” Tarbotton, executive director of the organization Rainforest Action Network (RAN), has died at the age of 39. According to RAN, Tarbotton d...
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Cross Posted from Rabble.ca Chief Theresa Spence is now on Day 13 of her hunger strike. Too weak to leave the teepee she is living in on Victoria Island, a mere stone’s throw from Parliament, she called for a round dance yesterday at 24 Sussex Dr...
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Cross Posted from CBC The mayor of Sarnia, Ont., says city police do not plan to shut down a CN Rail blockade by First Nations activists as long as no one is hurt in the protest. Mike Bradley says CN obtained a court injunction that leaves it to police...
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By Sasha, Earth First! Journal — Portland Bureau A recent article put out by the Guardian criticizes the English Department for International Investment (DfII) for failing to report crimes of rape, assault, and other violence against villagers resist...
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BY JASON HEWLETT Cross Posted from DAILY NEWS Saying it’s a threat to the environment and First Nations way of life, more than 100 people marched on Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod’s office in protest of the Conservatives’ ...
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Cross Posted from Daily Mail By DAILY MAIL REPORTER and CAROLINE GRAHAM A former undercover police officer is suing Scotland Yard for failing to ‘protect’ him against falling in love with a woman in the group of eco-warriors he was sent to infil...
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Cross Posted from The Oregonian The Jazz thinning project, a 2,000-acre logging plan near a Clackamas River tributary, features the type of selective tree cutting that’s become the accepted approach for much of the Mount Hood National Forest. Bu...
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Cross Posted from Bangor Daily News With the purchase of a conservation easement on more than 21,000 acres, the state has helped preserve a large swath of woodland and the area’s tourist economy, officials announced Tuesday. The land, 21,870 acres in...
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Cross Posted from Bloomberg Ontario’s subsidies for clean-energy producers that use local technology were ruled in breach of World Trade Organization regulations, supporting complaints by the European Union andJapan against Canada. The province’s...
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Trinidad, California- Community supporters brought tofurky, potatoes, and pumpkin pie to the tree sitters on Green Diamond property in Trinidad. The tree sit is on the trail to Strawberry Rock and has been occupied for a little over one year. The timbe...
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From Cascadia Forest Defenders Hello friends, the first batch of folks arrested at the state capitol building occupation this last summer went through sentencing yesterday. They got over $1000 in fines, 60 hours of community service, and 18 months prob...
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