Posts Tagged ‘ Uncategorized ’

New Suspect Arrested in Slaying of Brad Will

24. Mai 2012
New Suspect Arrested in Slaying of Brad Will

Cross Posted from CNN.com Mexican authorities have arrested a man they say shot an American freelance journalist to death at a 2006 protest, state media reported. A man who lived near the area where Bradley Will was shot while filming a demonstration i...
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Southern California Mega-development Next to Biodiversity Hotspot is Defeated

23. Mai 2012
Southern California Mega-development Next to Biodiversity Hotspot is Defeated

by the Center for Biological Diversity RIVERSIDE, Calif.— The Riverside County Superior Court has issued a final decision rejecting the “Villages of Lakeview” development next to the San Jacinto Wildlife Area in rural Riverside County. The massiv...
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Animals left for dead in Indonesian zoos

23. Mai 2012
Animals left for dead in Indonesian zoos

From The Independent (UK) In a remote corner of Jakarta’s Ragunan Zoo, a Malayan sun bear is pacing back and forth, shaking its head in an agitated manner. There is no shade or shelter in the tiny, dilapidated enclosure – just a stagnant pond f...
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Entrapment of Cleveland 5 and NATO 3 is “a pre-planned narrative”

21. Mai 2012
Entrapment of Cleveland 5 and NATO 3 is “a pre-planned narrative”

Cross Posted from the Indypendent The old trope of the bomb-throwing anarchist is back in the news, with a round-up in Ohio on May 1 and the three would-be NATO protesters arrested on Wednesday who are now charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism....
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ALEC Attacking Wind Next

21. Mai 2012
ALEC Attacking Wind Next

Cross Posted from The League of Conservation Voters The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is an organization that writes voting-ready state legislation to hand to overextended politicians, giving them the chance to get bills passed quickly a...
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Forest Service Awards One of Largest-ever Timber Contracts to Agency Insiders

18. Mai 2012
Forest Service Awards One of Largest-ever Timber Contracts to Agency Insiders

by the Center for Biological Diversity FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— The U.S. Forest Service awarded one of the largest-ever tree-cutting contracts in the history of the national forest system today to a timber company represented by a retired Forest Service off...
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Rapid Climate Changes Turn Minn.’s North Woods into a Moose Graveyard

18. Mai 2012
Rapid Climate Changes Turn Minn.’s North Woods into a Moose Graveyard

by Daniel Cusick, E&E reporter ALONG THE GUNFLINT TRAIL, Minn. — If moose disappear from the boreal forest of northern Minnesota, as some biologists predict, they will not exit with a thunderous crash. Climate extinctions come quietly, even w...
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Howls of Reprisal: Wolves Return to the Frontlines

17. Mai 2012
Howls of Reprisal: Wolves Return to the Frontlines

  Until their reintroduction in the 1990s wolves were all but wiped out in the Northern Rocky Mountains. No wolves had been spotted in Eastern Oregon since 1946, and further west, the last sighting of a wolf in California was in 1924.  The format...
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Suit Filed Against Expansion of Navajo Coal Mine Polluting Four Corners Region

16. Mai 2012
Suit Filed Against Expansion of Navajo Coal Mine Polluting Four Corners Region

by the Center for Biological Diversity After decades of coal pollution from the 2040-megawatt Four Corners Power Plant and BHP Billiton’s 13,000-acre Navajo Coal Mine that supplies it, Navajo and conservation groups filed suit against the federal gov...
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Environmental Magazines Today

16. Mai 2012
Environmental Magazines Today

Environmental Magazines Today by nettle I have been interested in where environmental news can be found in our society of endless choices, outside of the internet. When you check-out at the grocery store, you have the choice between six different celeb...
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Preparing for another Summer of resistance at Rossport Solidarity Camp

16. Mai 2012
Preparing for another Summer of resistance at Rossport Solidarity Camp

  A report from the May Day work week and coming June action camp Welcoming in the Spring, a blocakade on May 3rd held up traffic for over 3 hours between Bellanaboy and Shell’s Aughoose compound. A concrete lock-on in the middle of the road...
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Polish Beekeepers Defeat Monsanto

16. Mai 2012
Polish Beekeepers Defeat Monsanto

Crossposted from Causes.com Monsanto’s Mon810 corn, genetically engineered to produce a mutant version of the insecticide Bt, has been banned in Poland following protests by beekeepers who showed the corn was killing honeybees.  Poland is the fi...
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