While we are always running short on money, we have been unexpectedly hit with a sudden need. Our major source of funds to pay for the upcoming roadshow has fallen through, which comes just as we are spending lots of money to print new primers and replenish our stock of T-shirts, patches and stickers — [...]

Only two weeks until Fossil Fools Day! Pull a prank that packs a punch!
That’s right, Fossil Fools Day is coming quick but you still have plenty of time to plan an action. April 1st is promising to be a momentous day as communities around the world come together to take direct action against the fossil [...]

• We may be coming to your town! Check out our new “Upcoming Presentations” page (you can also follow the link from the “Get Involved” page) for a schedule of upcoming presentations around the country, as well as tips for publicizing events and sample fliers and emails that can be used to generate turnout.
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Limited clearing of trees has begun for the construction if I-69 in Indiana. The following comes from the Roadblock Earth First! blog:
Members of Valley Watch were able to go out on Wednesday, March 12 and tape some of the damage that was done to trees in the yards of homes taken by the State. You [...]

The UN special rapporteurs on Adequate Housing (Miloon Khotari) and Fundamental Liberties of Indigenous Peoples (Rodolfo Stavenhagen) have recommended that the Mexican Government suspend all work toward La Parota Dam, finding that the process to date has not respected human rights. Declaring that the government has attempted to impose the dam “by force,” the rapporteurs [...]

On March 14, the International Day of Action for Rivers, more than 600 protesters from Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) and Via Campesina blockaded one of the two major transport railways of Vale, the world’s largest iron ore exporter and second-largest mining company. The action on the Minais Gerais line came in protest of Vale’s [...]

Brazil’s energy minister announced on March 10 that the South American nation plans to build two new hydroelectric dams, one along its border with Bolivia and one along the Argentinian border. The three nations will meet later in the month to discuss logistics. The plants are intended to generate a total of 12,000 MW. This [...]

On Saturday March 15th, activists and community members protested the war in Iraq, environmental racism and global warming by blockading the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, CA.
Protesters marched to one of the main gates of the refinery and up to 50 people locked themselves down. Bands played, and there was street theater and food. The [...]

Rio Tinto, the world’s second largest mining company, has announced plans to double its uranium mining output over the next five years. The company has attributed the decision to rising demand for non-fossil fuels. Due to skyrocketing energy consumption, the price of uranium has jumped from $7/pound in 2000 to its current level of $110 [...]

Two news items this week that highlight how serious our planet’s situation is and reinforce the need to bring down the system:
The Washington Post has reported on two computer modeling studies concluding that greenhouse gas emissions must fall to zero by 2050 in order to avoid global warming catastrophe. That’s right: zip, nothing, no human [...]