Public comments are being accepted NOW through Monday, August 4th regarding plans to build a 16-mile I-5 alternative through San Onofre State Beach in southern California.
The proposed toll road extension of Route 241 would run parallel to I-5, to relieve congestion on that Corridor of the Future highway. Permission for the plan was recently denied [...]

It’s not just Ecuador: communities across the continent are fighting the presence of large-scale mines, and in many cases even turning them back.
Starting with a victory: on June 25, the Alexander Gold mining company announced its decision to abandon the $40 million Leon copper mine project in the province of Salta, Argentina, citing uncertainty due [...]

The government of Peru declared a state of emergency on Friday July 18, after a crack was discovered in the tailings dump for a major ore mine. If the tailings pond is breached, thousands of tons of toxic metals and chemicals could pour into the Rimac River, major water source for the capital city of [...]

Indiana held an official “ground breaking” ceremony for I-69 on July 16 — indoors, surrounded by heavily armed police, out of fear of public protest.
See more photos here.
The battle against I-69 is just getting started. As one person involved in the fight says:
“We see the start of construction as great opportunity, one for us to [...]

As the clock ticks down toward the groundbreaking for the I-69 NAFTA Superhighway, protesters have once again taken direct action to shut down the Gohmann Asphalt facility in Haubstadt, IN! This is the same yard where a lockdown took place on June 25, leading the company to file a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) [...]

On July 12, members of the Peruvian community of Chilcaymarca began blocking an access road leading to the Orcopampa gold mine, owned and operated by Cia. de Minas Buenaventura SA. The company acknowledged on July 14 that production continues to be negatively affected by the blockade. It said only that the community had “decided to [...]

With groundbreaking on construction of I-69, the NAFTA Superhighway, scheduled to begin this week, both resistance to the highway and repression of activists are escalating. And don’t forget: July 28 is a national day of mobilization against I-69!
In response to a June 25 lockdown at a Gohmann Asphalt facility in Haubstadt, IN, the company has [...]

A coalition of indigenous, community and labor groups in Bolivia and western Brazil has declared an emergency in response to Brazil’s plans to build the Madeira River Hydroelectric Complex, a series of four dams along the Madeira River in the Amazon.
To date, Bolivia has denied permission for two of the dams, one to be built [...]

As promised, more than 1,000 protesters disrupted one of two rail lines into the world’s largest coal export port on July 13. The action was part of Australia’s Camp for Climate Action.
About a dozen protesters managed to get onto the rail line and lock down to trains entering the Carrington Coal Terminal in Newcastle. The [...]

The U.S. Department of Commerce is holding a public hearing and accepting public comments about a proposed toll road controversial toll road which would run through San Onofre State Beach parallel to I-5, to relieve congestion on that Corridor of the Future highway.
Permission for the plan was recently denied by the California Coastal Commission at [...]