An in-depth analysis of the current legal situation faced by the effort to stop I-69 (a Corridor of the Future) has been posted on the web site of Roadblock EF! (read the whole thing here). Highlights include: • 15 activists arrested at a recent lockdown at a Gohmann Asphalt facility in Haubstadt, IN, are facing [...]

In coordinated protests that began on Saturday, August 9, indigenous Peruvians have blockaded and shut down energy infrastructure in both the north and south of the large country. In the southern Amazonian province of Cusco, hundreds of indigenous protesters occupied Lot 56 of the controversial Camisea gas field, forcing the company to cease extraction there. [...]

Brazil’s environment minister has granted a license for the San Antonio Dam along the Madeira River in the Amazon basin. San Antionio is one of two dams planned for the river. The rights to build it have already been auctioned off to a group led by Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht, and construction is expected to be [...]

An anti-climate-change march through the streets of Richmond, VA concluded today with a lockdown at the Bank of America building. Police presence in Richmond was heavy at the end of the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action. Nonetheless, 50 protesters took part in an unpermitted march through the streets of the city, punctuated by rallies at [...]

Twenty- five activists occupied the welcome center of the North Anna nuclear power plant in Louisa, VA on Thursday, August 7. The power plant is operated by Dominion Energy, which has previously been targeted with direct action for its plans to build both new coal and nuclear electric plants. The protesters occupied the visitor center [...]

President Bush has issued an executive order granting “national priority” status to the Columbia River Crossing (also known as the Interstate 5 Bridge between Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash, and recipient of a Corridors of the Future grant). This means that federal agencies are required to prioritize and expedite the environmental review process for the [...]

On August 4, activists from the Northwest Convergence for Climate Action took action to target climate criminals in the Portland, OR area. The action began with a march along the Portland Waterfront, including street theater that featured agents from the “Oil Enforcement Agency” (which first appeared in a July protest) giving out tickets to mock [...]

On July 31, Mexican Interior Minister publicly promised to directly intervene to pave the way for the construction of La Parota dam, drawing immediate condemnation from the Council of Ejidos and Communities in Opposition to La Parota Dam (CECOP; the primary indigenous/peasant organization fighting the dam) and the Tlachinollan Human Rights Centre in La Montaña. [...]

On July 31, we posted: “Ten Ecuadorians were arrested while protesting plans for the private Hidrotambo hydroelectric dam along the Dulcepamba river in Chillanes canton, Bolivar province. The arrests came after a six-month land occupation in opposition to the dam. (Got any more info on this? Let us know!)” Happily, we got a response to [...]

Glenn Switkes, Latin America Program Director for International Rivers Network writes in his blog of two new ways that Brazil is flexing its muscle to force through big dam projects. First, the president’s chief-of-staff and presumed future presidential nominee Dilma Rousseff threatened that if the government does not receive favorable terms from companies planning to [...]