From International Rivers: Damocracy is a short documentary that exposes the myth of dams as ‘green’ energy through two examples from Amazonia and Mesopotamia. Film maker Todd Southgate travels from the deepest corners of the vast Amazon rainforest in Brazil to the mountains and plains of fertile upper Mesopotamia in south east Turkey. He meets academics, lawyers, [...]

From Intercontinental Cry A new $120 million resort and tramway project is being pushed forward by the Navajo Nation government despite the obvious risks to the environment not to mention the cultural and spiritual well-being of the Dineh, Hopi and Zuni Peoples. The troubling “Grand Canyon Escalade” project would be situated at the confluence of [...]

We might not agree with everything they say, and really wish they would think about the destruction caused to Earth by manufacturing solar panels… but at least these groups are trying to stop a massive solar project in the southwest. From East County Magazine Seeking to prevent massive and  irreversible environmental damage, numerous environmental groups [...]

From Croatan Earth First! Piedmont Direct Action Camp Oct 21-23, 2012 Croatan Earth First! is hosting a direct action training camp this fall Oct 20-21st at a local veggie farm near Pittsboro, NC. There will be tent camping available for the weekend, and people are free to come and go.  Plan to stay until Monday [...]

The Unis’tot’en and Lihkts’amisyu clans of the Wet’suwet’en people are resisting the opening of new mines in their territory, still unceded by any treaty, in the area commonly known as northern British Columbia, Canada. Four energy companies are also planning pipelines across Wet’suwet’en territories to transport products to and from destructive fracking and tar sands extraction [...]

From Tar Sands Blockade: “On July 27th-29th, we’re hosting a 3-day training in the North Texas area for environmental activists hoping to engage in nonviolent direct action against the Gulf Coast portion of Keystone XL pipeline. We’re calling it the North Texas Keystone Convergence, and we strongly suggest that local activists interested in taking part [...]

This summer action camps, and campaigns inviting people to stop in and throw down for a bit, are on the rise.  Here are just a few places to check out if you want to get away from home for a bit, and take action to defend the earth. Earth First! Rendezvous:  This will be a [...]

Thanks Earth First! Newswire The Riverdale Mobile Home Park in Jersey Shore, PA is under major threat of eviction due to plans to build a 3 million gallon PER DAY water withdrawal site at the property to service natural gas drilling. Beginning June 1st,  Aqua America, a company partnered with Penn Virginia Resources (PVR) wants [...]

From High Country Rising Tide: High Country Rising Tide is happy to announce the convening of the “West By Northwest” No Coal Exports Action Camp taking place Aug. 2-10 in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Last year, at the behest of America’s largest coal companies, the federal government made a quiet announcement that it would release [...]

Communities concerned about the Enbridge 9 Tar Sands Pipeline, which would pass through Ontario, Vermont and Maine, are invited to a People’s Hearing in London, Ontario on May 23-25 (exact dates tentative; check official site for updated details): “We are inviting any interested individuals, groups, and organizations to participate in a People’s Hearing on a [...]