From Common Dreams: Over 20 anti-Keystone protesters were arrested Monday morning for blockading the doors to a Chicago federal building as part of newly launched call to action that declares “if you don’t act, I will.” The demonstration was the first action organized by the group No KXL who are launching a civil disobedience campaign [...]

A Different Way to Protect our Land, Air, Water and Climate from Tar Sands Expansion The tar sands are growing out of control, destroying the climate for all Canadians and poisoning the water of everyone living downstream. On July 5th and 6th, people will come together from coast to coast to join First Nations and [...]

from APTN National News Twelve people were arrested Friday morning by the RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] at the site of a sacred fire as part of an on-going protest in New Brunswick over seismic testing in the area. RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Chantal Farrah said the arrests were made because people were attempting to block [...]

From Earth First! Action Reports: 13th June 2013 Five protesters were arrested during Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper’s visit to Parliament. The Met said they were held after a protest at the Sovereign’s Entrance. The protest sparked a major security alert. Police raced through the Palace of Westminster to the House of Lords as demonstrators [...]

by Miles Howe / Halifax Media Coop ELSIPOGTOG, NEW BRUNSWICK – About 25 RCMP officers in uniform, along with about a dozen police cruisers, today [June 9] continued to flank equipment owned by gas exploration company SWN Resources Canada as they proceeded with their seismic testing of highway 126 in Kent County, New Brunswick. Pushing the [...]

Well, that didn’t take long. Less than a year after the government of the Mexican state of Guerrero made it clear that it would not approve any plans for La Parota dam, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) has included the dam in its most recent report on its upcoming plans. The commission hopes to begin [...]

By Tim Fontaine / APTN National News It was another day of protest in New Brunswick as Mi’kmaq, Maliseet and their supporters voiced their opposition to shale gas exploration in Kent County. About 100 people have gathered near the town of Birch Ridge, NB, where SWN Resources Canada and their subcontractors have equipment and vehicles used [...]

Two stories from the Amazon rainforest: • A pipeline rupture spilled 11,480 barrels of oil into Ecuador’s River Coca in May. That oil has now traveled downstream into the Peruvian region of Loreto, and is on track to enter Brazil any day. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has apologized “for the problems we have caused.” Do [...]

From Rising Tide North America: his July, many of the members of Rising Tide-affiliated, anti-extraction, and climate justice groups around the U.S., Mexico, and Canada will converge in beautiful Utah to train, discuss, strategize, and develop the structure, dynamics and capacity of the Rising Tide network. Rising Tide is an international, all-volunteer, grassroots network of [...]

From Earth First! Action Reports: Twenty-one climate campaigners were sentenced today at Nottingham Magistrates court for taking part in a week-long occupation of EDF’s West Burton Gas Fired Power Station last Autumn [1]. Despite fears that some of the protesters might be facing jail terms, they were given lesser – but still punitive – sentences [...]