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EF! Round River Rendezvous July 1-8th

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Nate Ebert Takes Plea Deal, Vows to Continue Fight Against Fracking

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Video: Appalachia Resist! and Earth First! occupy GreenHunter facility

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Nate Ebert, who, on February 19th climbed a 30 foot pole anchored to a frack waste truck and shut down GreenHunter Water's frack waste transfer facility in New Matamoras, Ohio for most of a business day, took a plea deal this morning in the Marietta Municipal Court in Marietta, OH. 

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Extreme Extraction Technique Ignites Coal That's Still Underground

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It's called Underground Coal Gasification, or UCG, and energy companies plan to turn the UK into a massive testing ground

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Just when we were all getting to grips with fracking, another mind-blowingly stupid and dangerous form of extreme energy extraction gains momentum. And it's no distant threat: licences have been sold for some time, 21 so far just off the coast in places like Swansea Bay, and now companies are boasting to investors that production is imminent.

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NASA asks, Is a Sleeping Greenhouse Gas Giant Stirring in the Arctic?

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by Joe Romm / ThinkProgress

A NASA science team has observed “amazing and potentially troubling” levels of methane and CO2 from the rapidly warming Arctic. Given the staggering amount of carbon trapped in the permafrost — and the fact that methane is a very potent heat-trapping gas — the space agency is now asking: “Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic?

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Elsipogtog First Nation Arrested Blocking Shale Trucks During Sacred Fire

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Twelve people were arrested Friday morning by the RCMP 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 trucks and workers.

Farrah said seven men and five women were taken into custody on Route 126 outside Moncton near Elsipogtog First Nation.

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TransCanada Is Briefing Police About KXL Protests and Urging Terrorism Prosecutions

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by Will Potter / Green Is The New Red

New documents show that TransCanada, the corporation behind the $5.3 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline, has been briefing police about non-violent protesters and urging prosecutors to consider them “terrorists.”

Environmentalists have waged a diverse campaign against the 2,000-mile pipeline that has included civil disobedience at the White House, tree sits and blockades, and a 

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Political Prisoner Oso Blanco Needs Medical Support: Call-In June 12-13

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Help a Captive Indigenous Warrior Survive! Fight Medical Neglect in U.S. Prisons!

from Denver ABC

Byron Shane “Oso Blanco” Chubbuck is an Indigenous rights activist serving 80 years for bank robbery, aggravated assault on the FBI, escape and firearms charges. A confidential informant reported that Oso was robbing banks in order to acquire funds to support the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico throughout 1998-99.

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ELN guerrillas kidnap mining executive, demand end to mining concessions

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By Jorge Barrera / APTN

A Colombia guerilla group is trying to draw Ottawa into its battle with a Toronto-based mining company which is quietly trying to secure the release of one of its executives who has been held hostage since January.

The Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (ELN) kidnapped Gernot Wober, 47, on Jan. 18, during an attack on the Snow Mine camp in Bolivar state, which sits in the northern part of the country. The guerilla group kidnapped five other people, including three Colombians and two Peruvians, who have all since been released. Continue reading

Katuah EF! Reportback from the Week of Resistance to Genetically Engineered Trees

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by Katuah Earth First!

Donate!: 5 people were arrested for disrupting the Tree Biotech Conference and we need to raise money quick for their legal expenses! Please donate to the legal fund at: https://www.wepay.com/donations/tree-biotech-bail-fund

Last fall when our friends at Global Justice Ecology Project informed us that Asheville, NC had been chosen as the site of the international Tree Biotechnology 2013 Conference we felt a little fire spark in our bellies.

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Breaking: Liberate The Land Occupation at Hayes Valley Farm

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Women working at Hayes Valley Farm Occupation.

TREE SITTERS AND ACTIVISTS REFUSE POLICE ORDERS TO VACATE IN SF AT FORMER HAYES VALLEY FARM SITE

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PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, FRIDAY June 7th 10:00 a.m. (Laguna and Oak Streets, SF)

This past Saturday, June 1st activists marched to the site of the former Hayes Valley Farm to prevent the destruction of the farm and garden for development of luxury apartments.  The activists have been on site 24/7 since Saturday with several activists sitting in platforms in the trees, a non-violent  tactic commonly used to protect green spaces.  The former Hayes Valley Farm has been renamed Gezi Gardens in solidarity with the social uprising in Turkey that started when activists attempted to peacefully defend a green space in Istanbul called Gezi Park.

“I’m sitting in a tree because land is necessary in a time of survival when there is no hope in Wall Street or the oil economy,” says tree sitter Eddie Che, “We need to grow our own food within the city of San Francisco.  Monsanto grows so much of the food supply.  What do San Franciscans want?” Continue reading

What if animals could tweet?

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Georgianne Nienaber, a political and investigative reporter for the Huffington Post, posted an article entitled “What if Lab Animals Could Tweet?”
The  article was prompted by a recent Gallup poll showing an increase disparity in the moral acceptability of “medical testing on animals”.  Younger people, in the 18-34 years bracket, showed a decline of about 19% from 2001 to 2013. 

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