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Today

I returned last night from a 24 hour visit to the Agropalma plantation. Their sprawling 107,000 hectare (264,402 acre) complex is located just three hours south of Belem, in the Brazilian Amazon.

This morning five activists were arrested after locking down to an excavator on Coal River Mountain. They had giant banners that read “Save Coal River Mountain” and “Wind Mills NOT Toxic Spills.” See the photos. See the video here. See the pictures. Later in the afternoon, eight more activists were arrested after crossing onto [...]

Yesterday

See this recent piece in Time Magazine about Tim DeChristopher’s stunts and the upcoming mass action on March 2nd. To Protect Public Land, Eco-Protesters Get Creative By Bryan Walsh Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher tainted an auction of oil and gas drilling leases by bidding up parcels of land by hundreds of thousands of [...]

February 1

Another world is possible and we are constructing it, right here, right now. This slogan began with the first World Social Forum in 2001 and continues to guide this annual phenomenon. This is where 100,000 people from the world’s social and environmental movements meet, exchange  ideas, celebrate together and offer alternative to the World Economic Forum in Davos. What was [...]

January 31

Nice article by Time Magazine reporter Bryan Walsh on Utah student and monkey wrencher Tim DeChristopher. At the end is a plug for the Capital Climate Action. To Protect Public Land, Eco-Protesters Get Creative http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1874446,00.html By Bryan Walsh Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher tainted an auction of oil and gas drilling leases by bidding up [...]

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