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"We have a dream, may Hueyapan becomes autonomous municipality" 
The dream is ineffable, but gets closer to the reality day after day: "if we all hold hands, it will be easier to change the world."...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2017 1:26am PST
Trump’s Border Wall Will Harm People, Halt Recovery of Jaguars, Other Wildlife 
TUCSON, Ariz., January 25, 2017 — President Trump is expected to announce today that his administration will pursue a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a project that would perpetuate human suffering, harm border communities and halt the cross-border movement of jaguars, ocelots, wolves and other wildlife. Among animals, the wall would be particularly harmful to highly endangered jaguars. Two jaguars have been photographed north of the border in recent years, but the U.S. population will nev...
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2017 4:37pm PST
House Poised to Repeal Global Anti-Corruption Measure; Senate Action to Follow Within the next 24 hours, the US House of Representatives could repeal a bipartisan transparency initiative that affects the oil, gas and mining sector....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2017 11:39am PST
Trump Orders Massive Rollback of Environmental Protections Order Contains Dangerous, Illegal Requirement to Cut Two Rules for Every New One...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2017 6:48pm PST
Defiant as Ever, Water Protectors Vow to Continue the Fight Against the Dakota ‘Black Snake’ Pipeline 
STANDING ROCK INDIAN RESERVATION, N.D., January 26, 2017 — On his fourth day in office, President Trump took executive action that signaled his desire to complete the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. He signed a memorandum ordering the Army secretary and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to “review and approve in an expedited manner…requests for approval to construct and operate the DAPL” as well as an executive order to “streamline and expedite” the environmental review and approva...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2017 12:27am PST
Water Protectors Denied Access to Impartial Jury Pool: 77% of Eligible Jurors In Morton County Presume Guilt On Friday, January 27, attorneys representing the first ten water protectors arrested in actions against the Dakota Access Pipeline in early August 2016 renewed their motion for a change of venue, on grounds that the state did not adequately respond to the motion and is not taking basic steps to assess bias among jurors....
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2017 12:16am PST
Earthjustice Condemns President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum on Keystone XL and Dakota Access Oil Pipelines 
Trump’s action is legally questionable, anti-democratic, ethically suspect...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2017 12:09am PST
Amnesty International USA Responds to DAPL Executive Action January 24, 2017 - Today, President Trump signed an executive action advancing the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In response to the news, Amnesty International USA's Managing Director of the Individuals at Risk Program, Zeke Johnson, issued the following statement:...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2017 12:03am PST
100 Days of Resistance Center for Biological Diversity Releases Action Plan...
Posted: Sun, Jan 29, 2017 11:41pm PST
Trump Puts Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipelines Back on Table WASHINGTON,January 24, 2017 — President Trump signed executive orders today to push ahead with the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. Both projects sparked widespread opposition and protests, especially because of their risks to water, wildlife, climate and people....
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2017 4:13pm PST
On Final Day, Obama Administration Phases out Lead Ammo From National Wildlife Refuges Move Will Help Protect People, Wildlife From Deadly Lead Poisoning...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2017 7:03pm PST
Public Interest Groups, Farmers File Lawsuit Challenging Monsanto's Toxic Pesticides Illegal Approval of Dicamba Use on Engineered Crops Will Harm Farmers, Environment...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2017 12:53pm PST
Turtle Island Statement on OMB Director Candidate Mick Mulvaney President-elect Donald Trump has selected Mick Mulvaney, South Carolina Representative, for the Office of Management and Budget Director....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2017 9:10am PST
EPA Analysis: 97 Percent of Endangered Species Threatened by Two Common Pesticides WASHINGTON, January 18, 2017 — The Environmental Protection Agency today released its first rigorous nationwide analysis of the effects of pesticides on endangered species, finding that 97 percent of the more than 1,800 animals and plants protected under the Endangered Species Act are likely to be harmed by malathion and chlorpyrifos, two commonly used pesticides. Another 78 percent are likely to be hurt by the pesticide diazinon. The results released today are the final biological evaluation...
Posted: Wed, Jan 18, 2017 9:11pm PST
USDA Grants Final Approval for Invasive GE Grass Rushed Approval of Genetically Engineered Bentgrass Granted Despite Ongoing Threat to Agriculture, Environment...
Posted: Tue, Jan 17, 2017 4:50pm PST
Turtle Island Statement on EPA Administrator Candidate Scott Pruitt In advance of the confirmation hearings with the U.S. Senate, Turtle Island Restoration Network has issued the following statement on Scott Pruitt....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2017 2:19pm PST
Nuclear Shutdown News January 2017 Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the decline and fall of the nuclear power industry, in the US and abroad, and highlights the efforts of those who're working to create a nuclear free world. Here is our January 2017 report:...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2017 3:29pm PST
Army Corps Issues Blanket Approval to Destroy Tens of Thousands of Acres of U.S. Wetlands Program Allows Mass Environmental Degradation With Limited Oversight...
Posted: Mon, Jan 9, 2017 1:48am PST
New Analysis Highlights Alarming Anti-Consumer Impacts of Proposed Enbridge/Spectra Energy Mega-Merger 
Advocacy Group Calls on FTC to Extend Merger Review in Light of its Extensive Examination...
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2017 3:01am PST
Nuclear Shutdown News December 2016 Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the decline and fall of the nuclear power industry in the US and beyond, and highlights the efforts of those working to create a nuclear free world.
Here is our December 2016 report:...
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2017 10:35pm PST
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