Doctors orders: stop fracking Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Medical Society—the state’s largest medical group—is calling for a moratorium on the controversial natural gas extraction method and is urging the state legislature to fund an independent health registry and commission research studies on the health effects of fracking. Fracking chemicals have been detected in the state’s drinking […]
Dozens of additional law enforcement officers from six states are headed to North Dakota under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), a program designed to facilitate state-to-state disaster relief assistance. While this compact has been used in times of riot, its use in peaceful protests or non-violent direct actions seems unprecedented. 21 Arrested During Peaceful […]
By Jason Schwartz What would you do if one day you woke up and the water in your well was a brown, viscous mess? That’s what happened to Tachia Sandoval almost 20 years ago. She came from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Las Animas County, Colorado, in the 1990s, getting away from decades in the city […]
Many of you may have read my post on EcoWatch this morning, and already know that Deia Schlosberg, the producer of my new climate change documentary, How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change, was arrested Tuesday in Walhalla, North Dakota, for filming a protest against a pipeline […]
By Dear President Obama Three-time Academy Award nominated actor Mark Ruffalo and documentary filmmaker Jon Bowermaster sent a letter Tuesday respectfully calling on President Barack Obama to take immediate action addressing fracking during his last 100 days in office, which began Oct. 11. The letter highlights the damages caused by increased oil and gas drilling […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) did not properly account for climate change in its environmental impact assessment of a $1.4 billion natural gas pipeline, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). FERC found that the 160-mile pipeline would have a limited impact on the environment, but the EPA argues potential emissions from burning […]
Deia Schlosberg, the producer of my new climate change documentary, How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change, was arrested Tuesday in Walhalla, North Dakota, for filming a protest action against a pipeline bringing Canadian tar sands oil into the U.S. 5 #climate activists shut down 5 tar […]
Shailene Woodley, star of The Fault in Our Stars and the Divergent series, was arrested Monday morning while protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline in Sioux County, North Dakota. Screenshot from Shailene Woodley Facebook page. Woodley was streaming live on her Facebook page Monday during a peaceful protest at Standing Rock. The protest was in response […]
By Sara Stidstone Gronim On Aug. 29, 2015, I was getting ready for another semester of teaching at Long Island University Post. One year later, I was in jail. On Aug. 29, 2016, I was arrested for a peaceful protest in front of National Grid’s Brooklyn headquarters. How does one go from the Ivory Tower […]
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