Year: 2013
Day 4 Loyalsock State Forest- Northern Pennsylvania An Update from the canopy.
Hello World,
If you do not know my name is Hellbender (Hellbender also known as the hellbender salamander, is a species of giant salamander endemic to eastern North America ) and I am only going to take a moment of your time.
I’m sure by now someone has denounced the use of a tree-sit to defend the Loyalsock. They may say they can’t support such brazen forms of tree-hugging. To that I ask, WHY NOT? Has asking nicely of those who look at high elevation wetlands, rare pitcher plants, vast dense and (mostly un-fragmented forest eco-system, and the watershed for rock run as another fracked gas goldmine worked? Do you really think petitioning alone will stop someone with millions of dollars on the line? I am sotty to be the bearer of bad news, these kind of pipe dreams will not stop pipelines. The realization that the Board of the DCNR (PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources) aren’t your friends is a hard one indeed. Let me stress one thing, while the current secretary of the DCNR may be in the back pocket of Anadarko and the gas company, Let us not assume that the rest of the DCNR are so easily corrupted. Many, if not most, of them are ecologists, biologists, environmental and forestry majors. I believe that they care deeply about this forest and our Mother Earth. Now is not the time to damn DCNR as a whole, let us direct our anger at Anadarko and anyone else who puts a price tag on nature. For any allies who want to plug in, share resources , donate, or just stay updated, visit www.MarcellusEarthFirst.org I am sure I am not the only one who know this but folks, right now, we are winning. For now I leave with this and will check back when I can.
Keep it wild forever
Love and rage,
Hellbender
CALL TO ACTION!: Earth First! Demo at Anadarko headquarters!
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/237674113046997/
Where: (33 W. Third Street in Williamsport) to protest drilling in Loyalsock.
On Friday September 13th, Endless Mountains Earth First! cordially invites you to come to Williamport, PA to visit Anadarko Petroleum Corporation offices to protest drilling in the Loyalsock.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC) has plans to invade the revered Loyalsock State Forest in northeast Pennsylvania with over two dozen hydro-fracking well-pads, multiple pipelines, access roads, and other associated infrastructure. Thousands of acres are at risk; including mature forest ecosystems, unique habitats such as high elevation wetlands and exceptional value streams teeming with trout. This area is home to several rare and threatened species including the Timber Rattlesnake, Northern Water Shrew, Yellow Bellied Flycatcher, as well as several carnivorous plants such as the Pitcher Plant. The Loyalsock is the line in the sand for many locals who frequent the forest to hike, swim, camp, hunt, fish…
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Earth First! Journal Collective Weekend Tour Aug 16 & 17 Workshops in Chapel Hill and Benefit Show in Greensboro
On Friday August 16th Internationalist Books in Chapel Hill will host a debate/discussion at 6 p.m. regarding the new zine “The Issues Are Not The Issue” with the author and organizers from Everglades & Katuah Earth First!
On Saturday Aug 17th, come out from 2-5 p.m. at Internationalist Bookstore at 405 W. Franklin St. in Chapel Hill for the “Earth Nightly News” program and Independent Media Workshop with editors from the Earth First! Journal Collective out of Lake Worth, Florida and the Appalachian office in Western NC. Find out how you can get involved in EF! Media projects and more. Participants will discuss where they get their news, which forms are most used, and how under-reported events and organizing can get more attentions through alternative press.
The Earth First! Journal has been a circulating printed newspaper and magazine for over 32 years. As the voice of…
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Calling for Earth First! Journal Submissions
Friends, Strangers, Comrades-in-arms, Allies-in-lockboxes, Revolutionaries-in-cubicles,
Remember that time when you were at that action and were hit suddenly with an epiphany—a poem, a comic, a manifesto, an idea for the way all living things on Earth could unite to defeat corporate colonialism? Or maybe you were just hit by a cop’s baton. Whatever it actually was, we want to hear about it!
Or perhaps you don’t take part in frontline actions, but spend long evenings ruminating on the state of the planet and composing decolonial propaganda that you want to be read by radicals, luddites, NSA data centers and prisoners all over the world. Well, here’s your chance!
This year’s second issue of the Earth First! Journal will be coming out soon, and we’ve started work on a third. We’ve already received some wonderful submissions, but we need more!
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Warning: Earthfirst.org Is Not a Movement Website
The out-dated websites EarthFirst.org and its affiliated EarthFirstNews.com are not connected to the Earth First! movement. There is no accountability on where the “donations” go, nor the content that is posted. The owner of the site, Greg Thorne, is a web domain speculator who has had no known connection to the movement for at least a decade. Unless this changes, we ask that you do not promote the site in any way. If you have donated there in the past, we suggest you ask for a refund so that you can direct your money to a project which is accountable to the EF! movement, such as the Journal (which has a collective that is responsive on a daily basis and meets openly at EF! gatherings twice a year)
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BREAKING: TWAC Blocking Portland Transcanada Office with Tripod
Update: The action has been declared a success as businesses were forced to lock their doors and close their blinds – apparently the dance party was just too much for them! In addition, all TWAC activists have avoided arrest and gear was not confiscated.
by Niko / Earth First! Newswire
A tripod has been erected at the entrance of a building that houses a TransCanada office, blocking the entrance and causing businesses inside to lock the doors. Protesters outside have responded with a very glittery and colorful dance party in front of the building and a banner that reads “No Tar Sands On Native Lands. Stop Genocide.”
This action was organized by theTrans and Womyns Action Camp (TWAC), a direct action group for women and trans* and gender-variant folks. A correspondent from TWAC said that they took action today “to stand in solidarity with communities that are affected disproportionately…
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54 Grandparents and Grandchildren Blockade ERM
from Earth First! News
54 grandparents and grandkids blocked work inside ERM, the oil contractor in charge of writing the environmental review for the Keystone XL, as part of the Walk for our Grandchildren demonstration to raise consciousness about militarization and climate change.
ERM is a massive corporation hid their ties to big oil companies like Exxon Mobil and even TransCanada—an illegal act that exposes deep conflict of interest.
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Earth First! Calls On Activists to “Disrupt the Chain of Supply” for Oil and Gas Industry
“An Insurgency Against Fracking… Has Begun”
The following text is from a press release of the newly-formed Earth First! Media office, whichprovides correspondence to news outlets around the world.
Raleigh, NC—Earlier this month, activists with Earth First!blockaded the North Carolina facility of a company involved in hydrofracking for oil and gas. According to Earth First!, this action is the start of a coordinated effort to target businesses involved with the controversial fracking industry.
Following this action by Croatan Earth First!—a group based in central North Carolina—a new online resource,FrackIndustry.org, was also launched. The website provides detailed information, including addresses of offices and facilities operated by companies such as Carbo Ceramics, US Silica, Rainbow Ceramics, Northern Frac Proppants, andMomentive, the target of this month’s blockade in Morganton, N.C.
Croatan Earth First! says Momentive is a prime example, being one…
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Hudson Valley Earth First! 