Some top environmental, climate, animal activism news from the past week or so (other than what we’ve already covered)….
Activism, In General
- Avaaz: activism or ‘slacktivism’? [Guardian]
- Undercover – the book and the blog [Guardian]
- Undercover police officer unlawfully spied on climate activists, judges rule [Guardian]
- Greenpeace to Launch Global Digital Innovation Lab; Hires Michael Silberman, Online Pioneer, To Lead Initiative [Huffington Post]
- Power station activists win appeal over missing police spy’s tapes [Guardian]
- CPS in crisis as allegations of suppressed evidence wreck trials [Guardian]
- Tapping Social Media To Muster a Vast Green Army [Climate Progress]
Coal, Oil, & Climate Activism
- Activists Halt Mountaintop Removal At Coal River Mountain [Think Progress]
- A Former Coal Mining Community Fights for Environmental Justice (Video) [TreeHugger]
- Cairn’s Twitter injunction backfires [Guardian]
- Will the Live-Action ‘Captain Planet’ Film Have the Guts to Take on Climate Change? [TreeHugger]
- 5 Successful Reforestation Projects [sustainablog]
- Dozens of Activists invade headquarters of Arctic oil drillers [Greenpeace]
- Polar Bears occupy Cairn Energy’s Headquarters [Greenpeace]
Animal Activism
- Activists Hate Foie Gras Donuts, Protest Restaurant [Huffington Post]
- Stop foie gras promotion [Animal Aid]
- Urge Western Governors to Prevent Wholesale Wolf Slaughter [Defenders of Wildlife]
- Communities for tigers [WWF]
Other Environmental Activism
- Clean Air Groups Demand EPA Action on California Smog [Earthjustice]
- Activists take action to detox future; Australian farmers oppose to GM crop trials [Greenpeace]
- See Stephen Poliakoff’s WWF film [Guardian]
- XM3N mannequins reveal their mission: To challenge Nike and Adidas to “Detox” [Greenpeace]
- Greenpeace reacts to TEPCO claims of accomplishing 1st phase of Fukushima crisis plan [Greenpeace]
Image via Avaaz
