Tim DeChristopher released from isolation unit, lawyer says
A prominent environmental activist has been released from an isolation unit at a federal prison and placed back into a minimum-security camp after choosing an ill-advised word in an email about one of his legal-defense donors, his lawyers said Thursday. Tim DeChristopher, considered a folk hero in the environmental community, is serving two years for fraudulently bidding on drilling leases near Utah’s national parks in an effort to keep the parcels undeveloped. His lawyers said a campaign by influential environmental leaders and widespread media coverage Wednesday led the U.S. Department of Justice to order the Bureau of Prison to release DeChristopher from his 8-by-10-foot isolation cell in a remote part of northern California. Officials from both agencies refused comment Thursday.
Young environmentalists do care about the environment – blog
Sarah Hodgdon in a blog post in Treehugger says young people are into green issues.
Mountain Justice Spring Break ends in protest at fracking company headquarters
On the morning of March 26, more than 30 anti-fracking activists from across West Virginia and Appalachia in the United States picketed the Bridgeport, West Virginia, office of EQT Energy. The group of activists were supporting two landowners, Eileen and Jim Burke, who came from Doddridge County to try and meet with officials about concerns they had about about EQT’s shale gas operations near their property.
U.S. government administration, 5 states reach deal to quicken approval of wind farms in Great Lakes
The Obama administration and five states have reached an agreement to speed up approval of offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes, which have been delayed by cost concerns and public opposition.
Declaration of war on environmentalists in Canada
The Canadian government targets NGOs and environmentalists where it hurts.
China to flood nature reserve with Yangtze dam
China’s Three Gorges Corp. on Thursday marked the beginning of construction for a dam that will flood the last free-flowing portion of the middle reaches of the Yangtze, the country’s longest river.
Robert Redford’s documentary raises aware of threats to the Colorado River
American actor and director Robert Redford, a longtime environmental activist, has teamed with his son to film a documentary about the Colorado River system in the United States, which conservationists believe is endangered by decades of development and global warming.
Documentary exposes the hidden story behind the near-fatal attack on an environmentalist
Who Bombed Judi Bari? is a suspenseful story about people who risked their lives to save the California redwoods and took on the FBI for trampling their freedom of speech. It shines a light on an amazing American protest movement that succeeded against all odds – with creativity, music, and humor. In 1990, a bomb blew up in the car of two of the most prominent Earth First! redwood activists: Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. They were accused of bombing themselves, but twelve years later won their landmark lawsuit against the FBI, proving that officers falsified evidence and intentionally tried to frame them. To date, the real bomber has never even been searched for and remains at-large.
