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I had another day in court in my ongoing legal battles in Australia. Many of you may or may not know that in 2005 I traveled through Australia as a peace and environmental activist doing trainings on civil disobedience, corporate campaigning and the war in Iraq. The government in Canberra didn’t like it and canceled [...]
Continue reading...By Jennifer Krill, July 17 2008
Check out this great piece from longtime RAN friend Marc Geller from Plug In America. He took a CNN reporter for a ride around San Francisco in his petroleum-free, solar powered electric car. The best way to solve our addiction on oil (and high gas prices, and wars for oil, and expanding refineries to process [...]
Continue reading...By Becky Tarbotton, July 16 2008
Last Friday found me up Kayford Mountain in West Virginia, gazing at a horrific Mountaintop Removal site and wishing that Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America, were by my side. I had just spent all of last week in the area, meeting with friends and allies, drinking in the incredible scenery, dodging coal trucks [...]
Continue reading...By Scott Parkin, July 16 2008
Want to do something about the climate crisis, but not sure what to do? Don’t think that changing your light bulbs or driving a hybrid is enough? Far from the target-rich environment of a coalfield or a coal plant? If you don’t live in Appalachia, the American Southwest or in coal-plant-affected areas, Rainforest Action Network’s [...]
Continue reading...By David, July 14 2008
The Ontario Government just announced plans to protect 56 million acres of Northern Boreal forest from all industry. The area falls entirely in the traditional territories of 36 First Nations communities, who are mostly affiliated with the Nishnaabe Aski Nation. The plan commits to bringing protection in Ontario’s roadless Northern Boreal region up to 50% [...]
Continue reading...By Ananda, July 11 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008 — Asheville, NC Today – Asheville Rising Tide’s Billionaire Bloc descended on Bank of America’s regional headquarters to demand that BoA continue to invest their money in coal. The Asheville Police Department did an excellent job of blocking access to the bank entrance and the ATM, scaring off a number of [...]
Continue reading...By Ananda, July 11 2008
The Billionaires for Coal are back on the streets once again – organizing their elite cadre in Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina in defense of Bank of America’s investments in Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining. Sipping “dirty martinis” made with coal and holding signs with slogans like “More profit, less mountains” and “Our [...]
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ADM is exactly where they should be–in the Corporate Hall of Shame. Today, this U.S. agribusiness giant was officially inducted into the Corporate Hall of Shame, along with Blackwater and WalMart. Thanks to all of you for casting your vote and helping call attention to the role they’re playing in rainforest destruction, human rights violations, [...]
Continue reading...By Scott Parkin, July 7 2008
Remember my last couple of posts where I said that the coal fights are stepping up and people are putting their bodies on the line? I wasn’t kidding. Last week in Richmond, 12 were arrested blockading Dominion Resources’ HQ on the day they began construction at the Wise County coal plant. Well, we have another [...]
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By Scott Parkin, July 18 2008
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