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Continue reading...By Scott Parkin, December 11 2008
From the UK Guardian: “The £12m defences of the most heavily guarded power station in Britain have been breached by a single person who, under the eyes of CCTV cameras, climbed two three-metre (10ft) razor-wired, electrified security fences, walked into the station and crashed a giant 500MW turbine before leaving a calling card reading “no [...]
Continue reading...By Robin, December 10 2008
Check out this letter from Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben calling for mass civil disobedience outside a coal-fired power plant near Capitol Hill March 2, 2009. Click here to sign up to receive updates about participating in the action, There are moments in a nation’s — and a planet’s — history when it may be [...]
Continue reading...By Julie, December 10 2008
Check out this amazing new cartoon teaching kids (and adults) about mountaintop removal. Kijani, the wise and powerful 800 pound gorilla teaches the gang (Bucket, Cypher, Scoot and Socket) that “Turn it Up Day” – invented by a nasty corporation that uses a giant mechanical worm to chomp off mountaintops to get at coal to [...]
Continue reading...By Ananda, December 10 2008
Friends of Black Mesa, The meeting yesterday was extremely powerful, including a big rally and protest outside, hundreds of calls into OSM’s office, and a banner hang. Black Mesa Water Coalition also generated good media, including page 2 of the Denver Post this morning, two pieces in Grist, Gallup Independent, SF Chronicle, Forbes and AZ [...]
Continue reading...By Annie Sartor, December 9 2008
Last week, Bank of America released a new coal policy on their website announcing that they would “phase out financing of companies whose predominant method of extracting coal is through mountain top removal.” We were thrilled. We celebrated. We sent out a press release praising Bank of America for their decision to move away from [...]
Continue reading...By Scott Parkin, December 9 2008
Yesterday, about 60 British climate activists breached security at London’s Stansted airport to blockade runway traffic. Causing dozens of cancellations, “Plane Stupid” is a network of groups taking action against air traffic pollution and airport expansion. They snuck into the secured airfield at 3:15am and camped out on the runway and raised a banner saying [...]
Continue reading...By joshua kahn russell, December 8 2008
Young people in Poznan, Poland are stepping into the empty shoes of our stalling government. Young people from the United States have been engaging full force in the 14th Conference of Parties (COP) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Unfortunately, we can’t say the same of our government. Instead of waiting around [...]
Continue reading...By Eriel, December 5 2008
Calgary, AB – Calgary, Canada’s dirties city takes the lead on Challenging Canadian Banks investments in projects like the tar sands & other dirty energy projects. Calgary is at the heart of the problem and can be the start of the solution. “IS YOUR BANK A CARBON BIGFOOT?” – FIND OUT HERE Climate Friendly Banking: [...]
Continue reading...By joshua kahn russell, December 5 2008
The economic crisis is an opportunity to transform our economy Cross Posted from Grist It’s day four of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations in Poznan Poland, but it feels like I’ve been here for months. I’m up before the sun rises and in bed after midnight – and the action [...]
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By Luke, December 11 2008
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