(Posted by Branden for Daryl who joined RAN’s Michael Brune and others to protest MTR in West Virginia last week.) Why would I fly across the country on my own dime knowing I would most likely end up in jail in one of the poorest parts of America? Well, have you ever heard of MTR? Don’t feel bad, [...]

JP Morgan Chase bank, based in New York City, is living in the past. While they have a fancy new advertising campaign, that most of us have undoubtedly seen in the past few months, JP Morgan Chase still invests hundreds of millions of dollars into coal each year – reflecting an antiquated and highly [...]

The Yes Men – the same folks who have posed as corporate and government hacks to announce Dow’s apology for the Bhopal chemical spill and to admit the failure of HUD’s reconstruction efforts in New Orleans – have just launched a new website as part of a national climate justice nonviolent civil disobedience pledge campaign. The [...]

Boston, Ma–Activists with Rising Tide draped a 25-foot banner reading, “*Mountain Top Removal Kills Communities: EPA No New Permits. MountainJustice.org” on 1 North Congress St., at the intersection of New Chardon Activists with Rising Tide draped a 25-foot banner reading, “Mountain Top Removal Kills Communities: EPA No New Permits. MountainJustice.org” on 1 North Congress St., [...]

Check out episode 5 of the 10 day adventure of RAN and Substance educating and mobilizing people to stop the Tar Sands, with rock bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere

In the past 10 days almost 50 people have been arrested protesting mountaintop removal sites. On Thursday, June 18, 14 people were arrested as they daringly took over and scaled a coal-scooping 20-story dragline in Twilight, WV. On Tuesday, June 23, 31 people (including climatologist James Hansen, actress Darryl Hannah, Goldman prize winner Judy Bonds, RAN Executive [...]

It’s no secret that the Canadian Tar Sands are one of the dirtiest projects in human history – all you have to do is look at it from space. But if Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lets Tar Sands oil sneak into the U.S. through the back door – at the same time as Congress [...]

Check out episode 4 of the 10 day adventure of RAN and Substance educating and mobilizing people to stop the Tar Sands, with rock bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere

Check out the third edition of the web diaries from the Freedom From Oil Tour. RAN and Substance have teamed up with rock bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere to mobilize people against Tar Sands mining.

The second edition in the 10 day adventure of educating and mobilizing people to stop the Tar Sands, with rock bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere