Posts By Scott Parkin

Scott Parkin - who has written 431 posts on Rainforest Action Network Blog.

Scott Parkin currently works as Rainforest Action Network's Senior Campaigner on the Global Finance Campaign targeting mountaintop removal, the government agencies which allow it and the banks that fund it. Scott has worked in anti-corporate globalization, anti-war, labor and environmental movements for over a decade. Originally from Texas, Scott lives in San Francisco. Scott can be found on Twitter: @sparki1969

King Coal Ups The Ante In Oregon

By Scott Parkin, January 31 2012

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King Coal Ups The Ante In Oregon

The reports of King Coal’s demise appear to be exaggerated. At least for now. After a year of fighting for coal export terminals proposals in Washington, coal companies are moving south into Oregon. Last week, it was announced that port officials at the Port of St. Helen’s, OR approved proposals to allow coal export terminals [...]

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L.A.’s Dark Secret

By Scott Parkin, January 26 2012

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L.A.’s Dark Secret

In the 1974 classic Roman Polanski neo-noir film Chinatown, private detective Jake Gittes (played by Jack Nicholson) discovers one of LA’s dirty secrets: Wealthy developers are legally stealing precious water from poor struggling farmers in California’s central valley to hydrate the posh homes of Beverly Hills and a rapidly growing Los Angeles. It’s a sordid [...]

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100 Years Of “Bread and Roses”

By Scott Parkin, January 13 2012

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100 Years Of “Bread and Roses”

“One may live without bread, but not without roses…” - Jean Richepin, 19th century French Poet One hundred years ago this week, 25,000 textile mill workers, many of them women and young girls, walked away from their looms and out of the Dickensian sweatshops of Lawrence, Massachusetts in protest of brutal working conditions and pay [...]

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Bank Of America Smack Dab In The Middle Of Coal Exports Controversy

By Scott Parkin, September 19 2011

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Bank Of America Smack Dab In The Middle Of Coal Exports Controversy

Last week, Rainforest Action Network’s guerrilla projections team rolled around Seattle raising the profile of coal exports in the Pacific Northwest. Coal companies like Peabody Energy and Arch Coal are lobbying hard to build coal export terminals in Bellingham, WA and Longview, WA. And there are rumors that more such proposals will be popping up [...]

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Activists Shine A Light On Washington Coal Ports

By Scott Parkin, September 15 2011

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Activists Shine A Light On Washington Coal Ports

Holy Coal Hard Truth, Batman! This week, I’ve been riding around the streets of Seattle with a guerrilla projection team. We’ve been shining a massive Bat Signal-like light on iconic locations around town to get our message about coal exports out to Seattle’s citizens. For almost a year now, one of the biggest environmental stories [...]

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Welcome To The Port Of Poverty And Pollution

By Scott Parkin, September 14 2011

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Welcome To The Port Of Poverty And Pollution

The spirit of Seattle lives. A revolt is in motion in many parts of the country. It’s crossing issues and bringing together unlikely allies to challenge corporations and politicians acting against the needs of their citizens. In November 1999, RAN joined a diverse and lively global justice movement, which included environmentalists, labor, students, people of [...]

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Drawing A Line In The Tar Sands

By Scott Parkin, September 7 2011

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Drawing A Line In The Tar Sands

tipping point  (tɪpɪŋ point) — n  the crisis stage in a process, when a significant change takes place This last week, I went to Washington D.C. and joined the Tar Sands Action, the biggest environmental mass action in a generation. Over a thousand were arrested calling on Obama to deny the permits for the Keystone [...]

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Red State Rebels: Idaho Residents Call For Support & Solidarity Against Tar Sands Megaloads

By Scott Parkin, September 2 2011

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Red State Rebels: Idaho Residents Call For Support & Solidarity Against Tar Sands Megaloads

Bam! The fight against the tar sands is hot! In the past week and a half, over 800 people have been arrested sitting-in at the White House in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline. And yesterday, Indigenous Canadians took action at the Canadian embassy in Washington D.C. More actions are planned everyday until Saturday and [...]

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Photo Of The Day: Appalachians Join Texas Landowner In Tar Sands Sit-in At White House

By Scott Parkin, August 31 2011

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Photo Of The Day: Appalachians Join Texas Landowner In Tar Sands Sit-in At White House

Today another 111 people were arrested sitting in at the White House calling on President Barack Obama to deny the Keystone XL pipeline’s permits. In a powerful example of cross-movement solidarity, a large delegation of Appalachians who have been fighting mountaintop removal coal mining participated in the sit-in. They joined a delegation of pipeline landowners [...]

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Idaho Residents Arrested Blocking Tar Sands Megaloads Bound For Alberta

By Scott Parkin, August 26 2011

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Idaho Residents Arrested Blocking Tar Sands Megaloads Bound For Alberta

They spill, they drill, and we fight back with the only currency we have — our bodies, our minds and our fighting spirit. Hundreds have been arrested sitting in at the White House this week. Meanwhile, Alberta’s Indigenous communities have been fighting Big Oil’s development of tar sands for quite some time, and today residents [...]

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