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Environmental crises are ravaging the country. From tar sands oil pipelines to fracking for natural gas to western coal exports, the fossil fuel industry is literally waging war on the United States. One of the most resisted forms of extraction is mountaintop removal coal mining. In the late 1990′s, a new anti-strip mining movement emerged [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Making change in the world is hard work — some times decades-long hard work. But with the right combination of strategies, experience, tenacity, and allies, it is possible to achieve victories that have a lasting impact. This year, Rainforest Action Network took on corporate titans and secured real wins for the world’s forests, the climate, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 3, 2010
In mid-July I attended the 1st Annual ‘Unist’ot’en Environmental Action Camp in Unist’ot’en territory in Northern BC as a facilitator and participant. Members of the Wetsuweten nation, joined by First Nations activists and allies from across Canada and US – including Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), Rainforest Action Network (RAN), and Ruckus Society – organized to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 6, 2010
“In the wake of a damning report linking Cargill to the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests, activists with Rainforest Action Network occupied the executive offices of the nation’s largest private agribusiness company Cargill. Playing a loud recording of chainsaws cutting down rainforests and holding signs reading “This is the sound of your supply chain,” and “Mr. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 1, 2010
Philly EPA Considering 16 New Mining Permits This morning activists in Philadelphia descended upon their Regional EPA branch to put an end to Mountaintop Removal mining (MTR). Decisions made here in Philly have devastating consequences for Appalachian communities and our country as a whole. Activists prepared to enter the building and risk arrest by sitting-in [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 31, 2009
Students and activists in Lexington KY protested a JP Morgan branch. Check out the pics here and here And here’s a great video
Continue reading...Monday, August 10, 2009
Good morning Understory readers! We’ve got a new video from the amazing New York Action Network out in NYC! This time, they pay a visit to Chase Branch Managers in Manhattan: -Annie
Continue reading...Saturday, June 20, 2009
Here’s a video of yesterday’s action in Twilight, WV that shut down a 20 story dragline. Watch the video here 14 were arrested after entering onto a mine site. Seven stopped the machine from operating, 2 documented the event and 4 scaled the machine to hang a banner that said “Stop Mountaintop Removal”
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 29, 2008
I have almost nothing to say. this is mostly just bizarre. And disgusting. The giant bank HSBC has a new ad depicting a violent police disruption of a forest protest. Just strange. Oh, and I like Joanna Newsom, WTF?
Continue reading...Monday, July 21, 2008
Our friends Ryanne and Jay, over at Ryan is Hungry recently made an amazing video to help get folks excited about RAN. Giving a presentation to a group of students? Explaining what RAN does to your friends before convincing them to join you in an action? Want to inspire the pants off your community (not [...]
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