Renowned climate scientist James Hansen was just arrested at a protest in front of the White House. We’ll keep you updated with posts all day. Chesapeake Climate Action Network is present at Appalachia Rising along with thousands of individuals and groups like […]

Thousands march in DC today to call on Obama Administration to end mountaintop removal coal mining video from the march: http://www.twitvid.com/player/8Z9V9 Reverend Billy & choir are currently singing outside PNC bank lobby: “PNC, bring back the mountains!” while about ten mountain justice […]

Marie Mason Transferred to New Prison in Carswell, Texas (near Fort Worth) by Kenneth Miller and Erik Davis {based on original story by FW Miller for the Defiant Spirit} Fellow Worker Marie Mason, a long-time member of the Industrial Workers of the […]

Liz Butler Campaign Director, 1Sky from the Huffington Post Two years ago this month, I flew in a helicopter over Appalachian coal country in Kentucky. After we landed and I drove off, I cried. I was in Kentucky because the amazing group […]

Dear Friends of the Big Mountain & Black Mesa Resistance Communities, Please check out (and forward) this version of our Black Mesa caravan announcement. Apologies for any double posts. Thank you, BMIS Join the Caravan in Support of Indigenous Communities Resisting Massive […]

Despite state-wide flood warnings, the skies opened for just enough time to allow five RAN activists to hang two billboard sized banners off of a 3rd street skyway during morning rush hour today, calling attention to Cargill’s continuing role in the destruction […]

Subpoenas, Searches, and FBI visits carried out in cities across the country By Staff September 24, 2010 Read more articles in People’s Struggles We denounce the Federal Bureau of Investigation harassment of anti-war and solidarity activists in several states across the country. […]

Appalachia Rising: uprising radio On Monday September 27, over a thousand Appalachian residents, former coal miners and environmental activists will gather in Washington D.C. to call on the Obama administration to stop mountaintop removal mining. They will also gather to pressure the […]

EPA Slaps Monsanto with Record Fine Million Dollar Settlement the Largest in Series of Penalties By Jimmy Mengel Friday, July 9th, 2010 Greenchipstocks.com Hey Monsanto, it’s time to pay the piper… again. In the largest fine ever levied under a U.S. pesticides […]

By RANDY FURST, Star Tribune Last update: September 24, 2010 – 11:08 AM The homes of several leaders of the Twin Cities antiwar movement were raided Friday by the FBI in what an agency spokesman described as an “investigation into activities concerning […]