Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade November 19, 2012 UPDATE: 2:00 pm – From coast to coast, solidarity against the Keystone XL In Burlington, Vermont, and Fairfax, California, activists displayed banners decrying Keystone XL’s role in the ongoing climate crisis. “As communities […]
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NAACP Study “Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People”
By: Jenée Desmond-Harris (The Root) — It’s not news that coal-fired plants cause pollution, and it’s not surprising that it’s low-income people and people of color who tend to live closest to them. But “Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People,” a new […]
Continue readingRallies, public gatherings banned in Ayun
Cross Posted from Pakistan Observer Chitral—The district administration of Chitral has imposed section 144 in Ayun valley banning all types of rallies and public gatherings following protests by the local people against cutting of trees in their area. The police have registered FIR against […]
Continue readingCross-border solidarity against Turkey’s power plant plans near Bulgaria
Cross Posted from FOCUS Sofia. More than 200 people have gathered at the seacoast in the Bulgarian village of Rezovo, joining a cross-border protest and voicing disagreement with Turkey’s building a thermal power plant (TPP) a few kilometers away from the border with […]
Continue readingRural Rebels and Useless Airports: La ZAD – Europe’s Largest Postcapitalist Land Occupation
October 2012, Notre dames des Landes, France. [source][/source] Chris leans forward, her long fingers play with the dial of the car radio “I’m trying to find 107.7 FM“ … a burst of Classical music, a fragment of cheesy pop. “ Ah! Here […]
Continue readingOne Big Step Closer to Ending Mountaintop Removal
Cross Posted from Huffington Post By Mary Anne Hitt One of Appalachia’s biggest coal companies is getting out of the mountaintop removal business. In a landmark announcement, Patriot Coal, one of Appalachia’s three largest mountaintop removal companies, has signed a settlement agreement with the […]
Continue readingBlack Elk Energy oil rig fire: two feared dead, two more missing
Cross Posted from The Guardian Two people are feared dead and two more are missing after a fire on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, the US coast guard said on Friday. Four other workers were injured in the resulting fire on […]
Continue readingHopi File New Lawsuit Against Snowbowl
By CYNDY COLE The Hopi Tribe filed suit Wednesday in federal court in the District of Columbia, seeking an injunction to block snowmaking with reclaimed wastewater at Arizona Snowbowl this winter because of a threatened plant. The case has been assigned […]
Continue reading40 Climate Solidarity Actions Launch Worldwide to Defend Our Homes From Dirty Energy and Climate Change
Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade UPDATE: Thursday, Nov. 15th – Four arrested for shutting down an American Petroleum Institute luncheon in New Orleans Four protestors where arrested after a group of over a dozen shut down an American Petroleum Institiute luncheon in the Roosevelt Hotel […]
Continue readingPro-Wolf Activists Rally Throughout Minnesota as Wolf Hunt Continues
by an EF!er from Minnesota With the first season almost over and the death toll at 124 wolves in Minnesota alone. The wolf activist groups “Northwoods Wolf Alliance” and “Howling for Wolves” continue to rally against the hunt all over the state […]
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