Coal Exports Action Moves To Stop Preventable Environmental Catastrophe
It is obvious Big Coal is on the ropes. This week, both Arch Coal and Alpha Natural Resources posted losses. St. Louis based Patriot Coal, mainly operating in Appalachia, filed…
Charlotte Rolls Against Coal!
Last weekend, over a thousand Charlotte citizens turned out for a cancer fundraiser styled as a 24 Hour bike ride. Participants were encouraged to ride with a team, and many…
Twenty Pro-Mountain Activists Held on $500,000 Combined Bail After Shutting Down Hobet Mine
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…
Taking a Cue From RAN? Democrats Give Bank of America Stadium Another Rename
Seems like no one is happy with the name of Charlotte, NC’s Bank of America Stadium these days. Just two months after we renamed it “Bank of Coal” Stadium to…
Patriot Coal: Another One Bites the Dust
Big news this week in the coal industry: Patriot Coal, the third-largest Mountaintop Removal (MTR) coal mining company, is filing for bankruptcy. Bank of America is among the banks providing…
West Virginia Prepares for Mountain Mobilization; July 25-Aug. 1
“Everything has to get bigger from here. We need to put our backs up against the wall and not back down.” –Larry Gibson, lifelong West Virginian This fight to end…
Greenwash This: Dumping 500 lbs of Coal at Bank of America
This week, top Bank of America brass are in Rio for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, shilling for the bank’s green image. Bank representatives are using the Rio +20…
Bank Of America Chair Supports Sustainable Energy For Some at Rio+20
As governmental negotiations are faltering at the “Rio Plus 20” talks in Brazil, the Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4All) announced major commitments to sustainable energy from a wide variety…
Bank of America: Strong on Rhetoric, Weak on Climate & Coal
Bank of America released its new environmental initiative this morning, grandly declaring that “Today’s announcement builds on Bank of America’s legacy of leadership in the environmental arena.” While the bank’s…
Goldman Sachs Sets the Wrong Target
Last week I received an announcement from Goldman Sachs proudly promoting their latest Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, highlighting efforts to address environmental, social and governance issues in 2011 and…