Cure Your Summertime Blues With Coal Action Camp

Posted August 5, 2011 in The Understory

It’s going to be some hot business this summer, and we ain’t talkin about the triple digit heat wave hitting much of the country. There is a rebellious spirit sweeping…

Cliffside Coal Plant: An Example of What NOT to Fund

Posted January 20, 2011 in The Understory

Cliffside is a small town in southern North Carolina with a huge coal plant owned by utility giant Duke Energy at its center. Activists from around the southeast have organized…

I really don’t like Big Coal

Posted April 21, 2009 in The Understory

I really don’t like Big Coal. I don’t like it when they blow the tops of mountains. I don’t like it when their power plants pollute local air and water….

North Carolinians Act against Coal

Posted November 17, 2008 in The Understory

Activists across North Carolina took action against Bank of America’s dirty coal financing. In the early hours of commuter traffic, Raleigh commuters encountered banners at key thoroughfares – reminding them…

Will the real Billionaires please stand up?

Posted August 11, 2008 in The Understory

I don’t mean to start sounding like a broken record, but I really do love it when I scan the news and find reports of actions challenging banks’ investments in…