Why Washington University in St. Louis Should Ditch Peabody Coal
This article first appeared in Washington University in St. Louis’ Student Life on April 10, 2014. On April 30, the UN’s International Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the…
Why We’re Sitting in at WashU (And We’re Not Leaving)
By Caroline Burney, Senior at Washington University. Crossposted from We Are Powershift. I’ve learned many things in my four years at Washington University in St. Louis–not all of them in…
Bank Of America Smack Dab In The Middle Of Coal Exports Controversy
Last week, Rainforest Action Network’s guerrilla projections team rolled around Seattle raising the profile of coal exports in the Pacific Northwest. Coal companies like Peabody Energy and Arch Coal are…
Activists Shine A Light On Washington Coal Ports
Holy Coal Hard Truth, Batman! This week, I’ve been riding around the streets of Seattle with a guerrilla projection team. We’ve been shining a massive Bat Signal-like light on iconic…
Bank Of America, The Bank Of Coal
Bank of America is the biggest bank in the United States and the sixth largest in the world. With over $2 trillion in assets, branches is 43 states, nearly 300,000…
Coal Export Madness Spreading to Oregon
Coal companies are bound and determined to get that dirty black rock out of the Powder River Basin and send it over to Asian markets to line their pockets. While…
Corporate Tax Dodgers: The Dirtiest Dozen
Co-authored by Matt Leonard Billionaire real estate investor and legendary tax evader Leona Helmsley famously said: “Only the little people pay taxes.” It turns out Helmsley was all too right….
Join the Dirty Banks “Tour of Shame” at Powershift
Going to Powershift? Want to stop Big Coal and Big Oil? Aren’t you tired of how Wall Street literally gets away with murder? Then put a little “action” in your…
Don’t Go West Big Coal, We’ll Be Waiting for You!
Big Coal has big plans for the West. Coal companies are already digging out tens of millions of tons of coal from the ground in Wyoming and Montana. Not only…
Transforming the Northwest into Dirty Coal’s New Corridor
The latest scheme by the Corporate Doomsday Machine (aka the fossil fuel industry) to plunder and ruin the earth for profit involves transforming the highways, waterways and railways of the…