Climate Activists Train To Slow Flow Of Tar Sands

Resistance is fertile. Last week, almost 100 people from Idaho, Montana, Washington, Utah Oregon, California, Oklahoma and different parts of Canada converged outside of Missoula, MT  for the Anti-Tar Sands…

The Coal Train Report

Over in Western Europe, when the British Government closed down the coal mining industry in the mid-1980s, there was strong resistance from workers and communities. A quarter-century later, public opinion…

Growing Resistance to Coal in the West

The spirit of Ed Abbey has returned home. The fight against Big Coal is not just in Appalachia anymore. Most publicized on this site and in the media is the…

AIG Withdraws from US Climate Action Partnership

Interesting turn of events with the US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP). You may remember that in Dec. 2007 Rising Tide spoofed USCAP with a hoax website that got major international…