Why Would Anyone Want To Work For Chevron?

Posted September 8, 2011 in The Understory

Ahead of President Obama’s big jobs speech tonight, Chevron CEO John Watson says that Obama shouldn’t call for ending the $4 billion in taxpayer handouts Big Oil receives in order…

Spreading the Peaceful Uprising

Posted July 22, 2011 in The Understory

Time flies. It was a little over two and half years ago that our dear friend and comrade Tim DeChristopher went into a federal land auction and stopped an illegal…

A Bad Year for Dirty Energy

Posted April 4, 2011 in The Understory

April 5th is the one-year anniversary of the disaster at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine, in which 29 coal miners lost their lives needlessly thanks to Massey’s disregard for…

Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher Found Guilty

Posted March 3, 2011 in The Understory

“I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime.” -Martin Luther King, 1956 Today after a four hour jury…

RAN Protests Coal Export Kingpin Ambre Energy

Posted February 23, 2011 in The Understory

Today in Salt Lake City, RAN has joined with climate activists, air quality advocates and local labor organizations to tell coal giant Ambre Energy that the coal rush is over….

What Would You Risk to Save the Planet?

Posted February 22, 2011 in The Understory

What would you do to save the world? Or at least your precious piece of it? Would you risk your career? Your home? Your permanent record? How about ten years…

The Trial of Bidder 70

Posted January 24, 2011 in The Understory

“At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, governments…

The Joy of Message Correction

Posted January 13, 2011 in The Understory

This post was sent to us by Flora Bernard, who works with Peaceful Uprising. A fellow activist from Salt Lake City, UT recently sent Flora this report about their “message…