Zero Emissions Vehicles Terminated
Yesterday in a bold move backwards, California’s Air Resource Board (CARB) voted to kill the electric car. Again. Bowing to automaker pressure. Again. Ignoring the concerns of California’s citizens. Again….
Mountain Justice Takes on King Coal in Columbus
How often do you get to witness a band of activists deploy a direct action and successfully pressure the CEO of a corporation into agreeing to their demands – before…
Indigenous prisoners of conscience
Earlier this week 6 political leaders of the Indigenous Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation were sentenced to 6 months in jail for refusing to allow mining and exploration on their…
Fooling around with the Fossil Fuels
In less than two weeks is Fossil’s Fool Day. And I gotta say MOMENTUM IS BUILDING and the WORD IS SPREADING. To join or organize and action, click here To…
Fifth Anniversary of Iraq War Brings More Direct Action
Over five years ago, and many times since, we’ve marched, vigiled, written letters, lobbied and taken direct action to end the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Estimates put the number…
Grassy Narrows women take action
Last week women from Grassy went out to the edges of their land, near where some cutting of the forest is still taking place. One of the women sent out…
Chevron’s Richmond Refinery: Shut Down By People Power!
Yesterday, on March 15th, 2008, nearly 1,000 people gathered in Richmond, California – as part of a series of non-violent direct actions leading up to the 5th anniversary of the…
Take Action Against Chevron; March 15th in Richmond Ca.
So, tomorrow a whole bunch of people are going to be taking action at Chevron’s refinery in Richmond Ca for their role in the war in Iraq (cheerleading and profiting…
How many sins are in your mission statement?
The Vatican, in an effort to modernize the Catholic Church, has revised the list of mortal sins. Even those of us who fell asleep in the pews could recite the…
Rainforest ag and kids stick it to world’s most powerful CEOs– Video Edition
UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal has video of RAN activists confronting ADM CEO Patricia Woertz! http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/452319854 Three RAN activists– Levana Saxon, Annie Sartor, and I– made Patricia Woertz, CEO of…
ClimateGroundZero.org – Citizens Direct Action Camp June 1st – 6th
“We All Live at Climate Ground Zero” It is time for American citizens to take leadership & direct action and make our politicians accountable to us. To this end we…
A Cargill Tale: Spray it, Buy it, Ship it
Final Dispatch: Andrea and Jodie writing from the South American soy frontier On the way back from visiting the threatened Yaguarete forest and the community of Tava Guarani, we happened…
Students Fight Coal, Not Hangovers at Mountain Justice Spring Break
Mountain Justice Spring Break has been kicking it up in southwest Virginia this week. I got here Tuesday night and through the week over 100 students, youth, environmentalists and activist-organizers…
Appalachian Blue Grass Band Jams at Bank of America
Our friends at Mountain Justice Spring Break have been busy this week. Perhaps we can get a Blue Grass day of action at Citi and Bank of America branches soon….
Vote for Your Favorite Fossil Fool!
Well, it’s that time of year…time to select your Fossil Fool of the Year!! Voting is just underway here, and we’ve got a vested interest in the outcome, so, please,…
Greenwash of the Week: Hey Shell — No Means No!
This week’s greenwash is Shell Oil’s “Say No to No” campaign. Starring our own Robin Beck. Also appearing: Lawrence Lessig’s laptop (no joke).
Youth re-defining environmentalism (way better than we are)
It’s not a secret. Environmentalism has a bad name with a lot of people – and for lots of good reasons (check the article “Soul of Environmentalism” if you are…
From Dekalpar to Toropiru
Dispatch #2: Jodie and Andrea writing from Paraguay Rural campesino communities in Paraguay are isolated from each other by many conditions: poor roads, distance, lack of bus fare (or lack…
Ole King Coal Joins Hillary and Energy Industry in Houston
Houston is stepping off on coal and global warming. This week, various energy companies hosted a “Presidential Forum” on energy issues in Houston Texas. You may be surprised to find…
Great News for the Old Growth Campaign!
What happened: Boise announced yesterday that it “wishes to honor the request of Chief Fobister to discontinue sourcing fiber from the Traditional Use Area of Grassy Narrows”. Check out their…
Great News for the Old Growth Campaign!
What happened: Boise announced yesterday that it “wishes to honor the request of Chief Fobister to discontinue sourcing fiber from the Traditional Use Area of Grassy Narrows”. Check out their…
Great News for the Old Growth Campaign!
What happened: Boise announced yesterday that it “wishes to honor the request of Chief Fobister to discontinue sourcing fiber from the Traditional Use Area of Grassy Narrows”. Check out their…
Video Greenwash of the Week: Virgin Air’s Biofueled 747
We decided to do something a little different with this greenwash of the week: video! Here’s our own Robin Beck on the Virgin Air biofuel greenwash:
Talk about a crock of s**t; Mr. Lutz there are children listening
This week, General Motors Vice Chairman, Bob Lutz, defended his remark dismissing global warming as a “crock of s**t.” For a moment, the remark felt like a refreshing glimmer of…