A good week fighting tar sands expansion
It was a good week in the fight against tar sands. Last week, RBC CEO Gord Nixon went on record saying that he would “consider” an invitation from Lionel Lepine…
Our Movement is Beautiful: Images from CCA
Put together a slideshow of images from the Capitol Climate Action. [youtube Bn4IVEh4GZs] Remember, there are lots of ways to stay involved past this action, and even in the last…
TVA Arrests Anti-Coal Activist for Driving Grandmas Home
No shit. [youtube x2ltonE1IdM&eur] Thugs with the government run company Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) have arrested United Mountain Defense organizer Matt Landon for driving grandmother Eva Hewitt home from a…
Appalachian Spring Kicks In as Five More are Arrested in the Coal River Valley
Days after the Capitol Climate Action, direct action is coming to the Coal River Valley as five were arrested on Massey Energy’s Edwight mountaintop removal site. [youtube D-spkwedAiQ] Here’s their…
Beyond the Capitol Climate Action
I spent the past few months (the last two weeks in Washington D.C.) working with an incredible group of organizers, trainers and activists on the Capitol Climate Action. On Monday,…
Persistent Polar Bears Picket Prentice
Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice wrapped up his visit with US Cabinet and Congressional Leaders yesterday, but not without interruption. RAN received the following dispatch from Paul R. Bear from…
CAPITOL CLIMATE ACTION VICTORY: in context for activists
Yesterday thousands of people converged on the Capitol Power Plant to engage in mass civil disobedience, shutting it down for the afternoon to demand clean energy solutions to our economic…
Watch live: The Capitol Climate Action
http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/1/271517 Live video from the historic protest in Washington, DC.
The Latest from the Capitol Climate Action
The largest mass civil disobedience for the climate in U.S. history is happening today in Washington, DC. The best way to get updates is to check out the action website:…
Powershift vs. Tar Sands
I joined about 30 powershifters to brave the snow and wind early this morning to send a message to Congressional leaders ahead of Canadian Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice….
RBC – Get out of the Tar Sands!!! Pt. 2
Update – just in from Mark in Toronto (with pictures): We had a great protest this morning in Toronto at the Royal Bank headquarters. Fifteen activists greeted RBC employees on…
RBC – Get out of the Tar Sands!!!
RBC is Canada’s largest bank and a premier sponsor of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. They’re also Canada’s largest financier of the Alberta Tar Sands – one of the most environmentally…
Making progress already: Capitol power plant to quit coal!
Coalition Response to Call for Switch to Natural Gas at Capitol Power Plant Capitol Climate Action Day, Biggest Civil Disobedience on Climate in U.S. History, to Go Forward Today, Speaker…
Making Art and Community for the Capitol Climate Action
Yesterday, over 60 people showed up at one of our convergence spaces for the Capitol Climate Action to spend the day building art and holding direct action preps for March…
Whole Foods Comes Out With Palm Oil Statement!
We are happy to announce that Whole Foods Market has become a voice for change in the palm oil industry and has written a statement in alignment with RAN’s Pledge…
Inspiration from will.I.am – Take our Planet Back – watch it
Warming up for the Capitol Climate Action a friend pointed me to this tremendous piece. Be inspired – share it – and join us in Washington D.C. on March 2nd….
Bay Area Reportback from World Social Forum, This Tuesday, Feb.24, 7-8:30pm
BAY AREA REPORTBACK FROM THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM (WSF) Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7-8:30pm 522 Valencia, 3rd Floor Auditorium* (near 16th and Mission BART) San Francisco, CA $5-10 donation requested…
Dr. James Hansen calls for Civil Disobedience at the Capitol March 2nd « It’s Getting Hot In Here
Dr. James Hansen calls for Civil Disobedience at the Capitol March 2nd « It’s Getting Hot In Here. (Thanks to Josh for posting this at IGHIH!) Today Climate Scientist Dr….
Small Grants for a Dozen Frontline Communities
Through our relationship with Global Greengrants Fund, we’ve helped recently to make a dozen grants to projects spanning 3 continents. These communities are on the frontlines of efforts around the…
Hansen Puts the Tar Sands and Obama’s Trip to Canada into Climate Perspective
Dr. Hansen continues to sound the alarm. Pass it on. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/400431_hansen18.html President’s trip to Canada defines critical carbon moment Last updated February 17, 2009 4:01 p.m. PT By JAMES E….
Two Arrested Blocking Massey Bulldozer in WV
For the second time in as many weeks, activists have been arrested protesting the mountaintop removal mining of Coal River Mountain, the site of a proposed wind farm. Massey Energy…
Rising Tide Bay Area: “Bank of America, Where’s Your Heart?”
On Valentine’s Day in San Francisco’s tourist packed Union Square shopping district, over 25 climate activists descended on Bank of America to close their accounts and ask the banking giant…
Baltimore Rising Tide Breaks Up with Constellation Energy over Coal Connections
Today, February 13th, 2009, Baltimore Rising Tide confronts Constellation Energy about their connections to coal and threaten to “break-up” with the company unless they begin to explore local and sustainable…
Massive CCA street art found around Washington DC
Is Banksy endorsing the Capitol Climate Action (CCA)? It’s not photoshopped. Large scale stencils, wheatpasting, and paint graffiti is turning up in DC promoting the Capitol Climate Action on March…
Susan Sarandon wants you to get arrested
Susan Sarandon just made a video asking people to participate in the Capitol Climate Action on March 2nd (and you don’t really need to get arrested to join!) Wk She’s…