Climate Pledge of Resistance

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Published October 30, 2009 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Activists with Mountain Justice, Rainforest Action Network and other groups planned protests atEnvironmental Protection Agency headquarters and across the country Friday to demand the end of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia.
An online map showed more than two dozen planned events from California to Maine, including [...]

This morning around 9:00am dozens of costumed activists have blocked all access to the Charlemagne Building in Brussels, next to the Commission’s HQ, where Business Europe, the EU lobby of bosses and industrialists, is supposed to hold their conference on Copenhagen and climate change and hear Barroso self-congratulate himself on green capitalism. Belgian activists retort: [...]

A Victory For LA’s Air And A Victory for the Planet!
Communities for a Better Environment
Move over Al Gore, make room for some new environmental leaders – working class Latina mothers and high school youth from South East Los Angeles!
After 3 years of organizing, mobilizing, advocacy and lawsuits, CBE members in Southeast Los Angeles stopped [...]

On 24 October, people in 181 countries came together for the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history. At over 5200 eventsaround the world, people gathered to call for action on the climate crisis. To make this global call to action count, it must be impossible to ignore.  Sign up for a local photo-delivery today »
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Rising Tide North America, with Carbon Trade Watch and the Camp for Climate Action would like you to join us on the October 24th day of global climate action to spread the word about the biggest financial scam in history – Carbon Trading.
In order to stabilize the climate before billions of people around the world [...]

Coal River Valley Residents Declare State of Emergency, Meet with Governor Joe Manchin; Seven Sit-In at Governor’s Office
Video: 7 Arrested in Peaceful Sit-in at WV Gov’s Office Resisting the Destruction of Coal River Mountain
Climate Ground Zero For Immediate Release Contact: Dea Goblirsch or Garrett Robinson (304-513-4710) Email: news@climategroundzero.org
CHARLESTON, W.Va.- Coal River Valley residents and supporters associated [...]

Huffington Post good article:
Coalfield Uprising Arrests at Gov’s Office:
Will Manchin Defend Coalfield Residents or Absentee Big Coal?
Coal River Valley Residents Declare State of Emergency, Meet with Governor Joe Manchin;
Seven Sit-In at Governor’s Office
Video:
7 Arrested in Peaceful Sit-in at WV Gov’s Office Resisting the Destruction of Coal River Mountain
Climate Ground Zero
For Immediate Release
Contact: Dea Goblirsch or [...]

THE airport operator BAA has bowed to opposition to a third runway at Heathrow airport. It will not submit a planning application before the general election and will not sign large contracts to “bounce” a future Conservative government into accepting it.

Senior BAA figures have also told the Tories the company will cease to fight for [...]

Aug. 21st Richmond, CA – Hundreds of Richmond community members joined climate change advocates, public health experts, local government and labor leaders today in a colorful march, protest and non-violent civil disobedience at Chevron’s Richmond refinery. After a festival outside the Richmond BART station with music, dancers and speakers, and an hour-long march that wound [...]