http://www.beyondtalk.net Moving beyond talk towards climate justice Sun, 09 May 2010 22:44:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Once again the fossil fuel industry has brought crisis to the Gulf Coast. Devastation of untold proportions spews non-stop from BP’s oil well as politicians try to save face with empty promises, and oil companies preserve their profits with PR campaigns. This catastrophic spill comes on the heels of Obama’s ... http://www.beyondtalk.net/2010/05/day-of-action-night-of-mourning-against-offshore-drilling/ Boulder Activists Unfurl Banner and Erect Wind Turbines on Top of Giant Coal Pile Boulder, CO – At approximately 12:45 today, four activists climbed onto the massive coal pile in front of the Valmont Power Plant. An enormous banner was deployed down the front of the coal pile reading “RENEWABLES ... http://www.beyondtalk.net/2010/04/five-citizens-arrested-at-valmont-power-plant/ Spoofs, hoaxes, Insurgent clown armies, impersonations, media hijacking, theatrics, and even Bigfoot formed just part of the arsenal that climate activists used in calling out the worst climate criminals commenced worldwide on Fossil Fools Day yesterday. Yesterday, here in North America alone, more than 30 cities organized demonstrations against the fossil ... http://www.beyondtalk.net/2010/04/fossil-fools-day-2010-pulls-pranks-packs-punches/ Activists Risk Arrest with Elaborate Protest at EPA HQ; Demand Immediate Action to Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Group Erects Purple Mountain Majesty At EPA; Say “If Administrator Lisa Jackson Won’t Visit the Appalachian Mountains, They Will Bring The Mountains to Her” In an attempt to further pressure EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson ... http://www.beyondtalk.net/2010/03/epaprotest/ Group calls on Xcel to Keep Comanche 3 Closed and Produce 100% Renewable Electricity by 2020 February 26, 2010 Contacts: Brian Bernhardt; ‘Power Past Coal’ Organizer; 703-439-0725; brian.bernhardt@colorado.edu Amy Guinan, ‘Power Past Coal’ Organizer; 303-999-6374; amyguinan@yahoo.com Tom Weis, President of Wind Power Solutions; 303-499-9648; tom@windpowersolutions.com Denver, CO – At 11:45am on Friday, February 26th, local citizens ... http://www.beyondtalk.net/2010/02/local-citizens-%e2%80%98die-in%e2%80%99-at-xcel-hq-in-coal-protest/ A coalition of environmental activists led by GatewaySucks.org is calling on climate change activists to join the convergence at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. When the 2010 Winter Olympics start a couple of weeks from now in Vancouver, BC the athletes and spectators will be joined by organizations ... http://www.beyondtalk.net/2010/02/climate-change-activists-join-the-vancouver-convergence/ Friday, January 29th, 2010 UPDATE - legal support needed! click here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: 304-854-7372, news@climategroundzero.org Note: For more info, see : www.climategroundzero.org, www.mountainjustice.org PETTUS, WVa—After blocking Massey Energy’s operations on the Bee Tree Permit for nine days, Amber Nitchman, 19, and Eric Blevins, 28 descended from their respective trees. They had occupied the two oak ... http://www.beyondtalk.net/2010/01/nine-day-tree-sit-ends-sitters-vow-not-over-until-blasting-stops/ Global UN Climate negotiations (COP15) are proceeding in Copenhagen with over 100 heads of state expected to attend in the next week. With 2009 the 5th hottest year on record, Scientists are saying a Climate Treaty is more urgent with Global carbon emissions still increasing and acidification threatening marine biodiversity. There ... http://www.beyondtalk.net/2009/12/100000-take-the-streets-of-copenhagen-for-system-change-in-response-to-climate-change/ To: Hans Gammeltoft-Hansen (Ombudsman), Per Larsen (Detective Commander of the Danish National Police) and Ritt Bjerregaard (Lord Mayor of Copenhagen) Over the past two weeks, citizens of countries all over the world have come to Copenhagen for the UN COP-15 climate negotiations. Many have engaged in peaceful, nonviolent protest, trying to ... http://www.beyondtalk.net/2009/12/petition-stop-danish-police-abuses-against-peaceful-climate-protesters/ Today, on November 30, one week before the UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen open, and on the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Organization (WTO) protest in Seattle in 1999, major demonstrations, teach-ins and civil disobedience are taking actions place in cities around the U.S Reports are now starting to ... http://www.beyondtalk.net/2009/12/n30-day-of-climate-justice-action/