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Citizens Block Shipment of Generator to Cliffside Coal Plant
Breaking News: Two people are locked down to the Cliffside generator in Greenville, SC. Press release below and more info coming. Also keep track at:http://twitter.com/RisingTideNA
Update: Four have been arrested: 2 who were locked down and 2 others. About 20 others are still at the site with banners. Pictures coming soon.
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Mountaintop Removal Protests Going National
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 [...]
Residents of Coal River Valley declare State of Emergency, sit-in at Governor’s office
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 [...]
UK: Activists occupy roof of Parliament, demand change in climate politics
Oct. 11th - Fifty-five Greenpeace volunteers have this afternoon scaled the walls of the Houses of Parliament and are now occupying the roof of the historic building. They are calling for a new style of politics in Britain, one capable of rising to meet the challenge of climate change.
Tomorrow MPs return from their summer break for the [...]
Climate justice movement to take mass action during UN climate talks
Despite four activists from the UK being interrogated under terrorism legislation on their way to Copenhagen, the international network Climate Justice Action (CJA) (1) is meeting this weekend to prepare for mass actions during the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009.
After 14 years of ineffectual talks, activists from social movements across the globe are [...]
Climate Camp Australia Shuts Down Dendrobium Coal Mine
October 11, 7:05am. Four people from Climate Camp 2009 scaled and locked themselves onto the coal conveyor belt at the Dendrobium coal mine near Helensburgh, NSW. Spokesperson for the group Aimee Bull-McMahon said “We have shut down the conveyor from this underground polluter as part of the Climate Camp 09 three days of action. The [...]
