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Local Citizens ‘Die-in’ at Xcel HQ in Coal Protest
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 demonstrated at the Denver headquarters [...]
Citizens ‘Die-in’ at Department of Public Health and Environment in Coal Protest
Group calls on the Air Quality Control Commission to deny the Cherokee coal plant’s ‘permit to pollute’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 30, 2009
Contacts:
Brian Bernhardt; CU Graduate Student; 703-439-0725; brian.bernhardt@colorado.edu
Amy Guinan, CU-INVST; 303-999-6374; amyguinan@yahoo.com
Denver, CO – This morning, approximately fifteen local citizens, representing a diverse coalition of groups, demonstrated at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (DPHE) [...]
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 [...]
Grassroots victory in LA: Fossil fuel power plant shut down!
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 [...]
