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What would you risk to save the planet?
Ten years in prison? Your career? Or just your permanent record?
A little over two years ago, our friend and comrade Tim DeChristopher put it all on the line when he entered a federal auction and derailed it so that oil and gas companies could not destroy the planet.
Tim is now facing ten years in prison [...]
Action is Our New Year’s Resolution!
Dear Friends,
While many environmental groups have spent the past year bumbling over climate legislation and devising better list-building and branding strategies, Rising Tide has been building the climate justice movement and challenging the root causes of climate change. Nowhere is this more evident than in the northern Rockies.
Over the past year, climate activists in Montana [...]
A Tar Sands Pledge of Resistance
Engagement à la Résistance contre les Sables Bitumineux [En français ici]
At a recent climate camp in North America, activists began collecting signatures for a tar sands pledge of resistance. We invite you to sign on to commit to action against a fossil fuel pipeline and pumping project (”Trailbreaker”) that may bring tar sands bitumen through infrastructure across several [...]
Climate Change Activists: Join the Vancouver Convergence
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 with some of the worst [...]
Nine-Day Tree Sit Ends, Sitters Vow Not Over Until Blasting Stops
Friday, January 29th, 2010
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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 trees—originally accompanied by a third [...]
