Community Transition in the Coal River Valley
I’m a big fan of Transition Theory – a model of socioeconomic localization, developed by Rob Hopkins where communities come together to envision and then develop a future where they…
EPA: Don’t Let King Coal Dump on US
Today RAN and our friends in DC dumped 1,000 pounds of Appalachian dirt onto the front lawn at the EPA’s headquarters. Our message? “EPA: Don’t let King Coal dump on…
Cargill Destroys Rainforests at Twins-Rangers Game
This past Sunday in Minneapolis, something unusual happened during the local Twins baseball game. Unhappy with the way one of their hometown corporations (and the largest privately owned in the…
Pelosi Visits Ottawa as Tar Sands Protests Flare
Speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi is in Ottawa today and tomorrow meeting with both friends and foes of Canada’s tar sands. RAN did our part to greet Madam Speaker…
Cracks in Big Coal’s Empire
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” -Gandhi Don Blankenship‘s empire is crumbling. Mountaintop removal coal mining may well be on…
Blockade at BP San Francisco Offices on 5th anniversary of Katrina; 15 Arrested
Great action today in San Francisco. The Mobilization for Climate Justice West (MCJ-West) turned out 150 people on a Monday afternoon and marched to the SF financial district offices of…
Environmental and Animal Rights Activist Returned to Prison for Facebooking
“When friends are outlawed, only outlaws will have friends.” –Mike Roselle Ummm, yeah. Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t watching. We knew it would happen sooner or later….
Oh Hells Yeah! Anti-MTR Activists Take Action Against Failed Regulatory Agency
This morning two anti-MTR activists, associated with Climate Ground Zero, locked down in Charleston at the West Virginia Dept. of Environmental Protection offices. Activists Block Entrance to DEP Headquarters, Condemn…
Decoding RBS Greenwash
As 500 climate activists set up camp at RBS Global Headquarters in Edinburgh last week, the bank tried and failed to play the victim. Despite the bank’s assertions to the…
Mountain Justice For Appalachia
It was only 5 years ago, that a group of Appalachian residents, southeastern Earth First!ers, students, crusty punks, environmentalists and many others came together for the first Mountain Justice Summer…