Taking Steps to Heal the Tar Sands
This past weekend was a big step for the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta. On Saturday August 14th, 2010 I joined local Indigenous community members along with supporters from across…
Climate Camps Sprouting Up Around the World
What’s that rumbling I hear? It’s a movement thundering as they say “Ya Basta!” to climate change and fossil fuel extraction, and “Yes” to climate justice. Throughout the industrial North…
Banks Bail on Coal; Top 4 banks Cut Financing for Massey Energy
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wV2w78K2YWc%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1 Two years ago no bank had a policy on coal mining, and Wall Street was providing finance and credit indiscriminately to the most destructive form of mining in the…
Royal Bank of Scotland Under Siege This Summer
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-md598WLIL4%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1 Check out this great new flick from our friends at Climate Camp UK. This year, they take on Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)- among the world’s top financiers of…
Tar Sands, Enbridge and Indigenous Resistance
In mid-July I attended the 1st Annual ‘Unist’ot’en Environmental Action Camp in Unist’ot’en territory in Northern BC as a facilitator and participant. Members of the Wetsuweten nation, joined by First…
Environmentalists Say: Stop ALL of Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Laws
Reposted from It’s Getting Hot in Here by Josh Kahn Russell Today, Arizona’s “show me your papers” anti-immigrant law SB1070 goes into effect. Across the country, July 29th has been…
Massey Energy Files Civil Lawsuit against Environmental Activists
Massey’s working pretty hard to silence critics of their MTR policy. The “Dragline 14” to dramatic action last year to stop destruction in Twilight, WV. Please contribute to their legal…
RAN Activists Send Message to Massey CEO Don Blankenship
RAN activists just disrupted Massey CEO Don Blankenship’s talk at the National Press Club sending him a strong message:“Your coal is not Clean, Safe or Forever.” They were eventually escorted…
Activists Stop Strip Mining Machine on Coal River Mountain
“It was usually around July you could go up there and sit and it was like the annual bear gathering up there… The whole area was full of laurels. The…
The Quest for Rainforest Safe Kid’s Books
On assignment this week, I began a quest to seek out children’s books printed on recycled and/or Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper available in San Francisco. I started off…
