Risking arrest to stop the sale of our public lands
Yesterday, outside of Denver, the federal government offered up 90,000 acres of public lands for sale to the highest bidder, to drill and frack for private profit.1 Much of that land…
Keystone XL pipeline fight shows power of US climate movement
OpEd on KXL “After a seven year fight, President Obama finally rejected the northern leg of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. But it is important to remember how recently the…
Stopping the giveaway of our public lands in Colorado
On November 12th over 100 activists gathered at BLM’s Colorado offices to stop the leasing of our public lands for private profit. Here’s how the day unfolded.
Demonstrators Block BLM Office Entrance To Protest Mineral Rights Auction
Video of CO KING protest “This is not okay,” said Ruth Breech, Senior Campaigner for Climate and Energy at Rainforest Action Network. “Our public lands are not for sale. Our…
Protesters Tell Feds to “Keep it in the Ground” at Colorado Oil and Gas Auction
For Immediate Release, November 12, 2015 Contact: Micah Parkin, 350 Colorado, (504) 258-1247Pauline Reetz, Audubon Society of Greater Denver, (303) 973-9530, (303) 333-2164 …
When We Fight, We F*** Shit Up: Keystone XL and Delegitimizing Fossil Fuels
cross-posted from Counterpunch “At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the…
Rainforest Action Network statement on Peabody Energy
Rainforest Action Network Executive Director Lindsey Allen issued the following statement in response to today’s revelations concerning Peabody Energy, fossil fuels and climate change: “Today, the world’s biggest private coal company, Peabody…
Environmental Activists Prepare for Next Fight After Keystone Victory
KXL & KING “It’s good, and at the same time it cannot be the extent of Obama’s work on climate,” said Lindsey Allen, Rainforest Action Network executive director, of Obama’s…
PUBLIC LANDS CLEARANCE SALE: Happening now!
On Tuesday, I sat in a half-empty ballroom in a Holiday Inn in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and watched oil companies buy up 60,000 acres of wild land to drill and frack for…
Stop the sale of our public lands
Yesterday in Wyoming, some of the world’s richest dirty energy companies bought up 76,000 acres of public lands to mine, drill and frack for private profit. I rallied with environmentalists…