Live from New York: At the Chase Shareholder Meeting
Hello from New York, where I spent the morning at JPMorgan Chase’s annual shareholder meeting. It was a packed event. After a year of financial turmoil, from which Chase has…
Two Anti-MTR Non-Violent Activists in West Virginia Held on $100,000 bail each
It’s pretty outrageous that a criminal thug like Massey CEO Don Blankenship walks around free (going to the Massey Shareholder’s Meeting tomorrow,) while two non-violent anti-MTR activists are held on…
Climate Ground Zero Blockades Coal Giant Massey’s HQ in West Virginia
Update: Tripod is down. EmmaKate and Ben are in custody. Julian, W.Va. — Two Climate Ground Zero protesters are blocking the driveway to Massey Energy’s Regional Headquarters in Boone County,…
New Report Card Exposes Largest Financers of MTR Coal Mining
Today Rainforest Action Network, the Sierra Club and BankTrack issued a report card that ranks nine of the world’s largest banks on their financing of dangerous mountaintop removal (MTR) coal…
A New Video from Chicago Chase Activists
RAN Chicago and The Topless America Project participated in last week’s day of action against JPMorgan Chase’s financing of mountaintop removal coal mining. They visited a Chase branch in Chicago…
Dis-invest-a-lujah!
Our friends in NYC are on the move as the Church of Life After Shopping is hitting the Chase branches and talking to Chase employees about mountaintop removal…. with hidden…
Student Power Ends Coal Power at University of North Carolina
Some nice work outta the University of North Carolina (UNC) today. The campus student group, Coal Free-UNC, drew a line in the sand and won their campaign this week. UNC…
New Reporting from Citi on their Mountaintop Removal Financing
In 2009 RAN urged Citi to stop financing mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining, the environmental tragedy that is destroying the Appalachian landscape and poisoning communities. Citi’s initial response, a statement…
Climate Ground Zero Activist Sentenced to 60 Days
Last Thursday, Jacqueline Quimby got 60 days for blocking a Massey haul road back in Oct (see below.) You’d think the criminal justice system in West Virginia would have better…
Don Blankenship: An American Tragedy
This past week the eyes of the world have been focused on the tragic events at Big Branch mine in Coal River Valley, West Virginia, where 29 underground coal miners…