The Spectra Showdown in NYC
The “Spectra Showdown” is a chain of demonstrations against the Spectra Pipeline in New York. Day and night, activists have been keeping vigil, awaiting shipments of equipment to arrive at…
VIDEO: Creativity And Passion Are Driving The Occupation Of Wall Street
Walking around the “Island of Humanity” that is #OccupyWallStreet, I’m struck most by the creativity of expression and the impressive amount of organizing that has gone into keeping this three-week…
Chevron’s Legal Strategy Derailed, Ecuadoreans Score Major Victory
Yesterday, Chevron’s legal strategy to evade cleaning up its oil pollution in Ecuador went off the rails. An appeals court in New York lifted a ban on the $18 billion…
Campaign Calls for New York State Retirement Fund to Divest from Massey Energy
Here’s a guest post from “NY for Appalachia Rising”, who are calling for their state retirement fund to divest from Massey Energy: What can you buy with $15 million dollars?…
The Dirty Business of “Clean Coal”
Nearly 50% of energy in the U.S. comes from coal, and now many industry propagandists are touting the benefits of a “cleaner” way of using this controversial fossil fuel. Check…
Reverend Billy Visits UBS
Earlier this afternoon, Reverend Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping paid a visit to the Manhattan office of UBS. Over the past two years, some of the biggest…
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…
Reverend Billy: “Let us CHASE the Devil Out of Mountaintop Removal!”
We’ve got some friends in New York joining the campaign to end mountaintop removal. Today, I got the following email from Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping: Our…