Manchin Doesn’t Care About DADT Or Mountains
Joe Manchin is off to a poor start as the new Senator for West Virginia. Many of his constituents are furious he skipped out on the Senate’s “Don’t Ask Don’t…
Citizens Occupy PNC: The Bank of Mountaintop Removal
UPDATE: Four brave activists were arrested at today’s PNC sit-in, including Reverend Billy Talen, George Lakey, Alexa Ross and Liz Nerat. Today, as part of Appalachia Rising, the largest protest…
Is Mine Safety An Oxymoron?
33 miners are trapped deep in a gold and copper mine in Chile – they’ve been there for over three weeks and will likely stay trapped for at least another…
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…
Top 3 Ways to Rid U.S. Need for Mountaintop Removal Coal
Those of us who are working to stop mountaintop removal coal mining are often asked how the United States would meet its energy needs without coal from Appalachia. There are…
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…
Army Corps Issues Permit to Blow Up Pine Creek
News just in from the EPA: Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issued a final Clean Water Act (CWA) permit to Coal-Mac Inc. for the Pine Creek Surface…
One Kid’s Book Takes on the Climate Challenge
These days climate change is definitely a buzz phrase that you can hear all types of people talking about around town. But between phrases like fossil fuels and renewable energy…
Cargill’s Lies About Palm Oil
In response to our report on Cargill’s problems with palm oil in Indonesia released earlier this month, Cargill has been denying that it clears and burns rainforest for palm oil…
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…