North Carolina Ups the Ante on Climate Protests
In case you haven’t seen it yet, the North Carolina Legislature has ratified a law that makes trespass on a power generating utility property a felony. My takeaway from this…
Coal River Tree-sitter Sentenced To 7 Days In Jail
Direct action is not as glamorous as many would have you believe. Days, weeks, or years in jail or prison is not easy. But fighting to save precious land and…
1252 Arrested to Stop Keystone XL—Here’s What Comes Next
The groundswell of opposition to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is something I’ve been following closely since this month’s sit-in at the White House, which saw the arrests of…
Cure Your Summertime Blues With Coal Action Camp
It’s going to be some hot business this summer, and we ain’t talkin about the triple digit heat wave hitting much of the country. There is a rebellious spirit sweeping…
A Song for Tim DeChristopher
Climate activist Tim DeChristopher faces up to 10 years in prison for placing false bids on Utah wilderness during an auction to the oil & gas industry in the final…
RAN, 350, Greenpeace: Now Is the Time for Nonviolent Action
Last Thursday, a federal jury in Salt Lake City, Utah convicted activist Tim DeChristopher of two felony counts for disrupting the auction of more than 100,000 acres of federal land…
Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher Found Guilty
“I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime.” -Martin Luther King, 1956 Today after a four hour jury…
Put Climate Change on Trial
Over a year ago, in the tradition of Ed Abbey and Earth First!, college student Tim DeChristopher (aka Bidder 70) monkey-wrenched an auction for oil and gas leases in Utah…
Utah Activist Single-Handedly Disrupts Oil and Gas Leases Auction
On Dec. 19th University of Utah student Tim DeChristopher entered an auction that was selling off hundreds of thousands of acres for oil and gas development in the wilderness of…