Health Professionals Urge FERC to Deny a Controversial Plan to Expand a Fracked Gas Pipeline

Posted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide Health Professionals Urge FERC to Deny a Controversial Plan to Expand a Fracked Gas Pipeline More than 500 physicians, nurses, and other public health officials signed onto a petition calling on FERC to deny TC Energy’s proposed fracked gas pipeline expansion Pipeline passes through rural,… Continue reading

Press Release: Multiple State and Local Police Agencies Violently Raid Weelanuee Forest Music Festival, Week of Action Perseveres

cross-posted from Defend the Atlanta Forest FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 5, 2023 CONTACT: defendtheatlantaforest@protonmail.com MULTIPLE STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES VIOLENTLY RAID WEELAUNEE FOREST MUSIC FESTIVAL, WEEK OF ACTION PERSEVERES ATLANTA, GA. Tonight multiple police agencies dressed in militarized gear and armed with lethal weapons raided a local family-friendly music festival in a public park within the Weelaunee forest. They used excessive force to arrest dozens of concert-goers and threatened to shoot people in the… Continue reading

Hunger Strike and Blockade for the Redwoods in Humboldt

Feb. 20, 2023 For immediate release: PRESS RELEASE Info: Email forestaction@riseup.net Follow  lost_coast_forest_action on Instagram for updates. Venmo@forestdefense to support.   HUNGER STRIKE AND BLOCKADE FOR THE REDWOODS IN HUMBOLDT Humboldt County, CA–On Sunday night, February 19th, forest defenders set up a sky-pod blockade, occupied by a protester commencing a hunger… Continue reading

February 9th: #StopCopCity Webinar at 8PM EST/7pm CST/6pm MST/5pm PST

Frontline organizers in Atlanta are calling for urgent support to Stop Cop City. For years, forest defenders, abolitionists and the community of Atlanta defended the Weelaunee forest and prevented the construction of a massive police training compound. On January 18, the Atlanta Police Department murdered Tortuguita, a leader of the… Continue reading