For immediate release
March 21, 2011
Contact: Rae Breaux 818-271-0386
rae@risingtidenorthamerica.org
Groups to mark Gulf Oil Spill anniversary with direct action against fossil fuel extraction.
On April 20th dozens of environmental, climate, and social justice groups will target government and corporate operations with aggressive protests and civil disobedience in an International Day of Direct Action Against Extraction being organized by Rising Tide North America. The protests will commemorate the 1 year anniversary of BP’s Gulf Oil Disaster by demanding an end to the environmental destruction and climate destabilization created by fossil fuel and other extractive industries.
“The Gulf Oil Disaster was the worst manifestation of the disasters that are created by extractive industries on a daily basis” said Matt Wilkerson of Rising Tide North America. “Communities around the world are terrorized by corporate and state ventures to extract fossil fuels. On top of poisoning our water and polluting our air, extractive industries are at the root of our climate crisis. If we have any hope of averting the worst affects of climate change we must leave fossil fuels in the ground.”
The day of action will feature protests by Gulf Coast residents fighting offshore drilling, Appalachians resisting mountaintop removal Continue reading
