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Stepping Up and Fighting Back! Last week, the direct action wing of the climate movement stepped up and fought back against oil spills and string mining. And guess what?! It’s happening all summer in Appalachia. Click LIKE if you LIKE the sound of civil resistance against mountaintop removal.

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Stepping Up and Fighting Back! Last week, the direct action wing of the climate movement stepped up and fought back against oil spills and string mining. And guess what?! It’s happening all summer in Appalachia. Click LIKE if you LIKE the sound of civil resistance against mountaintop removal.


Appalachia Needs You! Join the Mountain Justice Movement in Letcher, KY May 20-27 « It’s Getting Hot
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Last Saturday at Powershift 2011, climate activist Tim DeChristopher challenged the climate movement to join Appalachian groups in their campaign to stop mountaintop removal. He called for waves of activists, young and old, to occupy mountaintop removal mine sites and create a crisis for the coal in

"Have you sung that song for freedom?" -Anne Feeney. Article by CCAN’s Ted Glick on the power of song at last Monday’s direct action at the DOI.

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“Have you sung that song for freedom?” -Anne Feeney. Article by CCAN’s Ted Glick on the power of song at last Monday’s direct action at the DOI.

Not So Starry-Eyed Anymore
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There were two nonviolent civil disobedience actions last week that gave hope that we could soon be seeing a much-needed, more massive, nonviolent direct action wing of the climate movement, of the progressive movement, led by young people.

Don’t Frack with Texas! Rising Tide North Texas Day of Action March makes the NY Times. Great Work!

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Don’t Frack with Texas! Rising Tide North Texas Day of Action March makes the NY Times. Great Work!


Resistance to Gas Drilling Rises on Unlikely Soil in Texas
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In several Texas cities, opposition to natural gas drilling and the accompanying process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has emerged.

"Now Is Our Time to Take a Stand!" Tim DeChristopher’s Message to the Youth Climate Movement. Click LIKE if you are ready to take a stand and get involved?

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“Now Is Our Time to Take a Stand!” Tim DeChristopher’s Message to the Youth Climate Movement. Click LIKE if you are ready to take a stand and get involved?


“Now Is Our Time To Take a Stand”: Tim DeChristopher’s Message to Youth Climate Activists at Power S
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In March, a federal jury convicted environmental activist Tim DeChristopher of two felony counts for disrupting the auction of more than 100,000 acres of federal land for oil and gas drilling. He faces up to 10 years in prison. Last weekend he spoke at Power Shift 2011 conference and urged youth cli