Eight Jailed After Alpha HQ Blockade and Banner Hang

Cross-posted from the RAMPS Campaign Update: Five of the eight have been bailed out.  The remaining three are expected to have bail hearings on Wednesday or Thursday. Read all updates here. June 23, 2014. Bristol, VA All of our friends arrested in the Alpha headquarters action were arraigned in front… Continue reading

No Business as Usual at Alpha Headquarters

Reposted from the RAMPS Campaign June 20, 2014 — Bristol, VA. Three activists with Mountain Justice and Radical Action for Mountains and People’s Survival (RAMPS) are currently stopping business as usual at Alpha Natural Resources headquarters in Bristol, VA, in protest of Alpha’s devastating practices of mountaintop removal coal mining.… Continue reading

Rising Tide North America Announces Our Continental Gathering; August 22-24 near Whitesburg, KY

**NEW** Logistical Details For The Gathering Here Save the Date! Rising Tide North America Announces Our Continental Gathering! August 22-24 near Whitesburg, Kentucky Join us for the 2nd annual Rising Tide North America Continental Gathering, August 22-24 in eastern Kentucky. As information is updated we will be publishing it here… Continue reading

La Caravana Climatica: Epic Climate Action-Tour Through 17 Latin American Countries

As we speak, a group of independent media collectives and activists are taking a bus through Central America. Their destination? COP20, the United Nations climate negotiations in Lima, Peru. On their way, La Caravana Climatica (Climate Caravan in English) will meet with dozens of communities fighting for climate justice in… Continue reading