BREAKING: Rising Tide Vermont, Addison County Residents, Stage Sit-In at Public Service Board Demanding a Halt to Pipeline Construction

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Montpelier, VT – Landowners and climate activists opposed to the Vermont Fracked Gas pipeline staged a sit-in today at the Department of Public Service, calling on the agency and the Public Service Board to suspend pipeline construction until they address possible widespread hazardous soil and water contamination along the proposed pipeline… Continue reading

Climate justice activists blockade Vermont Gas headquarters in protest of fracked gas pipeline

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Climate justice activists have blockaded the main entrance to Vermont Gas’s headquarters and dropped a massive banner from the roof, demanding the company immediately cancel its plans to build the fracked gas pipeline.  Police are on scene, and the company’s retail offices are effectively shut down for the day. Sara… Continue reading

Rising Tide Seattle Drops Banner On Wa. Gov. Inslee; “Moratorium On Oil Trains Now”

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This week at the “Years of Living This week at the “Years of Living Dangerously” screening in Seattle with Wa. Governor Jay Inslee in attendance, Rising Tide Seattle protesting the event with exploding oil trains props, received a personal visit from Inslee on the street explaining that he was in… Continue reading

Eleven Arrested At Peabody Coal’s Annual Shareholder Meeting

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11 Activists Arrested At Peabody Coal’s Annual Shareholder Meeting in Clayton Community members from St. Louis, Black Mesa, and Rocky Branch Unite to Hold Peabody Accountable for Destroying Communities   ST. LOUIS–Today, for the second time in less than a week, activists were arrested at a Peabody Coal demonstration. 75… Continue reading