Dear Friends- This fight to end mountaintop removal coal mining is not over. Lifelong West Virginian Larry Gibson recently said: “Everything has to get bigger from here. We need to put our backs up against the wall and not back down.” Mountain fighters from all over are taking these words… Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2012 Contact: Ron Seifert: 843-814-2796 and at ronseif@gmail.com A Call for Nonviolent Direct Action to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline from the Tar Sands Blockade Texas—This summer, environmental activists from across the country will be converging in Texas to blockade the Gulf Coast portion of… Continue reading
Pro-mountain activists board coal barge and blockade Kayford strip mine haul road FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 24, 2012 Contact: Robert Livingston 304.731.1740 http://action.mountainjustice.org KAYFORD, W.Va. –Mountain Justice and RAMPS activists blocked coal transport in two locations Thursday morning. Five boarded a barge on the Kanawha River near Chelyan, with… Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Contact: Josh Trost, 312 343-8259 email:thisperfectworld@yahoo.com Rising Tide Chicago Action Video “HEARTLAND’S LIES DESTROY OUR PLANET,” CLIMATE ACTIVISTS SAY Activists protest “climate denier” mis-information at Heartland Institute’s annual climate change conference CHICAGO—Today, two climate action advocates with the group Rising Tide Chicago challenged… Continue reading