Dear Friends– King Coal is losing North America. Successful fights against coal fired power plants have forced them to change their business strategies or die. Their new plan is to export coal mined from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana to overseas markets in East Asia. In China… Continue reading
March 11, 2012 For Immediate Release Rising Tide Press Contact: Scott Parkin, 415-235-0596 (mobile) sparki@risingtidenorthamerica.org F.B.I. targets peaceful anti-fracking and Rising Tide activists, Washington Post reveals Rising Tide North Texas subject of intimidation campaign by federal government In today’s Washington Post, it was revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation… Continue reading
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges. PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION – Five Lakota were arrested Monday evening in Wanblee, South Dakota when they formed a blockade to halt a convoy of trucks going through the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. At issue was there were two trucks that appeared to be… Continue reading
In an open letter, several organizations including Colorado American Indian Movement, Deep Green Resistance (DGR) Colorado, Front Range Rising Tide, 350.org, Occupy Denver and Boulder Food Rescue announce they coming together for a demonstration on Saturday, March 10th, with families from the local communities that are directly affected by the… Continue reading