BREAKING NEWS: Activists Risk Arrest, Ascend Dragline to Stop Mountaintop Removal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Thursday June 18th, 2009): Hi-Res Photos, B-roll and Video will be available, www.mountainaction.org. Activists Risk Arrest to Stop Mountaintop Removal Activists scaled 20-storey tall mining machinery this morning to call attention to nation’s worst form of coal mining; This is the first time a dragline has been… Continue reading

Rally against Interstate 5 expansion rides in Portland, Oregon

“Twelve Lanes? That’s Insane!” chanted 70 Portlanders as they rallied at Mississippi Avenue, just south of Mason Avenue Sunday evening. The rally was accompanied by a mobile bike-carted sound system, live musicians, and a huge banner unfurled from the roof of a nearby construction site reading “More Lanes=More Cars=More Climate… Continue reading