Appalachia: Police and MVP Security Attempt Eviction of Yellow Finch Tree-Sit

via Appalachians Against Pipelines. “The tree sitters are holding strong. We are still here. Today is day 267. At the Yellow Finch tree sits in the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, cops have left the scene (for now). MVP is still lurking down the road. We are still asking… Continue reading

Community Members Occupy Jordan Cove LNG Portland Office Lobby in Solidarity with Impacted Landowners

via Portland Rising Tide FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 Contact: Dineen O’Rourke, dineen@350pdx.org, 631.830.7478 Community Members Occupy Jordan Cove LNG Portland Office Lobby in Solidarity with Impacted Landowners [Portland, OR] On Wednesday, May 22nd, from 11AM-1PM Over seventy community members gathered inside the lobby of the Jordan Cove… Continue reading

Chicago: Indigenous & Climate Activists Disrupt Chase Meeting

“Our Native communities bear the brunt of impacts from tar sands pipelines, like Line 3.” – Dallas Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network JPMorgan Chase is banking on climate change and fossil fuels. We’re banking on fierce resistance to Big Oil, Big Coal and the Wall street banks funding them. Today, Indigenous… Continue reading

Of Pipelines and Banks, Climate Uprisings in New York!

Nationally, the climate movement is organizing and growing quickly after years of treading water. The combination of the Green New Deal, the youth-led climate strikes, and radical demands for climate action from Extinction Rebellion to frontline communities across the world, has energized the movement to begin to meet the problem… Continue reading