CalFire Faces Opposition for Avoiding Environmental Review and Tribal Consultation

cross-posted from Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters CalFire Faces Opposition for Avoiding Environmental Review and Tribal Consultation Jackson Forest advocates will testify at Jackson Advisory Meeting in Ft. Bragg Sept. 12, 2023 For immediate release Contact: Matt Simmons, staff attorney, Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) (310) 666-8912 Andy Wellspring (707)… Continue reading

Converge in Atlanta, Georgia from November 10-13, 2023. #StopCopCity

cross posted from the Atlanta Press Collective Update: Block Cop City organizers now say the nationwide tour will cover 70 cities. Just days after members of the clergy and other people of faith chained themselves to construction equipment at the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site, a new group, Block Cop… Continue reading

Construction work stopped briefly as Cop City protesters enter site

cross-posted from the Atlanta Press Collective Thursday morning a group of Cop City activists invoked a “people’s stop work order” and chained themselves to equipment at the construction site for the proposed Atlanta Safety Public Training Center, more commonly known as Cop City. “This is a war happening against protesters,”… Continue reading

ATL: Georgia Attorney General brings RICO indictments against 61 activists

cross-posted from the Atlanta Press Collective The Georgia Attorney General’s Office filed RICO (racketeering-influenced and corrupt organizations) indictments against 61 individuals alleged to be part of the Stop Cop City Movement. The indictments were filed Aug. 29, but went unannounced and unnoticed until the Atlanta Community Press Collective broke the story… Continue reading