From Radical Action for Mountain People’s Survival (RAMPS): BRISTOL, VA.— Three residents of Central Appalachia and supporters with Mountain Justice chained themselves to an industrial tank of black water in front of Alpha Natural Resources’ Bristol, Va., headquarters to protest Alpha’s mountaintop removal strip mining and coal slurry operations across the region. “I’m risking arrest [...]

Springfield, IL–For the third day in a row, concerned Illinoisans that have requested a meeting with Governor Quinn and that he reconsider his support of allowing hydraulic fracturing in Illinois, have sat-in in front of Governor Quinn’s office. Today 14 people joined the sit-in and the three people refused to leave as the capitol was [...]

from The Media Co-Op Stop The Tar Sands – No Line 9 The impacts of industrial development in the area now known as Chemical Valley are deep. The relationship between the 63 petrochemical industries and the occupied lands they are on is not a coincidence. The devastating affects corporations like Imperial Oil, Enbridge and Polysar [...]

This looks like a good action calling out natural gas, dams and carbon trading are false solutions to the climate crisis … but unfortunately, the people who organized it still seem to believe the lie that wind and solar power can avert ecological collapse. From Capitalism Vs. the Climate: Hartford, Connecticut—On Wednesday, members of Capitalism [...]

From the Earth First! Newswire: On Monday a protest in opposition to iron mining in Wisconsin erupted at the DNR [Department of Natural Resources] office in Wausau. Subsequently, a banner stating “Do Not Resuscitate Iron Mining” was nailed to the roof. An additional banner was dropped off Hwy 51 in Wausau sending the message “No [...]

Springfield, IL — Twenty concerned citizens occupied Illinois Governor Pat. Quinn’s office Tuesday to protest his support of a state bill to regulate hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” After being refused a request for a meeting to discuss the matter with the Governor, three people locked arms and sat down in the middle of the entrance [...]

Undaunted by a string of recent treesit evictions, opponents of the US-101 highway bypass in Willits, California are continuing the struggle. A treesit remains in place directly in the path where Caltrans plans to destroy a grove of wetlands trees. And on Monday, a lockdown by just two activists successfully disrupted construction work for a [...]

From the Earth First! Newswire: [Occupy the Pipeline] took to the high seas [last night] to interrupt the New York League of Conservation Voters’ Spring Gala, which was funded by the hydro fracking industry and thrown in honor of Michael Bloomberg. Read more.  

From Huffington Post: The State Department, still with “egg on its face” from its statement that Keystone XL would have little impact on climate change, sunk a little lower today as the most respected elders, and chiefs of 10 sovereign nations turned their backs on State Department representatives and walked out during a meeting. The [...]

From Tar Sands Blockade: “You’re not welcome here… We’ve said no from day one.” And with these firm words the TransCanada representatives were kicked out of Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation last week. The seemingly aloof TransCanada officials showed up at the Tribal Office in Eagle Butte, South Dakota in an attempt to win the tribe over to the pipeline, but [...]