Due to the recent upsurge in anti-infrastructure actions and related news (just take a look at the last few weeks’ worth of posts, below!), we are shifting to a less regular posting schedule. Rather than compiling stories and posting them once per week, we will now be posting news as we learn about it. Check [...]

There are three different US Convergences for Climate Action this year:
West Coast Convergence for Climate Action: July 28 - August 4, Eugene, OR
Southeast Convergence for Climate Action: August 5-11, Louisa County, VA (near Richmond)
Northeast Climate Confluence: July 27 - August 3, High Falls, NY
The climate convergences are gathering places for people of all ages and [...]

The 15th Protecting Mother Earth Conference, sponsored by the Indigenous Environmental Network, will take place July 17-20 in Western Shoshone territory. For more information and to sign up, click here.

Cascadia Root Force will be presenting on “The History of Neo-liberalism and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (Global Elites Grand Master Plan for North America)” Thursday May 29, 3-5pm as part of the City Repair Village Building Convergence 8. The presentation will take place from 3-5 pm at the Awakenings Wellness Center.
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Hi, folks. We’re going to try out a new posting schedule: posting on Tuesday afternoons, rather than Sunday nights (or occasionally Monday) as we have been. So new Lowdown posts should be online by Tuesday nights. We will still be posting once per week.
If this new posting schedule does not work out and we decide [...]

Not much in the way of infrastructure expansion near you, but you still want to take action against the Corridors of the Future? Enter your zip code or state into the Root Force Target Database to see if there’s a company or institution in your area that’s involved in the Corridors of the Future, so [...]

Planning to attend the anti-I-69 strategy and planning spokescouncil in Bloomington, IN from April 11-13? Registration details and schedule are now available. Please note that this event is RSVP-only. You must pre-register if you want to attend.

Global Exchange and Alliance for Democracy is bringing three speakers to Portland, OR to discuss the Security and Propsperity Partnership (SPP) of North America, often referred to as NAFTA-plus: Hector Sanchez of Global Exchange; Carleen Pickard of the Council of Canadians; and Manuel Perez Rocha of the Institute for Policy Studies. Cascadia Root Force will [...]

The Missouri Department of Transportation is hosting a series of public meetings to “share information” about its plans for a study on the environmental impacts of building truck-only lanes for I-70, as per the state’s Corridors of the Future grant. The meetings are in “open house” format, so people can arrive and leave at any [...]

Come see Root Force at the Local To Global Justice Teach In in Tempe, AZ (ASU Campus) on Sunday, March 2. The presentation will be at 11:30 a.m. in room Farmer 226.