The 2nd Annual West Coast Convergence for Climate Action has announced plans to target the expansion of the I-5 Columbia River Crossing (a Corridor of the Future project) as part of its “Day of Action.” If you’re going to be in Portland, you should drop by!
When: 1 pm on Monday August 4th, 2008.
What: The 2nd [...]

With groundbreaking on construction of I-69, the NAFTA Superhighway, scheduled to begin this week, both resistance to the highway and repression of activists are escalating. And don’t forget: July 28 is a national day of mobilization against I-69!
In response to a June 25 lockdown at a Gohmann Asphalt facility in Haubstadt, IN, the company has [...]

The U.S. Department of Commerce is holding a public hearing and accepting public comments about a proposed toll road controversial toll road which would run through San Onofre State Beach parallel to I-5, to relieve congestion on that Corridor of the Future highway.
Permission for the plan was recently denied by the California Coastal Commission at [...]

According to a communiqué, a Maryille, IL office of Bernardin, Lochmueller, & Associates (BLA, the company responsible for planning the entire route of I-69) was sabotaged on the morning of June 30:
This morning, the owners of [BLA] in Maryville, Illinois were popping aspirins to deal with their headaches. Maybe the underlings enjoyed the day off. [...]

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 [...]