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Jul 24 2010
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Massey Coal, Not Clean Safe or Forever |
National Press Club: Protestors from Rain Forest Action Network, disrupt Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Mines, the one that killed many miners in West Virginia. Massey CEO Blankenship On Mine Disaster: No Regrets"
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Jul 09 2010
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Frack Ban Activists with Dr. Vandana Shiva at Riverside Church |
Climate justice and food justice activists rallied at the lecture of noted environmentalist and ecofeminist, Dr. Vandana Shiva, at Riverside Church today to clarify the responsibility of activists in the face of concerted pressure by pro-gas drilling industry and 'environmental' groups. Marcia Reynolds, whose family has been farming in upstate Otsego County for four generations pointed out the folly of movements that call for a moratorium on gas drilling, saying "I don’t want the drilling delayed while these companies keep buying up leases. I want it banned now".
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Jul 07 2010
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As Mercury Soars, Con Ed Takes a Hit |
Time to get serious about creating a people’s movement for the right to affordable, dependable and sustainable energy.
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Jun 11 2010
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Why is BLM Force Removing NV's Wild Horses? |
The proposed Ruby Pipeline delivering natural gas from Wyoming to Malin, OR appears to be the primary motivating factor behind recent BLM decisions to forcibly remove wild horses from large parts of their habitat.
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May 29 2010
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Photos and Report Back: NW Natural Shareholders Meeting Rally |
A large gathering of citizens from Washington and Oregon sent a very strong message to the shareholders of NW Natural this afternoon, opposing Liquefied Natural Gas facilities proposed for the Oregon coast, facilities which would necessitate a 217-mile highway-width clear cut across farms, forest lands and our Mt. Hood National Forest. At least 250 people gathered at the Oregon Convention Center to let the shareholders meeting behind closed doors that this proposal is not only bad for the environment, but bad business as well.
Streaming Live on 5.28.10:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/growing-concern
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May 21 2010
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Rally for Oregon Values at NW Natural Shareholder Meeting |
Residents of the Pacific Northwest oppose NW Natural's Palomar pipeline in an effort to protect Oregon values: clean water, protected salmon runs, healthy forests, family farms and a clean energy future. NW Natural, in partnership with TransCanada Gas Transmission, is proposing the Palomar pipeline, a 217-mile natural gas pipeline that would connect to a Liquefied Natural Gas terminal on the Columbia River to the California-bound pre-existing GTN pipeline. With the LNG Palomar pipeline, NW Natural threatens hundreds of landowners in the Willamette Valley with eminent domain, while bringing heavy construction to cross 300 rivers and streams, and a 47-mile long clear-cut through Mt. Hood National Forest. A broad coalition of NW Natural ratepayers, shareholders, environmentalists, fishermen, foresters, and farmers are demanding that the company cancel the unnecessary and unethical pipeline plan.
What: Hundreds of Oregonians and Washingtonians protest at the 3rd Annual Rally to Stop the Palomar Pipeline at the NW Natural Shareholder Meeting.
When: May 27 1-4pm. Political speakers and media invited at 2:30pm.
Where: Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE MLK BLVD Portland, Or
http://www.heynwnatural.org
What: Hundreds of Oregonians and Washingtonians protest at the 3rd Annual Rally to Stop the Palomar Pipeline at the NW Natural Shareholder Meeting.
When: May 27 1-4pm. Political speakers and media invited at 2:30pm.
Where: Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE MLK BLVD Portland, Or
http://www.heynwnatural.org
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May 19 2010
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Two arrested in Richmond disrupting Massey Coal's AGM |
Activists disrupted the annual general meeting of criminal corporation Massey Energy this morning in Richmond, VA. Two of the group were arrested after hanging a banner INSIDE the building where Massey was about to start their stockholder(AGM) meeting.
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Apr 27 2010
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Upcoming DEQ Hearing on PGE's Boardman Plant |
Portland General Electric (PGE) operates Oregon's only coal plant located in Boardman, Oregon. The Boardman Coal Plant emits 5 million tons of carbon dioxide, over 15,000 tons of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide and over 200 pounds of mercury every single year making it Oregon's largest stationary source of air and global warming pollution.
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Apr 18 2010
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Direct Action Group Disrupts Carbon Trading Conference |
On April 15th, a new direct action group calling themselves "Offset This!" disrupted the "Navigating the American Carbon World" conference at the Marriott Hotel in San Francisco. The protesters said that carbon trading is a false solution that distracts attention from the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions. One protester was arrested after causing a ruckus during the plenary session.
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Apr 12 2010
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FERC Approves Ruby Pipeline; Wyo to Malin, OR |
Recent FERC approval of the Ruby Pipeline proposed to deliver natural gas from Wyoming to Malin, OR happens to be the same location where the Pacific Connector proposed from Coos Bay would enter CA. Local residents, environmentalists and others are concerned that the many miles of pipeline delivering natural gas would also cause significant damage in the event of an earthquake or other natural hazards. Furthermore this distribution into CA is coming at the expense of neighbor states and decreases the chance of CA ratepayers ever obtaining true energy independence.
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Apr 09 2010
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The Indypendent Issue 149: Nuclear Shock: While Obama touts nuclear power as a green energy solution, Southwest communities resist uranium mining boom |
Indypendent editor Jessica Lee and Indigenous Action Media member Klee Benally report on uranium mining in the Southwest in the latest issue of the Indypendent: “The American Southwest has again become ground zero in the debate about nuclear power.
Since December, miners have resumed crawling deep into the earth on the edge of the Grand Canyon to mine high-grade uranium ore at the Arizona 1 Mine, which had been closed since the late 1980s. Owned by the Canadian Denison Mines Corp., it is the first uranium mine to open in northern Arizona since nuclear power again became a popular idea in Washington within the last decade. The greater Grand Canyon area faces a possible explosion in the number of new uranium mines.
The price of uranium has rebounded in recent years due to a surge in reactor construction throughout the world and thanks to political support from the White House, starting with George W. Bush and reinforced by Barack Obama. The price has varied from $10 to $138 per pound since 2001, and is currently valued at $41.25 per pound.” READ MORE | MORE FROM ISSUE 149
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Apr 02 2010
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Thousands get "PEPCO" letters promising Green Energy, no rate hikes. |
The Greenwash Guerillas strike again! On Fossil Fools Day, the first of April, several thousand PEPCO customers received letters promising a switch by 2020 to 100% renewable energy, no more MTR coal, and the cancellation of proposed rate hikes, along with a phone number to call PEPCO
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Apr 02 2010
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Stop the White Stallion Coal Plant in Matagorda County, TX! |
by Rising Tide Houston to the Open Publishing Newswire: A new coal-fired power plant in Matagorda County, TX will endanger the public health of residents in the region and fuel global warming. Please take 2 minutes to sign this petition and then send off the email. Get in contact if you would like to become more involved in stopping this facility! Texas is already due to experience increasing levels of drought and more frequent and intense natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods; among other effects of climate change. At a time when the science is clear that world greenhouse gas emissions needed to have been decreasing already, emissions continue to rise (not even level out). The building of a new coal-fired power plant anywhere is insanity.
But even aside from global warming, the proposed White Stallion plant is not far from Houston, and the pollutants are expected to blow over through our city occasionally. We are already surrounded by facilities that have us breathing unsafe levels of cancer- and asthma-causing chemicals..the last thing we need is another coal plant! Not to mention the residents of Matagorda County. [read the full article]
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Apr 01 2010
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Fossil Fools! |
Late last night volunteers with Portland Rising Tide blasted the city with over 3,000 fake newspaper covers wrapping the Willamette Week. With content including an interview with Bigfoot about pipeline plans through Mt. Hood and a chart explaining the Columbia River Crossing project as understood by Glen Beck. The action was part of Fossil Fools Day, a national day-of-action with the tag-line, "Pull a prank that packs a punch" meant to inspire playful actions targeting the fossil fuel industry.
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Mar 25 2010
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No to Proposition 16 PG&E Power Grab |
On March 23rd some San Francisco Board of Supervisors, community groups, and local residents held a press conference on the steps of City Hall to denounce the "lies and manipulations" in Pacific Gas and Electric' mailers and television commercials over Proposition 16. Supervisors also took this time to re-iterate their commitment to Clean Power SF, which is a plan adopted in 2007 that will set San Francisco on the path to using clean renewable energy from cheaper sources.
from the open publishing newswire...
- Dissent! G8 USA Infotour 01/29/2007