tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52620458402604546342024-03-13T09:55:27.209-04:00dc rising tideclimate justice activism in washington, DCdc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-88085002530889532622011-05-20T11:53:00.008-04:002011-05-20T12:58:19.796-04:00Protest at Pepcoal Shareholders' Meeting!<object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157626764845894%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157626764845894%2F&set_id=72157626764845894&jump_to="></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157626764845894%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157626764845894%2F&set_id=72157626764845894&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />D.C. Rising Tide joined with DC Solar United Neighborhoods (SUN) today to demand that Pepco(al) bring them distributed renewable energy, not electricity from coal, other fossil fuels, or nuclear energy. The groups protested Pepcoal during the corporation's annual shareholders meeting at its headquarters in downtown D.C.<br /><br />The D.C. residents chalked the sidewalk with coal and handed coal to shareholders to tell Pepcoal that we don't want their dirty coal. Others chanted out "Now is the hour for solar power" and "No more Pepcoal!" <br /><br />Pepco continues to give DC residents electricity mainly from coal, including coal from mountaintop removal. The corporation has impeded efforts to promote solar energy in DC, and has even rejected a shareholder resolution to help make them move towards renewable energy. <br /><br />"The currents of climate justice are coming to Pepco(al). It's time for them to dump the fossil fuels and nuclear and amp up the renewable energy. If they don't, we need to move immediately to create a people's utility instead," said DC Rising Tide member Lacy MacAuley.<br /><br />The protest comes as the shareholders of Pepco Holdings Inc meet for their annual general meeting but fail to discuss a shareholder resolution filed to make the company support distributed solar energy in the District. DC SUN member John Capozzi, also a Pepco shareholder, filed a shareholder resolution in 2010 to force the company to work to facilitate residential solar projects in the District. But Pepco(al) and the Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed the shareholder resolution based on the erroneous claim that it only addressed the company's regular business operations.<br /><br />"We want access to solar and we don't want Pepco to keep dragging its feet about it," said Robert Robinson of the DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN).<br /><br />DC Rising Tide members also called for the corporation to pay reparations for their past and ongoing harm to communities and the environment. The company, for example, has declined to clean up and pay up for its PCB pollution of the Anacostia River from its Benning Road facility.<br /><br />"It's time for Pepco(al) to change or be fired," said MacAuley. A number of concerned residents indicated that they would prefer a more accountable municipal utility. Montgomery County has already been discussing creating a public utility company that would be more accountable than Pepco(al), and the idea is gaining in popularity in DC as well.dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-11263857007530291772011-04-20T17:05:00.005-04:002011-04-20T17:34:49.044-04:00Day of Action Against ExtractionFollowing on the <a href="http://dcrisingtide.blogspot.com/2011/04/action-at-department-of-interior.html">massive sit-in at the Department of the Interior on Monday</a>, activists in Washington DC joined collectives from around the country to take action today for the Rising Tide <a href="http://www.extractionaction.net/">Day of Action against Extraction</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3VSH_oA40QQ/Ta9M_QS0dTI/AAAAAAAAANQ/StAPwxqvCNo/s1600/BP_DC3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3VSH_oA40QQ/Ta9M_QS0dTI/AAAAAAAAANQ/StAPwxqvCNo/s320/BP_DC3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597777511434188082" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The DC residents tied a banner across the doors of the Government Affairs offices of British Petroleum in DC to send them a message, on the anniversary of the start of the Gulf disaster, that corporate polluters will be held accountable.<br /><br />"BP is guilty of poisoning the Gulf and its communities. It is time for justice," said one of the activists. "The extraction of fossil fuels is killing communities and our planet. It must end," added another.dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-56042390065120223152011-04-18T16:21:00.004-04:002011-04-18T16:36:27.895-04:00Action at the Department of Interior!<object height="300" width="400"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157626526946808%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157626526946808%2F&set_id=72157626526946808&jump_to="> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157626526946808%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157626526946808%2F&set_id=72157626526946808&jump_to=" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0Bte88t8u8o/Taygs-rOKHI/AAAAAAAAANI/2BQVgtY8Fv0/s1600/2011.04.18risingTide%2B140.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0Bte88t8u8o/Taygs-rOKHI/AAAAAAAAANI/2BQVgtY8Fv0/s320/2011.04.18risingTide%2B140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597025131513653362" border="0" /></a><br />April 18, 2011 <p>BREAKING: Activists Staging Sit-in at Dept. of Interior Demanding Phase Out of Fossil Fuels</p> <p>Residents from Gulf Coast, Appalachia and interior West join students and climate justice activists in calling for more action on extractive industry.<br />For Immediate Release</p> <p>Contact: Scott Parkin; on site mobile- 415-235-0596;<br />Henia Belalia; on site mobile- 510-529-8927<br />Email— <a href="mailto:extraction@risingtidenorthamerica.org">extraction@risingtidenorthamerica.org</a></p> <p>Photos: available upon request.</p> <p>Washington D.C.—Hundreds of climate activists marched to the Department of the Interior’s headquarters today, with twenty people committing civil disobedience inside, calling for the abolition of offshore oil drilling, coal mining and tar sands extraction. Reclaim Power led hundreds from Lafayette Park to the agency’s headquarters in Washington D.C. the same day after Powershift, a mass youth climate conference, ended and 2 days before the one year anniversary of the BP Gulf Oil Disaster.</p> <p>The Dept. of Interior has oversight over two agencies, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) and the Office of Surface Mining (OSM), which are responsible for the BP Oil Spill, mountaintop removal coal mining and tar sands oil drilling in southern Utah. Furthermore, the Dept. of Interior just opened up over 7,000 acres of land to industry for coal extraction in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin.</p> <p>“Our demonstration today is to show that Wyoming might be small in population but mighty in heart,” said Kevin Uransky, a resident from Wyoming’s coalfields and member of High Country Rising Tide participating in the sit-in. “We don’t want to just stand by and allow big corporations to destroy our homes, our way of life, and some of last open, beautiful, and undeveloped terrain left in the United States. We want to show that Wyoming has a voice not to be drowned out by those of more represented states, we have a voice, we have an opinion, and we want to be heard.”</p> <p>Reclaim Power is being led by residents of residents of the Gulf Coast, Appalachia and the interior West – regions directly impacted by heinous oil, gas and coal extractive industries. Participants are calling for the Obama Administration and the federal agency to phase out harmful mining and drilling practices and facilitate transitions to sustainable local energy systems.</p> <p>“The Dept. of Interior has been allowing the killing of my community and Appalachia’s mountains by the coal industry for decades” said Junior Walk from Boone County, West Virginia. “King Coal has poisoned Appalachia with toxic water, toxic air and toxic waste. It’s time for real action, not merely political posturing. I commend these fiery activists taking risks and making change for our communities and the climate.”</p> <p>“For all practical purposes, Louisiana and the Gulf Coast function as a third world resource colony within the US. For a hundred years, our people and ecosystems have been sacrificed to provide cheap energy and big profits,” said Devin Martin, a native Cajun from southern Louisiana. “We pay for the hidden costs of oil and gas with our health and our lives through air pollution, oil spills, and a completely corrupted state government. We already lose a football field of coastal marsh every 38 minutes, and now rising sea levels from climate change will put my home, including New Orleans, under water permanently.”</p> <p>Reclaim Power also seeks to highlight the ruthless manner in which extractive industries are allowed to treat workers and the communities they operate in. “Obama’s administration allows oil and coal to make millions from the natural resources in our communities and leave behind nothing but misery,” said Ben Kessler of Rising Tide North Texas, a participant in the sit-in. “The 11 workers who died on BP’s oil rig and the 29 who perished in Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch coal mine were killed by the same thing; corporate greed. These deaths are not accidents. They are the direct result of these companies cutting corners in pursuit of profit. Obama and his Dept. of Interior are complicit in this.”</p> <p>“It’s called “public land,” not “industry land” and in Utah public land is most valuable exactly the way it is,” said Ashley Anderson, co-founder of climate group Peaceful Uprising and a student at the University of Utah. “The Dept. of Interior will not be permitted to sacrifice public land to an outdated deadly industry. Residents in Utah intend to keep the carbon in its public lands in the ground. We warn the Dept. of Interior: dirty energy is the public’s enemy, and a friend of our enemy is our enemy.”</p> <p>Obama’s Dept. of Interior allows the fossil fuel industry to run amok on eco-systems, communities, workers and local economies. Last year’s, Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 workers and spilled over 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The results have devastated local economies, fisheries and wetlands. Mountaintop removal is a radical form of coal mining in which up to 800 feet, sometimes more, of densely forested mountaintops are literally blown up to reach thin coal seams. Already, 500 mountains and 2,000 miles of streams have been lost due to this devastating mining practice. It has been recently discovered that oil companies in southern Utah greatly exaggerated the acres of land to be developed for tar sands extraction from 60 to over 30,000. The 758 million tons of coal to be extracted from the four competitive leases in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin will be the equivalent of 300 new coal-fired power plants.</p> <p>Today’s march and sit-in are a preview to Rising Tide North America’s “Day of Action against Extraction” happening in two days on April 20th, the anniversary of the BP Oil Spill. The day of action will feature protests by Gulf Coast residents fighting offshore drilling, Appalachians resisting mountaintop removal coal mining, Texas, Pennsylvania and New York residents opposing natural gas hydrofracking, Canadians fighting tar sands mining in Alberta, as well as other community groups engaged in fights against extractive industries. Protests are also planned for the UK, New Zealand, and Australia.</p> <p>Reclaim Power’s and the April 20th’s Day of Action against Extraction demands include:</p> <ul><li>An immediate phase out of fossil fuel extraction and a just transition to truly sustainable forms of energy</li><li>Community control over natural resources</li><li>Recognizing the sovereignty of indigenous nations and their right to control resources on their lands.</li><li>Reparations from both state and corporate entities that have profited from extraction in order to fund ecological restoration, full health coverage, and sustainable livelihoods in impacted communities.</li></ul> <p>For more information please visit <a href="http://www.extractionaction.net/">www.extractionaction.net</a></p> <p>####</p> <p>Rising Tide North America is an all volunteer climate justice network with over 50 chapters and local contacts that works to confront the root causes of climate change.</p>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-52416125856458139762011-04-01T11:32:00.005-04:002011-04-01T14:16:11.163-04:00Greenwash Guerrillas target Pepcoal on Fossil Fool’s Day!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F_Dhf-jomkY/TZX0yF2hMxI/AAAAAAAAAMw/xi2p5isSagE/s1600/2011.04.01fossilfool01.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 117px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F_Dhf-jomkY/TZX0yF2hMxI/AAAAAAAAAMw/xi2p5isSagE/s200/2011.04.01fossilfool01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590643653851820818" border="0" /></a>We learned today that the Greenwash Guerrillas in D.C. have taken on Pepcoal for the second year in a row on Fossil Fool’s Day!<br /><br />Greenwash Guerrillas added additional characters to the “PEPCO” sign on the company’s headquarters building, so that it read "PEPCOAL." Hundreds of fake Pepco advertisements also went up in the DC metrorail system late last night. The Fossil Fool’s Day advertisements highlight Pepco’s continued delivery of electricity from harmful fossil fuels, including coal from mountaintop removal mining.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zy4yYL1zHP8/TZX09hUYAYI/AAAAAAAAAM4/wKAFF2vCLyk/s1600/2011.04.01fossilfool02.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zy4yYL1zHP8/TZX09hUYAYI/AAAAAAAAAM4/wKAFF2vCLyk/s320/2011.04.01fossilfool02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590643850203365762" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The press release from Greenwash Guerrillas stated that Pepco is delivering electricity to DC that comes mostly from burning coal, including coal from mountaintop removal mining. The company provided 0 percent of its electricity from solar energy, and less than 2 percent from wind energy in 2010.<br /><br />This Fossil Fool’s day prank follows the Greenwash Guerrilla prank in 2010, when thousands of letters were distributed to Pepco customers stating that "Pepco is going green" and making radical changes to its infrastructure to shift to wind and solar energy. The letters appeared to be a customer notice from Joseph M. Rigby, chief executive of Pepco's parent company, Pepco Holdings, Inc. Pepco was forced to make public comment on the letters, as noted in the Washington Post. A mock website, www.pepco-green.com, looked similar to www.pepco.com, and announced the greening initiative.<br /><br />More info and photos on <a href="http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/151240/index.php">D.C. Indymedia</a>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-77359321678537261912011-03-10T12:23:00.003-05:002011-03-10T13:20:52.189-05:00Climate Reality Tour Report Back<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vIkmdQbtQuw/TXkJUfWC1XI/AAAAAAAAAMo/suyQHAFHzR0/s1600/climaterealitytour.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vIkmdQbtQuw/TXkJUfWC1XI/AAAAAAAAAMo/suyQHAFHzR0/s200/climaterealitytour.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582503460718433650" border="0" /></a><span class="profileName fsxl fwb">Climate Reality Tour: Report back. Look ahead</span><div class="profileHeaderMain"><div class="fsm fwn fcg"><span class="fsl"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ajax/share_dialog.php?s=7&appid=2344061033&p[]=199440570074905" rel="dialog"><br /></a></span><span class="fsl"></span></div></div><table class="uiInfoTable mvm profileInfoTable mvm mvm"><tbody><tr><th class="label">Time</th><td class="data"><div>Thursday, March 24 · <span class="dtstart"><span class="value-title" title="2011-03-24T19:00:00"> </span>7:00pm</span> - <span class="dtend"><span class="value-title" title="2011-03-24T22:00:00"> </span>10:00pm</span></div></td></tr><tr class="spacer"><td colspan="2"><hr /></td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th class="label">Location</th><td class="data"><div class="location vcard"><span class="fn org">Jam Jar</span><div class="adr"><div class="street-address">1719 Lamont</div><div class="locality">Washington, DC</div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="spacer"><td colspan="2"><hr /></td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th class="label">Created By</th><td class="data"><div class="uiCollapsedList uiCollapsedListHidden organizer" id="u665326_3"><span class="visible"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Climate-Reality-Tour/142983409068277">Climate Reality Tour</a></span></div></td></tr><tr class="spacer"><td colspan="2"><hr /></td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th class="label">More Info</th><td class="data"><div class="description">SAVE the DATE!<br /><br />* Potluck * Music * Report Back * Look Ahead *<br /><br />It's been three months since the UN Climate Summit ended in Cancun, and since the end of the Climate Reality Tour.<br /><br />Please join us for a multimedia potluck debrief of our adventure. We're excited to share videos of inspiring organizers, photos of the gorgeous bike trail, and the insights gleaned on this 9 week movement-building climate justice odyssey.<br /><br />We'll then cast our glance forward to the climate justice movement-building opportunities of the spring: Powershift and the March on Blair Mountain.<br /><br />Then we'll be graced by music from the Sligo Creek Stompers!<br /><br />* For those of you not in DC, we'll be posting all the final photos and videos shortly, and a summary of our report back for all to see.<br /><br />We hope to see you there!<br /><br />James + Jamie<br /><br />For more info, see:<br /><a href="http://climaterealitytour.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://climaterealitytour.</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>org/</a><br /><a href="http://www.friendsofblairmountain.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.friendsofblairm</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>ountain.org/</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-13290612254173757192011-03-03T11:17:00.005-05:002011-03-03T11:34:02.054-05:00Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution; an evening with author Kolya Abramsky<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SQkV8nEKE1c/TW-_beTDxmI/AAAAAAAAAMg/n2Rq3Nm3KKM/s1600/sparkingwp.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SQkV8nEKE1c/TW-_beTDxmI/AAAAAAAAAMg/n2Rq3Nm3KKM/s400/sparkingwp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579888942045709922" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Sunday, March 6 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm</strong> <p><strong>Downstairs at St. Stephen’s Church<br />1525 Newton Street NW<br />Washington, DC</strong></p> <p>Spend an evening with author Kolya Abramsky, as he maps out a global class struggle for energy autonomy, independence, and a better world, against the fossil fools of the capitalist energy economy.</p> <p>$5 at the door. Cosponsored by <a href="http://dcradicalspace.wordpress.com/">Dream City Collective</a>, <a title="AK Press' website" href="http://akpress.org/">AK Press</a>, and <a title="DC Rising Tide's website" href="http://dcradicalspace.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/sparking-a-worldwide-energy-revolution-an-evening-with-author-kolya-abramsky/dcrisingtide.blogspot.com">DC Rising Tide</a>.</p> <p>As the world’s energy system faces a period of unprecedented change, a global struggle over who controls the sector—and for what purposes—is intensifying. The question of “green capitalism” is now unavoidable, for capitalist planners and anti-capitalist struggles alike. From all sides we hear that it’s time to save the planet in order to save the economy, but in reality what lies before us is the next round of global class struggle with energy at the center, as the key means of production and subsistence.</p> <p>There are no easy answers in this battle for control of the world’s energy system. <em>Sparking A Worldwide Energy Revolution</em> is not a book of sound bites. It unpacks the seemingly innocent terms “energy sector” and “energy system” by situating the current energy crisis, peak oil, and the transition to a post-petrol future within a historical understanding of the global, social, economic, political, financial, military, and ecological relations of which energy and technology are parts. The authors probe the systemic relationships between energy production and consumption and the worldwide division of labor on which capitalism itself is based?its conflicts and hierarchies, its crisis and class struggles.</p> <p><strong>Kolya Abramsky </strong>is a former visiting fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Science, Technology and Society, in Graz, Austria, where he received the Manfred-Heindler Award for Energy and Climate Change Research, and in 2006 was coordinator of the Danish-based World Wind Energy Institute, an international effort in non-commercial renewable energy education, involving different renewable energy centers from around the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>A blurb about the book:<br /><br />"Gas flaring in Nigeria, wind farms in Schleswig-Holstein, mountain top removal in Appalachia, tar sands in Alberta, geothermal energy in Iceland, the toxic cycle of uranium, the slaughter in the coal-mines of China, the transgenic soya monocultures, the 'caliph' of oil in Iraq, jatropha production in Tanzania, exploration in the Tehuantepec winds: every power under the sun is here except horse-power, and everywhere on earth—China, Europe, North America, the Mideast, Africa, India, and Latin America.<br />Kolya Abramsky has composed, a symphonic compendium of five sections, fourteen parts, sixty chapters by forty-six individual authors and eighteen organizational authors in nearly seven hundred pages all arranged with intelligence and point. There are no technofixes. Neither 'clean' energy nor 'green' capitalism will preserve our lands, rivers, oceans, health, and lives. Neither governments nor corporations nor 'the market' can bring us out of the nether world they themselves have created. Mother Earth calls to the grass-roots for entirely new social relations, human and less hellish. This sober and serious book heeds that call."—Peter Linebaugh, author of The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All<br /><br /></p>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-45642422897684821032010-09-27T10:43:00.007-04:002010-09-27T20:31:07.319-04:00Rising Tide to Army Corps of Engineers: End the War on Appalachia!Dozens of Rising Tide activists converged this morning on the D.C. the Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters as part of the <a title="Appalachia Rising" href="http://www.appalachiarising.org/">Appalachia Rising</a> Mobilization to End Mountaintop Removal in Washington D.C.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TKCwebrIrYI/AAAAAAAAAL4/Hr3rWoRx7go/s1600/banners.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TKCwebrIrYI/AAAAAAAAAL4/Hr3rWoRx7go/s320/banners.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521607180027473282" border="0" /></a><br />Following an office occupation during which 9 protesters were forcibly removed, the rally circled the building. Two Kentucky coal field residents gained an audience with officials from the Army Corps of Engineers. And the day has just begun!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TKE3BWuoa3I/AAAAAAAAAMI/KjDFV-7rqfs/s1600/banner2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TKE3BWuoa3I/AAAAAAAAAMI/KjDFV-7rqfs/s320/banner2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521755114553502578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TKCwwh0ofKI/AAAAAAAAAMA/6KnwatxACbU/s1600/valleyfill.jpg"><br /></a>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-85944736514460376712010-09-24T14:33:00.014-04:002010-09-24T22:25:32.651-04:00"Pepcoal" target of flash mob! Appalachia Rising!<a href="http://dcrisingtide.org/">DC Rising Tide</a> surprised Pepco(al) customers and staff today in the Pepco(al) lobby as they burst into song criticizing Pepco(al) for their delivery of electricity from coal, including coal from Mountain Top Removal coal mining in Appalachia. In this "flash mob" event, the activists entered the customer service area in Pepco(al)'s headquarters in Washington DC and called them out for "Destroying Mountains, Destroying Communities."<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TJ0on-PpRXI/AAAAAAAAALw/xX3fZOghpl4/s1600/Pepcoal+09-27-2010+outside1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TJ0on-PpRXI/AAAAAAAAALw/xX3fZOghpl4/s320/Pepcoal+09-27-2010+outside1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520613385414722930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The singers also demanded that Pepco(al) stop sourcing energy generated from burning coal, particularly coal from mountaintop removal mining, use renewable energy like wind and solar instead, provide reparations to communities impacted by their power plants and by climate change, and cancel rate hikes for folks in DC.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TJ0gKgVvALI/AAAAAAAAAKo/v3BGrgbT8CM/s1600/PEPCOAL_Lobby_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TJ0gKgVvALI/AAAAAAAAAKo/v3BGrgbT8CM/s320/PEPCOAL_Lobby_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520604083077972146" border="0" /></a><br />The flash mob comes one year after DC Rising Tide initially delivered demands to Pepco at their headquarters. DC Rising Tide returned today as part of the <a href="http://appalachiarising.org/">Appalachia Rising</a> movement to save the mountains, culminating in massive street demonstrations on Monday the 27th.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TJ0nsV7QfZI/AAAAAAAAALg/zBLuTxH-g20/s1600/Pepcoal+09-27-2010+glass+door.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TJ0nsV7QfZI/AAAAAAAAALg/zBLuTxH-g20/s320/Pepcoal+09-27-2010+glass+door.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520612360979512722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TJ0ghExy29I/AAAAAAAAAK4/5lOLhcGzRbQ/s1600/PEPCOAL_Lobby.jpg"><br /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/TJ0bo1YRF_I/AAAAAAAAAKY/P9KzomVLMDo/s1600/PEPCOAL_Lobby.jpg"></a>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-64032813223104883732010-05-18T12:32:00.005-04:002010-05-18T12:49:09.522-04:00UPDATE: Two activists arrested at Massey Energy Stock Holder meeting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S_LB6KamhaI/AAAAAAAAAJY/hL0cVA-aa38/s1600/ActivistArrest2_9151.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S_LB6KamhaI/AAAAAAAAAJY/hL0cVA-aa38/s400/ActivistArrest2_9151.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472649702181078434" border="0" /></a>Activists disrupted the annual general meeting of criminal corporation Massey Energy this morning in Richmond, VA. Two of the group were arrested as they demanded an end to Massey’s reckless disregard for human life, community health, and the environment. <p>As shareholders entered their meeting in the main ballroom of the sheik Jefferson Hotel, activists occupied the adjacent rotunda, chanting loudly and draping a massive banner over the ornate mezzanine railings. The 10’ x 10’ hand-painted banner read, “Massey – Stop Putting Profits Over People!”</p> <p>“Coal mining is dangerous. It’s dangerous for workers, dangerous for surrounding communities, and dangerous for the future of our planet. It’s time we move off of our dependency on coal and transition to a just, safe, clean energy future.” said Kate Rooth of <a title="DCRT" href="http://dcrisingtide.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">DC Rising Tide</a>, one of those who disrupted the meeting. “Massey Energy is notorious not only for putting their bottom dollar over people’s safety, but for driving people out their communities and poisoning their drinking water.”</p> <p>Protesters loudly read an open letter to Massey (below) demanding they cease mountaintop removal coal mining, a practice that is destroying central Appalachian communities. A <a title="CGZ Open Letter" href="http://climategroundzero.net/openletter/" target="_blank">similar open letter </a>was tendered by two activists who yesterday were assigned an outrageous <a title="Outrageous Bail" href="http://climategroundzero.net/2010/05/magistrate-sets-100000-bail-for-non-violent-protestors/" target="_blank">$100,000 bail after non-violently blocking the driveway to Massey’s regional HQ</a> in Boone County, WV.</p> <p>As activists disrupted events inside, several hundred unionists and environmentalists rallied in the rain outside – albeit separately – to demand accountability for Massey’s despicable record of dangerous mine conditions, and its devastating social and ecological impact. Rally-goers pointed to the recent explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, WV that killed 29 miners, and its mountaintop removal operations throughout Appalachia in their indictment of Massey’s corporate greed.</p> <p>The activists arrested today in Richmond, Kate Finneran and Oscar Ramirez, remain in custody as Massey Energy continues jeopardizing workers’ lives and blasting apart mountaintops and communities throughout Appalachia.</p><p>Slide Show:</p><object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157623962766237%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157623962766237%2F&set_id=72157623962766237&jump_to="></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157623962766237%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdcrt%2Fsets%2F72157623962766237%2F&set_id=72157623962766237&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><br /></p><p>New Press Release:</p><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 05/18/2010</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Contact: Lacy MacAuley, (202) 445-4692, <a href="mailto:lacymacauley@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 246);"><u>lacymacauley@gmail.com</u></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >James Ploeser, (202) 253-9274, <a href="mailto:james.ploeser@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 246);"><u>james.ploeser@gmail.com</u></span></a> </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:6;" ><b>Update: Two mountain justice supporters arrested at site of Massey Energy stockholder meeting with shouts, banner<br /><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;" ><b><i>“Massey: Stop Putting Profits Over People” said banner</i></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Richmond, VA – Two activists were arrested at the location of the Massey Energy stockholders meeting after unfurling a banner from the mezzanine above the elegant grand foyer of the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. The banner reads, “Massey: Stop Putting Profits Over People.” The arrests occurred toward the beginning of the meeting. The activists were reading an open letter (below) to Massey Energy demanding that the company cease mountaintop removal coal mining, a practice that is destroying central Appalachia. Several hundred mine workers and environmentalists are rallying outside the building on the street to demand that Massey Energy value mine safety.</span></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(0, 30, 230);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a target="_blank"><b>[VIEW PHOTOS of arrests, banner on Flickr*]</b></a></span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><b> </b></span></p><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >The two individuals, Kate Finneran, 22, and Oscar Ramirez, 25, both members of the environmental group <a href="http://mountainjustice.cmail4.com/t/y/i/bqjut/l/y" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 246);"><u>Rising Tide DC</u></span></a>, were brought to Richmond City Jail at 501 North Ninth Street. According to Ramirez and Finneran, who were able to make phone calls from the jail, both were to be released this afternoon on their own reconnaissance and charged with a misdemeanor trespass charge.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >"Coal mining is dangerous. It’s dangerous for our workers, dangerous for surrounding communities, and dangerous for the future of our planet. It’s time we move off of our dependency on coal and transition to a just, safe, clean energy future.” said <b>Kate Rooth of Rising Tide</b> <b>DC</b>. “Massey Energy is notorious not only for putting their bottom dollar over people's safety, but for driving people out their communities and poisoning their drinking water."</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Massey, a company with a terrible track record of safety violations was also responsible for the April mine disaster at Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West Virginia which resulted in the death of 29 workers. In 2008, Massey made a $20 million settlement with the EPA for 4,500 Clean Water Act violations filed between 2000 and 2006. Now, in 2010, they are back in court for polluting America’s waterways again, this time for 971 Clean Water Act violations in 2008 and 2009.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >The activists occupied the mezzanine level in the main foyer of the Jefferson Hotel and the banner they unfurled was a 10’ x 10’ hand-painted banner. </span></div><p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Over 500 mountains in the US have already been destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining.<br /><br />More photos here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrt/sets/72157623962766237/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrt/sets/72157623962766237/</a><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></div>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-34510442042413866932010-05-18T11:50:00.004-04:002010-05-18T12:02:33.247-04:00"Massey: Stop Putting Profits Over People!"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S_K3nqnc1KI/AAAAAAAAAJI/Un5SYfgDjQk/s1600/screenshotBannerCr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S_K3nqnc1KI/AAAAAAAAAJI/Un5SYfgDjQk/s400/screenshotBannerCr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472638389291111586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Mountain justice supporters disrupt Massey Energy stockholder meeting in the lobby of the hotel with with chants, signs, banner<br /><br />“Massey Stop Putting Profits Over People”<span style="font-family:monospace;"> </span>says banner</span><br /><br /><br /><br />Richmond, VA – Several activists have occupied the location of theMassey Energy stockholders meeting and have unfurled a banner from the balcony above the elegant grand foyer of the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. The banner reads, “Massey Stop Putting Profits Over People.” The activists are loudly reading an open letter (below) to Massey Energy demanding that the company cease mountaintop removal coal mining, a practice that is destroying central Appalachia. Several hundred mine workers and environmentalists are rallying outside the building on the street to demand that Massey Energy value mine safety.<br /><br />"Coal mining is dangerous. It’s dangerous for our workers, dangerous for surrounding communities, and dangerous for the future of our planet. It’s time we move off of our dependency on coal and transition to a just, safe, clean energy future.” said Kate Rooth of Rising Tide, one of the activists who disrupted the meeting. “Massey Energy is notorious not only for putting their bottom dollar over people's safety, but for driving people out their communities and poisoning their drinking water."<br /><br />Massey, a company with a terrible track record of safety violations was also responsible for the April mine disaster at Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West Virginia which resulted in the death of 29 workers. In 2008, Massey made a $20 million settlement with the EPA for 4,500 Clean Water Act violations filed between 2000 and 2006. Now, in 2010, they are back in court for polluting America’s waterways again, this time for 971 Clean Water Act violations in 2008 and 2009.<br /><br />The activists are occupying the mezzanine level in the main foyer of the Jefferson Hotel and the banner they have unfurled is a 10’ x 10’ hand-painted banner.<br /><br />Over 500 mountains in the US have already been destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining.<br /><br />For more information on mountaintop removal coal mining and Massey<br /><br />Energy, please see <a href="http://dcrisingtide.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://dcrisingtide.blogspot.com/</a>.<br /><br /># # #<br /><br />OPEN LETTER<br /><br />Dear Massey Energy,<br /><br />We interrupt this meeting of Massey Energy’s Shareholders in order to spotlight and oppose Massey’s terrible safety, environmental and human rights violations. It is our responsibility to stand in firm opposition to Massey’s corporate behavior. We are willing to face the legal consequences of our non-violent action, for we know we are not alone; millions in Appalachia and across the nation are coming to see Massey for what it is. Whether it is the mountains of Appalachia, the lives of underground miners deep inside them, or the wellbeing of communities living below, Massey continually puts profits over people. It is time for the people of Appalachia and America to reject Massey and work together to create something better in its place.<br /><br />“Violations are, unfortunately, a normal part of the mining process,” Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey, has stated. In 2008, Massey made a $20 million settlement with the EPA for 4,500 Clean Water Act violations filed between the year 2000 and 2006. Now, in 2010, they are back in court for polluting America’s waterways again; this time for 971 Clean Water Act violations in 2008 and 2009. A 2006 fire at Massey’s Aracoma mine killed two workers. Massey settled wrongful death lawsuits for an undisclosed sum and paid civil and criminal penalties of $4.2 million.<br /><br />It is clear that neither the EPA, criminal, nor civil fines, can sufficiently motivate Massey, or Blankenship, to adopt a culture of responsibility in their business practices.<br /><br />When it comes to mountaintop removal and coal sludge , there is no responsible course but to ban them entirely. Mountaintop removal is the practice of demolishing Appalachian peaks, in order to scrape out their coal seams. It fills neighboring valleys and streams with the resultant rubble, and damages the health of nearby communities. Coal sludge is the liquid byproduct of washing coal in a carcinogenic chemical bath to remove impurities, such as heavy metals including arsenic, mercury, lead, and others. We call for the abolition of both.<br /><br />These two practices meet at Massey’s Brushy Fork sludge impoundment on Coal River Mountain.<br /><br />The Brushy Fork Coal Sludge Impoundment is the tallest earthen dam in the Western Hemisphere, permitted to hold 9 billion gallons of sludge. Massey’s “sunny day” casualty estimation is that if the dam were to break, the flood would kill 998 Coal River Valley residents.<br /><br />Coal sludge impoundments have failed in the past. A Massey-operated sludge impoundment in Martin County, KY broke in 2000, spilling 306 million gallons of toxic sludge into the tributaries of the Tug Fork, Big Sandy, and Ohio Rivers, killing wildlife, and contaminating 27,000 people’s drinking water. Brushy Fork sits above a honeycomb of abandoned underground room and pillar mines in which 31 pillars are of insufficient strength to reliably support the mine roof, let alone the mass of 9 billion gallons of sludge. Brushy Fork could also break through bottom failure, causing sludge to gush from abandoned mine entrances into the surrounding, populated valleys.<br /><br />The peril of Brushy Fork is compounded by Massey’s mountaintop removal operations on the Bee Tree Permit , which surrounds the impoundment. Each day, Massey blasts within hundreds of yards of the impoundment. Every mine blast sends high and low frequency vibrations into the mountain. High frequency vibrations are the visible blast, launching fly rock and dust, and dissipate over a short distance. Low frequency vibrations, however, cause structural damages, often foundation cracks, miles from the blast site. Brushy Fork’s earthen dam structure is within hundreds of yards of blasting operations. Thousands of lives are at risk.<br /><br />Massey must be stopped—that is why we are putting ourselves on the line today.<br /><br />Shareholders – you have the power to intervene. Use your institutional power to demand Massey cease its mountaintop removal operations and production of coal slurry. Responsibly decommission the Brushy Fork Impoundment. Also, we ask that you join with the coalition of nine public institutional investors that are asking Massey to withhold support from Don Blankenship and Board of Directors Baxter F. Philips, Richard M. Gabrys, and Dan R. Moore “because they have failed to carry out their duties on the Safety, Environmental, and Public Policy Committee.”<br /><br />Americans – coal from the mountains of Appalachia is burned all over the United States . It heats our homes, powers our factories, and illuminates our schools and offices. It is sometimes difficult connect one’s energy consumption to a struggle hundreds of miles away, but we urge you to take responsibility for that power and stand in solidarity with the people of Appalachia. We know that not everyone is able to put themselves at risk, but we firmly believe that all Americans can–and must– stand up and say: Massey Energy, Stop Putting Profits Before People!<br /><br />Signed,People of the Earth and Appalachia<br /># # #<br /><br />For more information on mountaintop removal coal mining and Massey Energy, please see <a href="http://dcrisingtide.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://dcrisingtide.blogspot.com/</a>.<br /><br />More pictures here:<br /><pre><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrt/sets/72157623962766237/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrt/sets/72157623962766237/</a><br /></pre>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-1739483365446888982010-03-05T13:10:00.003-05:002010-03-05T13:36:32.645-05:00Coal Miner Union Members Speak Out Sunday<pre><span style="font-family: arial;">Join us Sunday March 7th for a panel discussion by<br />former union coal miners from the United Mine Workers<br /> of America! Come hear them discuss the strikes they<br /> took part in and their current work to stop Mountain<br />Top Removal, the destruction of environment, community,<br />economy, and culture of Appalachia by blowing off<br />mountaintops to extract coal.<br /><br />** When?<br />Sunday, March 7, 2010<br />5:30pm - 8:30pm<br /><br />** Where?<br />St. Stephen's Church (downstairs)<br />1525 Newton Street NW<br />Washington, DC<br /><br />The movement to stop Mountain Top Removal in<br /> Appalachia has been growing for years, in part<br />thanks to former Union miners who have stepped<br /> into leadership roles throughout the country. While<br /> locally the history of the Union and its militant<br />struggles is common knowledge, few people outside<br /> of the "hollows" of Appalachia know these stories.<br /><br />The panel will cover everything from the "wildcat strikes"<br /> to what the United Mine Workers of America meant for<br />people's daily lives. Panelists will also talk about the<br />Pittston Strike, a strike which lasted 11 months, covered<br />3 states, led to thousands of arrests and included a mass<br />occupation of the Moss 3 Prep Plant, a mining facility in<br />the area. Finally, the panel will look at how their involvement<br /> in the UMWA affects their role in the current movement to<br />end Mountain Top Removal.<br /><br />Cosponsored by:<br />DC Radical Space Collective<br />the RRENEW Collective<br />DC Rainforest Action Network<br />DC Rising Tide</span><br /></pre>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-75324362058274818682010-01-29T17:09:00.019-05:002010-02-02T18:05:22.575-05:00DC Rising Tide and DC Students for Democratic Society FUNK the Warming!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46335929@N08/sets/72157623337272274/">Photos</a> and video from today's <span style="font-style: italic;">Funk the Warming</span> protest in Washington, DC<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SsSx88GWVOQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SsSx88GWVOQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NggotKhFI/AAAAAAAAAIw/TEHRMUPH8yU/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0489.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NggotKhFI/AAAAAAAAAIw/TEHRMUPH8yU/s400/2010-01-29+Funk_0489.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432291689337881682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">funk the warming protest in DC today</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2Nftzq8PxI/AAAAAAAAAIo/xwpzpCcrWOs/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0529.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2Nftzq8PxI/AAAAAAAAAIo/xwpzpCcrWOs/s400/2010-01-29+Funk_0529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432290816108019474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">presenting the 'fossil hawk' egg to the chamber of commerce</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NfeqUPtlI/AAAAAAAAAIg/z2yeK4o1RRE/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0567.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NfeqUPtlI/AAAAAAAAAIg/z2yeK4o1RRE/s400/2010-01-29+Funk_0567.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432290555898869330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">funk the warming visits pepco!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NfPvVzYBI/AAAAAAAAAIY/2kKyRHC761M/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0601.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NfPvVzYBI/AAAAAAAAAIY/2kKyRHC761M/s320/2010-01-29+Funk_0601.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432290299549540370" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">pepco= fossil hawk! because they are responsible for mountains in Appalachia being blown up for coal!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NfAVYAk4I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/iW8Xu7iqI-U/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0620.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NfAVYAk4I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/iW8Xu7iqI-U/s400/2010-01-29+Funk_0620.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432290034881434498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">square dance in front of pepco's office</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NexRAaFXI/AAAAAAAAAII/IJku7hfN8DY/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0631.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NexRAaFXI/AAAAAAAAAII/IJku7hfN8DY/s320/2010-01-29+Funk_0631.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432289776010663282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">leading the square dance</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NejYITApI/AAAAAAAAAIA/P4ha5z3oM6k/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0683.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NejYITApI/AAAAAAAAAIA/P4ha5z3oM6k/s320/2010-01-29+Funk_0683.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432289537404633746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NeSJ4RnaI/AAAAAAAAAH4/skEiXILkjw0/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0635.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NeSJ4RnaI/AAAAAAAAAH4/skEiXILkjw0/s400/2010-01-29+Funk_0635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432289241521560994" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"if i can't dance, i don't want to be in your revolution" -emma goldman</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NeBZhNK2I/AAAAAAAAAHw/lm1xQ04KPoI/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0663.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NeBZhNK2I/AAAAAAAAAHw/lm1xQ04KPoI/s320/2010-01-29+Funk_0663.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432288953661991778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">showing the banner to pepco employees inside</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2Nd0EEUR3I/AAAAAAAAAHo/wpibg-_ot08/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0670.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2Nd0EEUR3I/AAAAAAAAAHo/wpibg-_ot08/s320/2010-01-29+Funk_0670.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432288724565378930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NdmCsX1fI/AAAAAAAAAHg/K_hK04VYiUM/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0653.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NdmCsX1fI/AAAAAAAAAHg/K_hK04VYiUM/s320/2010-01-29+Funk_0653.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432288483678344690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">dancing in the streets in front of pepco</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NdZV5KdzI/AAAAAAAAAHY/hMrQ9rrTY5I/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0816.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NdZV5KdzI/AAAAAAAAAHY/hMrQ9rrTY5I/s320/2010-01-29+Funk_0816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432288265493968690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">delivering a fossil hawk egg to Shell</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NdLNHYWhI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/6x0_nsOTnmU/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0560.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2NdLNHYWhI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/6x0_nsOTnmU/s320/2010-01-29+Funk_0560.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432288022619511314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2Nc-akRL7I/AAAAAAAAAHI/SdGStWLad6E/s1600-h/2010-01-29+Funk_0503.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S2Nc-akRL7I/AAAAAAAAAHI/SdGStWLad6E/s320/2010-01-29+Funk_0503.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432287802892038066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">More photos here: </span><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46335929@N08/sets/72157623337272274/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/46335929@N08/sets/72157623337272274/</a></span><br /><br />and for more info: <a href="http://dc-sds.org/">dc-sds.org</a><br /><br /><a href="http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2010/01/30/funk-the-warming-takes-dc-fossil-hawks-by-storm/">http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2010/01/30/funk-the-warming-takes-dc-fossil-hawks-by-storm/<br /></a>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-66015243224423359552010-01-20T22:55:00.005-05:002010-01-23T23:09:01.162-05:00SDS and DC Rising Tide join forces to FUNK the WARMING!<h2 style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://dc-sds.org/" title="Jan 29: Funk the Warming - Down With the Fossil Hawks">Jan 29: Funk the Warming - Down With the Fossil Hawks</a></span></h2> <span class="submitted">Mon, 01/11/2010 - 22:15 — DCSDS</span> <div class="content"> <p><img style="width: 368px; height: 72px;" src="http://dc-sds.org/files/fossil-hawks.gif" /><br /><em>bringing the ruckus against climate chaos and corporate resource wars from stolen Native American land to Iraq and Afghanistan</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.dc-sds.org/files/funkthewarming2.pdf">8.5x11" b&w flyer</a><br /><a href="http://www.dc-sds.org/files/funkthewarming%20poster2.pdf">11x17" poster</a><br /><a href="http://www.dc-sds.org/files/funkthewarming4x.pdf">quarter sheets</a></p> <p>>> <strong>Who?</strong><br />. You, your fly crew, and your dancing shoes<br />. mad rowdy young people and our allies<br />. <a href="http://dc-sds.org/?q=node/1">DC Students for a Democratic Society</a> & <a href="http://www.dcrisingtide.org/">DC Rising Tide</a><br />in alliance with the <a href="http://vcnv.org/pac">Peaceable Assembly Campaign</a></p> <p>>> <strong>What?</strong><br />funkadelic youth & student-powered mobile street party<br />bringing down the corporate lobbying machine</p> <p>>> <strong> When?</strong><br />Friday January 29th, noontime</p> <p>>> <strong>Where?</strong><br />Lafayette Park<br />Washington, DC</p> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S1vGhqMlDHI/AAAAAAAAAG4/KHwOY4_68dI/s1600-h/dc-sds-11.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S1vGhqMlDHI/AAAAAAAAAG4/KHwOY4_68dI/s320/dc-sds-11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430152057290296434" border="0" /></a></p><p>>> <strong>Why?</strong><br />Last month, Fossil Hawks celebrated two great victories: the US-led failure of the Copenhagen climate summit and Obama's escalation of the War on Terror in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Thanks to their aggressive lobbying, the world's worst CO2 emitters, companies like Shell and Exxon, are free from new international pollution regulations and fixing to reap huge profits from Obama's expanding resource wars in the strategic oil and natural gas-rich war zones of the Middle East and Central Asia.</p> <p>The importance of challenging the violence and treachery of corporate power is becoming increasingly clear to the Climate and Anti-War Movements. If we want to turn the tide of climate chaos and corporate resource imperialism, then 2010 must be a year of unprecedented cooperation between our movements in creative resistance against the Fossil Hawks.</p> <p>With the US military's ranking as the world's #1 gas guzzler (oil consumer & user), buying from the top polluting transnationals, the problem runs deep. The annual CO2 output of the Iraq War is greater than 139 (60%) of the world's countries. It gets worse, but much of the toxic output from the War on Terror is hard to put a number on. We know that US bombs release heavy doses of other greenhouse gases, and pollutants like depleted uranium (DU) are in regular use. There is a long history of US military-industrial eco-devastation: trench warfare gases in WWI, nukes in WWII, agent orange in Vietnam, DU in Gulf War I, and it'll keep coming 'til we bring them down.</p> <p>>> <strong>Fossil Hawks, WTF?</strong><br />Fossil Hawks are the war-making corporate climate criminals and the politicians who serve them. They are the mining companies, energy companies, weapons manufacturers, military logistics companies, and mercenaries who profit from resource wars and lobby to sabotage US and UN environmental regulation. Many are at the top of the 122 companies responsible for 80% of global CO2 output. They are diversified corporations and lobbies invested in war and environmental exploitation.</p> <p>* Exxon is expanding natural gas operations using Halliburton's "fracking" process, poisoning North American aquifers while selling jet fuel to US forces bombing Afghanistan until it's "stable" enough for pipelines moving Caspian natural gas.</p> <p>* Shell simultaneously profits from Iraqi oilfields and from the fuel US tanks burn to protect them while clear-cutting for tar sands in Alberta and lobbying for "Clean Coal" technology in DC.</p> <p>* Caterpillar sells the same monstrous gas-guzzling D-9 bulldozers to Massey Coal for mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia that US tax dollars buy for Israeli Military demolition of Palestinian homes.</p> </div>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-47400326316169510612010-01-06T17:34:00.008-05:002010-01-11T13:02:31.205-05:00SHAME on EPA! DC residents speak out against EPA approval of MTR permit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S0UQ7vnhWBI/AAAAAAAAAGo/1Kex5bcaDmA/s1600-h/2010-01-06+033.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S0UQ7vnhWBI/AAAAAAAAAGo/1Kex5bcaDmA/s320/2010-01-06+033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423759944818186258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DC Residents Shame Environmental Protection Agency for Approving West Virginia Mine Permit</span></span><br /><br />Washington, DC<br />January 6, 2010<br /><br />This morning concerned citizens spelled out the words “Shame EPA” at the Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters in protest of the agency’s decision to approve the Hobet 45 mining permit in Lincoln Co. West Virginia.<br /><br />This permit is one of 79 permits which were deemed by the Agency to present significant environmental harm to the local watersheds thus requiring an enhanced review process. EPA claims that in the case of this permit they have found a reasonable compromise.<br /><br />Unfortunately for residents of Lincoln County and surrounding waterways, this permit will still allow for 3 miles of intact streams to be mined as well as millions of cubic yards of hazardous fill to be placed in existing valley fills offsite.<br /><br />Residents like Judy Bonds, Director of Coal River Mountain Watch and resident of West Virginia, express grave concern about this decision as they worry that it is a sign at the new year of things to come. "We, the affected citizens that are living with the impacts of this destructive mining practice, pray that this decision is not a preview of other destructive mining permits being approved."<br /><br />She continued to express concerns that this decision would only encourage miners who have lately resorted more to fear tactics and violence. “The very sad thing about this decision it is that the coal industry will think that their thugery and their threats contributed to this decision and may encourage them to be more violent in the future. Shame, Shame EPA.”<br /><br />“We certainly hope this is the last destructive permit approved that will allow the coal industry to continue to blast our homes and pollute our streams,” Judy added.<br /><br />Even with the changes made to the permit unacceptable adverse impacts will be felt in the communities surrounding this mine. Mountaintop removal is a deadly practice and should be abolished immediately.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S0X4Av7H6-I/AAAAAAAAAGw/WY6qX3FxJ1A/s1600-h/2010-01-06+069.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/S0X4Av7H6-I/AAAAAAAAAGw/WY6qX3FxJ1A/s320/2010-01-06+069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424014017985768418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />More Photos here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46335929@N08/sets/72157623155098704/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/46335929@N08/sets/72157623155098704/</a>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-36076985517169119072009-11-30T13:32:00.004-05:002009-12-01T23:43:59.834-05:00Climate justice activists march on polluters and lobbyists in downtown Washington DC<div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/2009/11/30/climate-justice-activists-march-on-polluters-and-lobbyists-in-downtown-washington-dc/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Climate justice activists march on polluters and lobbyists in downtown Washington DC"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBfv4LBYj8"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBfv4LBYj8</span></a><br /></h2> <p class="post-info"><span style="font-size:78%;">Posted Nov 30th, 2009</span></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p style="text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fmobilizationforclimatejustice%2Falbumid%2F5409954270819051601%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="600" height="400"></embed> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 30, 2009</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Contacts: Lacy MacAuley, (202) 445-4692, lacy@massey-media.com</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Nadine Bloch, (202) 412-7611, nbloch@igc.org</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Morgan Goodwin, (413) 884-5240, morgan.goodwin@gmail.com</span></p> <h2><a href="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/2009/11/30/climate-justice-activists-march-on-polluters-and-lobbyists-in-downtown-washington-dc/#more-2468">Climate justice activists march on polluters and lobbyists in downtown Washington DC</a></h2> <p style="text-align: justify;">Feisty unpermitted march blocks traffic, marks the tenth anniversary of the WTO shutdown in Seattle, demands “Corporations out of Copenhagen” one week prior to the UN climate summit</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Washington DC – Climate justice activists this morning marched through downtown Washington DC to visit climate polluters and the K Street lobbyists who represent them, joining thousands more in cities across the country for actions marking the November 30th Mobilization for Climate Justice. The march occurred just one week before the beginning of international climate negotiations in Copenhagen and marked the tenth anniversary of the historic day when activists converged in Seattle to non-violently shut down the meetings of the World Trade Organization (WTO).</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mobilizationforclimatejustice/N30ActionsDC#5409955268130016226">[Click to view PHOTOS of today’s climate justice march in Washington DC]</a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Oil companies, lobbyists, and banks are driving climate change and using their influence to prevent us from taking swift action to stop climate change. They are accelerating us off of a climate change cliff by promoting business as usual. They’ll just save themselves with their golden parachutes, leaving the rest of the world in free fall,” said organizer Lacy MacAuley, “We are calling for ‘Corporations out of Copenhagen,’ asking businesses and their lobbyists to step aside and let us create meaningful solutions to climate change, solutions that place people before profit.” <a href="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/2009/11/30/climate-justice-activists-march-on-polluters-and-lobbyists-in-downtown-washington-dc/#more-2468" class="more-link">Continue Reading »</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/2009/11/30/climate-justice-activists-march-on-polluters-and-lobbyists-in-downtown-washington-dc/#more-2468" class="more-link"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBfv4LBYj8">video</a><br /></p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-19843368015995051442009-10-26T14:17:00.009-04:002009-11-05T23:36:39.637-05:00Pepco(al) Under Fire for Sourcing Electricity from Coal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuXt0XImVCI/AAAAAAAAAFM/H8cPtcKWk5k/s1600-h/2009-10-26+dcRT+056.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuXt0XImVCI/AAAAAAAAAFM/H8cPtcKWk5k/s400/2009-10-26+dcRT+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396981212292469794" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DC Rising Tide activists hold a street theater event in front of the headquarters of Pepco in </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Downtown Washington, DC</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">to demand that Pepco stop </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">sourcing their electricity from Mountain Top Removal coal</span>.</span><br /><br /><br />October 26, 2009 <br /><br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br /><br /><br />Pepco(al) under Fire for Sourcing Electricity from Coal<br /><br />Contact: dcrisingtide@riseup.net<br /><br />Slideshow of photos: <a href="http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv309/dcrisingtide/street%20theater%2010-26-09/?albumview=slideshow">http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv309/dcrisingtide/street%20theater%2010-26-09/?albumview=slideshow</a><br /><br />Video from the event: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ0yJ-n8O3w">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ0yJ-n8O3w</a><br /><br /><br />Washington, D.C.<br />DC residents with the activist group DC Rising Tide today publicly presented their demands that Pepco stop sourcing electricity from coal, and particularly coal from Mountain Top Removal coal mining. The activists made their demands for renewable energy with a theatrical fight between “Pepcoal” and wind power in front of the headquarters of Pepco and its parent company Pepco Holdings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuXyLuHonSI/AAAAAAAAAFc/Lb4wxAc_laY/s1600-h/2009-10-26+dcRT+238.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuXyLuHonSI/AAAAAAAAAFc/Lb4wxAc_laY/s400/2009-10-26+dcRT+238.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396986011645943074" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >The "Pepcoal" smokestack, Wind Power, and Mountains at Pepco's office in DC</span><br /><br />“As a DC resident receiving my power from Pepco, I am outraged that most of that electricity comes from burning coal, especially from coal from the Mountain Top Removal coal mining destroying Appalachia,” said Erica Madrid.<br /><br />The activists demonstrated the role that Pepco Holdings plays in the destruction of mountains and valleys in Appalachia by enacting a fight between coal and a coal-burning power plant and wind energy, with the mountains and the planet representing the stakes in the fight.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuXyDC__1XI/AAAAAAAAAFU/2Jq6E3RmUpI/s1600-h/2009-10-26+dcRT+138.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuXyDC__1XI/AAAAAAAAAFU/2Jq6E3RmUpI/s400/2009-10-26+dcRT+138.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396985862632232306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Pepcoal" battles with Wind in front of Pepco's office building</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuXy25ElFwI/AAAAAAAAAF0/X57QT9II3pI/s1600-h/2009-10-26+dcRT+082.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuXy25ElFwI/AAAAAAAAAF0/X57QT9II3pI/s400/2009-10-26+dcRT+082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396986753320294146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Wind knocks out "Pepcoal" to save the mountains</span></span><br /><br />“Pepco is supporting the destruction of Appalachian mountains, communities, and streams, as well as the destruction of the global climate by using all that coal,” said Andrew Thomaides, as he handed out fliers to Pepco staff.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuX02bDGHHI/AAAAAAAAAF8/pgcBPwoeI_g/s1600-h/2009-10-26+dcRT+223.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuX02bDGHHI/AAAAAAAAAF8/pgcBPwoeI_g/s320/2009-10-26+dcRT+223.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396988944284261490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">DC Rising Tide activists handing out fliers to staff and passerby's</span></span><br /><br />In 2008, the electricity that Pepco provided to DC residents came mainly (53%) from coal, and only 0.5% came from wind energy. A large part of the coal burned for Pepco electricity has come from Mountain Top Removal mining in Appalachia. In addition, the parent company Pepco Holdings, Inc. owns two coal- fired power plants and a number of other fossil fuel plants. Pepco Holdings renewable energy facilities represent less than 1% of the generating capacity of the facilities it owns. The company is even planning the construction of two new fossil fuel power plants.<br /><br />The DC Rising Tide group’s demands include that Pepco Holdings stop sourcing electricity from Mountain Top Removal coal mining, replaces that electricity with renewable energy, and stop construction of new fossil fuel power plants. The public demand today comes several weeks after the group sent a letter with their demands to Pepco Holdings. The group received a letter in response that failed to respond to their key demands.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuX21ic_DrI/AAAAAAAAAGU/SlOftpqpd84/s1600-h/2009-10-26+dcRT+210.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuX21ic_DrI/AAAAAAAAAGU/SlOftpqpd84/s400/2009-10-26+dcRT+210.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396991128115285682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Banner reads "Pepco: Stop using Mountain Top Removal Coal! - DC Rising Tide"</span></span><br /><br />Mountain Top Removal coal mining means blowing off most of a mountain and pushing the fill into the valleys. MTR has destroyed over 500 mountains and over 2,000 miles of streams in Appalachia. Mining and burning of coal also represents one of the greatest sources of greenhouse gas pollution, which is fueling the climate change that threatens life on Earth.<br /><br />DC Rising Tide, an all-volunteer collective organizing for climate justice, is making its demands of Pepco Holdings in solidarity with the communities of Appalachia that are struggling and taking action to stop the destruction of their mountains.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuX1sCccDhI/AAAAAAAAAGE/RmQuuV0qRoA/s1600-h/2009-10-26+dcRT+207.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SuX1sCccDhI/AAAAAAAAAGE/RmQuuV0qRoA/s400/2009-10-26+dcRT+207.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396989865392606738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">DC Rising Tide activists march in front of Pepco, chanting "no more coal!"</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br />More photos <a href="http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv309/dcrisingtide/street%20theater%2010-26-09/?albumview=slideshow">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-53674682301243283792009-10-08T12:18:00.000-04:002009-10-08T19:00:10.257-04:00dcRT hosts coal film festival-- next Tuesday (10/13)Join DC Rising Tide for the...<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />**STOP MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL film fest!**</span><br /><br />Come learn about <a href="http://mountainjustice.org/facts/steps.php">Mountain Top Removal coal mining</a>, and how folks in Appalachia are taking action to stop it!<br /><br />**When? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday 13 October at 7PM</span><br />**Where? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Belmont House in Adams Morgan</span>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=1830+belmont+rd+nw,+washington+dc&fb=1&gl=us&hnear=1830+belmont+rd+nw,+washington+dc&cid=0,0,10752592596222484362&ei=8hXOSs_2PI3Q8QbZw5XtAw&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1">1830 Belmont RD. NW,</a> Washington DC (located between columbia rd and 18th st. nearest metro: woodley park)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/Ss4gucEyRoI/AAAAAAAAAE8/-r0-FMVD37c/s1600-h/coal+is+dirty+cca.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 183px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/Ss4gucEyRoI/AAAAAAAAAE8/-r0-FMVD37c/s200/coal+is+dirty+cca.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390281786191398530" border="0" /></a><br />Find out how you can join DC Rising Tide in fighting MTR and fighting for climate justice right here in DC!<br /><br />This night of short films about coal, environmental justice, and direct action is ***FREE***<br /><br />For more info e-mail dcrisingtide@riseup.net<br /><br /><br />--<br /><a href="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/what-is-rising-tide/">What is DC Rising Tide?</a> We are part of the Rising Tide North America (<a href="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress">www.risingtidenorthamerica.org</a>) collective. Rising Tide is a grassroots network of groups and individuals who take direct action to confront the roots causes of climate change and promote local, community-based solutions to the climate crisis.<br /><br />Check us out at<br /><a href="http://dcrisingtide.blogspot.com/">dcrisingtide.blogspot.com</a><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-83368134077901052002009-09-21T17:19:00.000-04:002009-09-21T23:04:27.614-04:00dc rising tide sends letter to Pepco saying "stop using Mountain Top Removal Coal!"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/Srfw2Tzt9mI/AAAAAAAAAD0/f2aPRFiqVW4/s1600-h/IMG_5511.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/Srfw2Tzt9mI/AAAAAAAAAD0/f2aPRFiqVW4/s400/IMG_5511.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384036695365514850" border="0" /></a><br />today, dc rising tide sent a letter to <a href="http://www.pepco.com/home/">Pepco</a> demanding that they stop <a href="http://ilovemountains.org/myconnection/">sourcing their coal from mountain top removal sites</a>, as well as asking them to not build any new fossil fuel power plants and to switch to renewable energy.<br /><br />4 activists delivered the letter to the Pepco headquaters in Washington, DC.<br /><br />the activists asked to speak with Joe Rigby, the president of Pepco, but his assistant said he was unavailable and accepted the letter on his behalf.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/Srfv5KBgHHI/AAAAAAAAADc/-5_bfyra-qc/s1600-h/IMG_5508.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/Srfv5KBgHHI/AAAAAAAAADc/-5_bfyra-qc/s200/IMG_5508.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384035644766952562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">activists leaving the pepco office, after delivering letter</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrfwN8WgEWI/AAAAAAAAADk/3whJV1ziR74/s1600-h/IMG_5518.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrfwN8WgEWI/AAAAAAAAADk/3whJV1ziR74/s320/IMG_5518.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384036001874186594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">dc rising tide activists in front of pepco's headquarters in DC</span><br /><br /><br />here is a clip from the letter that was sent today:<br /><br />"As residents of Washington DC and the surrounding area, we are extremely concerned that you have done virtually nothing to transition to renewable, clean energy for electricity generation. We urge you to immediately take real steps towards clean energy use, including the following:<br />• stop sourcing coal from mountaintop removal sites, publicly state your opposition to and refusal to source from mountaintop removal coal mining, and replace that supply with renewable energy (wind and solar energy); and<br />• halt construction of fossil fuel power plants."<br /><br /><br />pepco, we await your response...dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-39308604093290104292009-06-23T22:08:00.000-04:002009-10-08T15:23:04.595-04:00in West Virginia: Two DC Rising Tide activsts arrested at MTR coal protest<p align="justify"><strong><a href="http://www.indymedia-letzebuerg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28017&Itemid=1">Published by Indymedia, Washington DC</a><br /></strong></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>On the morning of June 18th, Lisa Ramsden and Jeanne Kirshon of <em>Rising Tide DC</em> were arrested in W VA while taking action against a mountaintop removal coal mine. They were arrested with 12 others after entering a Massey Energy MTR mine site near twilight, Western Virginia.</strong></span> </p> <div align="justify"><h3 align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;">14 Activists Arrested in Peaceful Protest to Stop Mountaintop Removal scaled 20-story tall machinery to call attention to nation’s worst form of coal mining in first ever ascent of a mountaintop removal site’s dragline</span></h3> <div class="mosimage" style="float: right; width: 410px;" align="center"><img src="http://www.indymedia-letzebuerg.net/images/stories/200906/usa2/us6-256.jpg" alt="Image" title="Image" height="293" hspace="6" border="0" width="400" /><div class="mosimage_caption" style="text-align: center;" align="center">How mountains are torn down so coal can be fed to your air conditioner and your 600W gaming computer</div></div><em><strong>COAL RIVER VALLEY, W. VA </strong></em>– In the early morning hours of thursday, 14 concerned citizens entered onto Massey Energy’s mountaintop removal mine site near Twilight WV. Four of them scaled a 150-foot dragline and unfurled a 15×150 foot banner that said, “Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining”. The climbers were on the enormous dragline, a massive piece of equipment that removes house-sized chunks of blasted rock and earth to expose coal, and remained there for over three hours. Meanwhile nine others deployed a 20×40 foot banner on the ground at the site which read, “Stop Mountaintop Removal: Clean Energy Now”.<br /><br />Continue:<a href="http://www.indymedia-letzebuerg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28017&Itemid=1">http://www.indymedia-letzebuerg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28017&Itemid=1<br /></a></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" 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href="http://understory.ran.org/category/ran/" title="View all posts in RAN General" rel="category tag">RAN General</a> on June 19th, 2009</span><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Today, RAN took the fight against dirty Tar Sands oil to Washington.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p> <span style="font-style: italic;">full article: </span><a href="http://understory.ran.org/2009/06/19/ran-disrupts-canadian-business-conference-in-dc-says-no-tar-sands/">http://understory.ran.org/2009/06/19/ran-disrupts-canadian-business-conference-in-dc-says-no-tar-sands/</a><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zQefMAecLqI&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zQefMAecLqI&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span id="more-3034"></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3044" src="http://understory.ran.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/michaelescortedout.jpg" alt="michaelescortedout" height="373" width="499" /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(activist being escorted out of the conference after deploying banner. activist is also a member of dc rising tide)</span></span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-67371927561457531982009-05-27T22:14:00.000-04:002009-10-08T15:29:36.472-04:00dc rising tide activists go to Mountain Justice Summer Activist Camp, visit mountain top removal siteactivists from dc rising tide attended the week long <a href="http://mountainjustice.org/index.php">mountain justice summer activist camp</a> in West Virginia last week. while there, they learned new skills, met others in the environmental movement, heard great guest speakers (such as <a href="http://mountainkeeper.org/">larry gibson</a> and <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/8/the_struggle_against_mountaintop_removal_leading">mike roselle</a>), saw an <a href="http://www.coalcountrythemovie.com/">inspiring film on coal</a>, visited a mountain top removal site, and went to the <a href="http://mountainjusticesummer.org/events.php?id=146">Picket at Petus</a> rally on Saturday (5/22).<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">photographs from kayford mountain</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrfVzBr91iI/AAAAAAAAAC8/LBC-Fz_FwAs/s1600-h/2009-05-24+MJS,+MTR,+house,+garden,+NC+rainbow+115.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrfVzBr91iI/AAAAAAAAAC8/LBC-Fz_FwAs/s320/2009-05-24+MJS,+MTR,+house,+garden,+NC+rainbow+115.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384006952147605026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">mountain top removal site. larry gibson on the right. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrfWBMca3_I/AAAAAAAAADE/mNqQeiIPuxc/s1600-h/2009-05-24+MJS,+MTR,+house,+garden,+NC+rainbow+117.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrfWBMca3_I/AAAAAAAAADE/mNqQeiIPuxc/s320/2009-05-24+MJS,+MTR,+house,+garden,+NC+rainbow+117.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384007195553357810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">right- mountain top removal site</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">left- what it used to look like</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrfWV6F2nnI/AAAAAAAAADM/Nc4HY4yveEo/s1600-h/2009-05-24+MJS,+MTR,+house,+garden,+NC+rainbow+119.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrfWV6F2nnI/AAAAAAAAADM/Nc4HY4yveEo/s320/2009-05-24+MJS,+MTR,+house,+garden,+NC+rainbow+119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384007551404121714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">larry gibson, </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://mountainkeeper.org/">keeper of the mountain</a><br /><br /><br />-----<br />article about the action: <a href="http://mountainjustice.org/actions/2009-05-23/index.php">http://mountainjustice.org/actions/2009-05-23/index.php</a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-34637068497577356512009-04-20T23:06:00.000-04:002009-10-08T16:26:56.077-04:00in Charlotte, NC, 44 arrested protesting Duke's Cliffside Coal Plant, including 4 activists from dc rising tide<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1910" title="100_3054" src="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/100_3054-300x225.jpg" alt="100_3054" height="225" width="300" /><br /><a href="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/2009/04/06/mass-rally-and-civil-disobedience-to-stop-the-cliffside-coal-plant-join-the-cliffside-climate-action-april-20-charlotte-nc/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to North Carolina ups the ante against coal. 44 arrested protesting Duke Energy’s Cliffside coal plant">North Carolina ups the ante against coal. 44 arrested protesting Duke Energy’s Cliffside coal plant</a><br /><div class="post" id="post-1870"><div class="entry"> <p><em>April 20 </em>300 people took to the streets of Charlotte, NC to demand that Duke Energy stop the construction of the 800 mw Cliffside coal plant in Rutherford County, NC. After rousing speeches from coalfield residents and local church leaders the crowd marched to Duke Energy’s headquarters. Shouts of “No new coal!” and “Cancel Cliffside” echoed off the skyscrapers of the nations second largest financial center, as the crowd wound its way through the lunch hour traffic.</p><p>Full article: <a href="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/2009/04/06/mass-rally-and-civil-disobedience-to-stop-the-cliffside-coal-plant-join-the-cliffside-climate-action-april-20-charlotte-nc/">http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/2009/04/06/mass-rally-and-civil-disobedience-to-stop-the-cliffside-coal-plant-join-the-cliffside-climate-action-april-20-charlotte-nc/</a><br /></p><p>For updates check out <a href="http://www.stopcliffside.org/">www.stopcliffside.org</a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrUvc1hMVeI/AAAAAAAAAB0/yg1mwNgrIKU/s1600-h/stop+cliffside+peace+sign+4+20+09.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrUvc1hMVeI/AAAAAAAAAB0/yg1mwNgrIKU/s320/stop+cliffside+peace+sign+4+20+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383261102040438242" border="0" /></a></p><p class="postmetadata"><span style="font-style: italic;">one of dc rising tide's activists arrested at the the protest</span><br /><a href="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/category/front-page/" title="View all posts in Front Page" rel="category tag"></a></p> </div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-81174321167352369152009-04-01T15:00:00.000-04:002009-09-19T14:50:12.875-04:00Local Activists Expose Chevron as Fossil Fool<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrUl5cgDkKI/AAAAAAAAABs/2kpvzgaqwro/s1600-h/while+chevron+pollutes+april+fools+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrUl5cgDkKI/AAAAAAAAABs/2kpvzgaqwro/s320/while+chevron+pollutes+april+fools+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383250598424711330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />On Fossil Fools day, local DC activists<br />launched a Greenwash Guerrilla action<br />to help Chevron be a bit more honest in its advertising...</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><div class="summary"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div> <div class="body"> Today, on Fossil Fools Day, local DC activists launched a Greenwash Guerrilla action to help Chevron be a bit more honest in its advertising. The group decided to re-work Chevron’s hypocritical metro and bus stop ads that appeal to the public to reduce their individual energy consumption. A clarifying phrase was added to the ads, which portray people declaring that they will “use less energy,” “unplug stuff more,” “leave the car at home more,” etc. The phrase “While Chevron pollutes” was added to the bottom of each declaration using transparencies and clear packing tape.<br /><br /><div class="imagebox" style="width: 385px;"><img src="http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/11/while_chevron_pollutes_1.jpg" id="media_39424" alt="while chevron pollutes 1.jpg" width="375" height="500" /></div><br /><br />“Chevron execs are Fossil Fools indeed if they think they can fool the public into thinking they are doing good things for the environment,” said one activist.<br /><br />Outside of insinuating that the buck stops with individual action only, these ads are also interesting suggestions from a major fossil fuels company whose environmental record boasts such egregious and largely un-acknowledged atrocities as the dumping of more than 19 billion gallons of toxic waste water into Ecuador over a period of twenty-two years, or the releasing of around 3.8 billion pounds of toxic air and water pollutants into Richmond, Virginia each year. Or what about having been found complicit by the Nigerian government in gross human rights violations related to their oil production facilities there? Or taking over a company in Burma accused of assisting the Burmese military junta in the torture, murder and rape of villagers during the construction of a pipeline? Of course, there is much, much more (<a href="http://chevrontoxico.com/assets/docs/chevron-fact-sheet.pdf">chevrontoxico.com/assets/docs/chevron-fact-sheet.pdf</a>).<br /><br />Clean up your act, Chevron!<br /><br />See more photos at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrisingtide">www.flickr.com/photos/dcrisingtide</a>/ </div>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-89608425440774826362009-03-27T14:13:00.000-04:002009-09-19T16:36:58.601-04:00video, photos and media coverage from yesterday's actiondc rising tide interrupted the "world coal to liquids conference" here in washington, DC yesterday. see below for more information.<br /><br />here is a <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/dcrisingtide">video</a> from the action: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/dcrisingtide">http://www.youtube.com/dcrisingtide</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">photo's</span>: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrisingtide/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrisingtide/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">media/blog coverage: </span><br /><a href="http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/145870/index.php">dc indy media</a><br /><a href="http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/03/26/dc-rising-tide-disrupts-coal-to-liquids-conference/">its getting hot in here</a><br /><a href="http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20090327182029428">infoshop news</a><br /><a href="http://www.coal-is-dirty.com/activists-expose-coal-liquids-a-false-solution">coal is dirty</a><br /><a href="http://current.com/items/89921688_dc-rising-tide-disrupts-coal-to-liquids-conference.htm">current</a><br /><a href="http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/1/coal_conference_crash_m26_mix.mp3">WSQT indy radio</a><br /><a href="http://understory.ran.org/2009/03/26/dc-rising-tide-disrupts-coal-to-liquids-conference/">rainforest action network</a><br /><a href="http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/blog/?p=1062">chesapeake climate action network</a><br /><a href="http://thesmallaxe.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/rising-tide-disrupts-coal-to-liquid-conference-in-dc/">the small axe</a><br /><a href="http://www.causecast.org/news_items/8169-dc-rising-tide-disrupts-coal-to-liquids-conference">causecast</a><br /><a href="http://www.tigblog.org/group/climate/post/624917">TIGBlog</a><br /><a href="http://stopstripmining.gnn.tv/blogs/31571/Rising_Tide_disrupts_C2L_Conference_Plus_EPA_update">guerrilla news network</a>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262045840260454634.post-24511113613903051972009-03-26T20:00:00.000-04:002009-09-19T14:38:34.781-04:00dc rising tide disrupts coal to liquids conference<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrT5OKewdcI/AAAAAAAAABE/3g-hW5VzYiU/s1600-h/coaltakeslives+banner+w+activist.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrT5OKewdcI/AAAAAAAAABE/3g-hW5VzYiU/s400/coaltakeslives+banner+w+activist.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383201476341429698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Activists expose coal-to</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">-liquids as a false solution</span><br /><p style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><strong>DC Rising Tide disrupt an</strong><strong>d denounce coal conference<br /></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></strong>March 26, 2009<br /></p><p>Washington, DC. – Local activists with DC Rising Tide and their allies interrupted a coal industry conference today to denounce coal-to-liquids as a corporate scam that would continue the destructive path of the fossil fuel industry.</p> <p>“ We have had enough of corporations trying to keep us hooked on polluting fossil fuels. They seek to profit from climate change and the destruction of Appalachia.” said Amanda Duzak of Rising Tide.</p> <p>Activists stood in the audience and loudly presented speeches to refute the statements of coal and oil executives from Chevron, World Coal Institute, World Petroleum Council and Consol Energy. The advocates of clean energy called for an end to the use of fossil fuels and for adoption of clean, renewable, community-based energy sources. Protesters deployed banners in the conference to highlight that “Coal kills” and “Coal takes lives” and we need “Renewable energy now.”</p> <p>“Pound for pound coal produces more CO2 than almost any other form of energy production. If we’re serious about tackling climate change, we absolutely must stop mining and burning coal. Coal to liquids technology is a step in the wrong direction for our air, water and climate.” said Michael Weber of Rising Tide</p> <p>The activists explained that even if the unproven, expensive, and dangerous carbon capture and storage techniques were in place, coal-to-liquids technology, which would convert coal to oil for transportation, would generate twice as much greenhouse gas emissions as oil. It would also lead to an increase in coal mining that destroys rivers and mountains and threatens community health.</p> <p>“Its time to stop investing in false solutions. We are facing a climate crisis. It is time to stand up and fight for a sustainable future.” said Emma Cassidy of DC Rising Tide.</p> <p>Rising Tide DC is a grassroots group of activists working towards climate justice by debunking false solutions and advocating a community-based, clean energy future.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrT6lIapV3I/AAAAAAAAABk/t1_1BfmYaKA/s1600-h/world+ctl+conf+crashed+3+26+09.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 177px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrT6lIapV3I/AAAAAAAAABk/t1_1BfmYaKA/s320/world+ctl+conf+crashed+3+26+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383202970435934066" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-style: italic;">activists hang banner at "world coal to liquids conference." banner reads "coal takes lives. renewable energy now"</span><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrT6YdnOMWI/AAAAAAAAABM/ZpxQ7NxxKlg/s1600-h/activist+confronted+by+security+3+26.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 298px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrT6YdnOMWI/AAAAAAAAABM/ZpxQ7NxxKlg/s320/activist+confronted+by+security+3+26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383202752787525986" border="0" /></a></p><p style="font-style: italic;">activist escorted out after interrupting the conference</p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrT6cy5qbeI/AAAAAAAAABU/N2WSKJ8PRzE/s1600-h/activist+speech+on+chair+3+26+09.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrT6cy5qbeI/AAAAAAAAABU/N2WSKJ8PRzE/s320/activist+speech+on+chair+3+26+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383202827221495266" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-style: italic;">activist stands on chair in protest as part of the "people's filibuster" during the world coal to liquids conference</span><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrT6glNyizI/AAAAAAAAABc/pMRBZQ0JWUY/s1600-h/activists+post+action+3+26+09.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sHew11SeWIQ/SrT6glNyizI/AAAAAAAAABc/pMRBZQ0JWUY/s320/activists+post+action+3+26+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383202892267293490" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-style: italic;">activists post action. all activists were asked to leave the conference, but no arrests were made. </span><br /></p><p><br /></p>dc rising tidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852180212763731479noreply@blogger.com0