Media: Deadly Economy - 'Advancing Fossil-Fueled Death'
Full Press Release: https://tinyurl.com/deadlyeconomy Philadelphians opposed to fossil fuel development loudly greeted guests of Energized Economy, a Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia event at the National Museum of American Jewish History . Inverting the event’s marketing slogans, protesters held banners reading “Deadly Economy” and “Advancing Fossil-Fueled Death” in front of the museum’s doors. The event featured speakers from the American Gas Association, Shell
Surprise Acquittal in Minnesota Valve Turners Climate Trial
Photo from Shut It Down Today / Climate Direct Action More updated information please visit: http://www.shutitdown.today/blog On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClimateDirectAction/ "It has been a long, emotional week. Three days before trial, we were bitterly disappointed when the Judge appeared to eviscerate our case by prohibiting all of our expert witnesses from giving testimony. Then, at the last minute, some of them -- including a health professional, a climate scien
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"I'm Home" [from jail] - Ellen Sue Gerhart
Via Ellen Sue Gerhart "I'm home." "Those two words are packed with enormous emotion, more than I ever thought possible. For the past two months I have been incarcerated in the Centre County Correctional Facility in Bellefonte, PA, by order of Huntingdon County Judge George Zanic, for indirect contempt of an order he issued in favor of Energy Transfer Partners' construction of the dangerous and still incomplete Mariner East 2 pipeline. My family, supporters, and I have fought
Mariner East 2 pipeline construction block
From Middletown Coalition for Community Safety FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2018 Media contact: (484) 441-3308 or middletowncoalition@gmail.com MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, July 10, 2018— Six mothers and grandmothers blocked construction of Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline early Tuesday morning, in Middletown Township, Delaware County. Accompanied by numerous supporters, the area-residents staged a sit-in protest of the pipeline construction early Tuesday morning, re
Judge Refuses Climate Change Testimony - Climate Activists Michael Foster and Sam Jessup Are Convic
Photo of Michael Foster and Sam Jessup from Shut It Down - Climate Direct Action North Dakota Press Release posted by Jay O'Hara: Contact: Stephen Kent, skent@kentcom.com , 914-589-5988 [Cavalier, North Dakota – October 6, 2017] The landmark trial of Michael Foster, a mental health counselor in his 50s from Seattle, just ended in conviction on several felony charges for his action of shutting off the emergency valve on the Keystone 1 tar sands pipeline in North Dakota to fi
Frontline-Frontline Community Response And Mobilization To Hurricane Harvey
From 'Another Gulf is Possible' - collaborative for a just transition in the Gulf: This webpage is being continually updated and is serving as a central information source for frontline-to-frontline direct resource & support mobilization. https://anothergulf.com/a-just-harvey-recovery/ Do Not donate to such entities as the Red Cross. Support frontline efforts instead. Please donate to the "T.E.J.A.S. Harvey Fund" (#tejasharveyfund) to support a group - Texas Environmental Jus
Jurors Thank Ken Ward After Verdict
Photo: Shut It Down - Climate Direct Action "After four and a half hours of deliberation, the Skagit County jury returned to the courtroom yesterday with a split verdict: valve turner Ken Ward is guilty of burglary in the 2nd degree, but the jury hung on the question of sabotage. Ken will be sentenced June 22nd. This is not, however, the end of the story." - Jay O'Hara, for the Tar Sands Valve Turners Read the full blog post here: http://www.shutitdown.today/jurors_thank_ken_
