Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Activists from Mountain Justice, Blue Ridge Earth First, Rising Tide, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Coal River Mountain Watch, Students for a Democratic Society and RAN successfully blockaded construction at Dominion’s Wise County site September 15 demanding Renewable Jobs and Clean Energy for Appalachia. 11 people were arrested.
Demonstrators led by Rising Tide Boston and buoyed by Allied Music for People shut down a branch of CitiBank near Harvard Square October 7, demanding the bank stop investing in dirty coal.
Al Gore recently defended nonviolent action against dirty coal as the right thing to do in response to coal’s role in global climate change.
National Day of Action Against Coal & Coal Finance, November 14-15, 2008
From GilbertTMorgan via YouTube.