5,000 People Unite in DC to Protest Fracking
Stefanie Spear, Ecowatch, July 28 2012
More than 5,000 people from all over the nation, and various parts of the world including Australia, united today on the West lawn of the U.S. Capitol demanding Congress take immediate action to stop fracking. After the rally that began at 2 p.m., rally participants marched for more than one hour, stopping at the headquarters of the America’s Natural Gas Alliance and American Petroleum Institute.
Across the Northwest, Environmental Groups Act to Prevent Coal Transport
Common Dreams,May 8 2012
Anti-coal activists out in force this week against coal transport, export to China
Two major anti-coal actions this week highlighted the blight of the coal industry on Canada, the US, China and the world.
We Did It!
Stop Coal, May 6, 2012
Yesterday we prevented 5 BNSF coal trains from entering BC to unload coal at Westshore Terminals. We physically stopped a 6th train on the tracks at White Rock BC at 6 pm, at which point 14 good citizens were arrested for violating a court order not to interfere with BNSF operations.
Thirteen arrested blocking BNSF coal train in White Rock
Carrie Saxifrage, Vancouver Observer, May 5 2012
After waiting since midnight, arrest for the civil disobedience of blocking a coal train came at 6 p.m.
Thirteen Canadians were arrested for civil disobedience at 6 p.m. after sitting down on the tracks in front of an oncoming coal train in White Rock. Their vigil began at midnight, but Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) cancelled many of its scheduled runs in anticipation of the protest.
Climate activists arrested at behest of Warren Buffett's BNSF Railway over coal blockade
David P. Ball, Vancouver Observer, May 5 2012
Thirteen activists, including a Nobel Peace Prize winning economist, have been arrested in a coal train blockade, after Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) was granted a pre-emptive court order.
BNSF, owned by billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett, served roughly 40 anti-coal blockaders in White Rock with pre-emptive injunctions this morning from the BC Supreme Court, backed up by a dozen RCMP officers who appeared to be helping them serve court orders by identifying leaders of the group.
Anti-coal protesters arrested in White Rock
CBC News, May 6, 2012
13 demonstrators handed $115 tickets
About a dozen protesters, including one of Canada's leading energy-environment economists, were arrested Saturday after setting up a blockade on train tracks in White Rock, B.C., aimed at stopping U.S. coal trains from reaching local ports.
