Participants in the Southeast Climate Change Convergence occupied the Visitor's Center and conducted an alternative tour at Dominion Power's North Anna Nuclear Power Plant on 8/7. The group was protesting plans for new nuclear reactors and calling for renewable energy solutions. Three of the six arrested were tried and sentenced this week. One received a 15 day jail sentence and is lodging an appeal. For more information: www.thepeopleunited.org. read full story / add a comment

August 5-11 Louisa County, VA
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Come to Louisa for a week of workshops, trainings and direct action.

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A team of Australian Research Scientists have concluded a month-long oceanic cruise measuring ocean currents between Australia and Antarctica.(1)

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You have most likely never heard of the 'Stern Review', a 700 page document that discusses the effect of climate change and global warming on the world economy which was published 18 months ago in Europe, and shook the establishment with its stark predictions of economic havoc that will be the result of climate change around the world.(1) He was widely criticised for painting such a grim picture of the future.

Well guess what, he has changed his tune. read full story / add a comment

On Tuesday April 1, a t about 8:40am, four activists took direct action against the Bank of America in Copley Square, by locking themselves to the front door to protest the banks funding of coal power in the US. The action was done with support from Rising Tide North America, the Rainforest Action Network, and the Energy Action Coalition. read full story / add a comment

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Today a group of North Carolina students and members of Asheville Rising Tide descended on Duke Energy Headquarters in Charlotte, NC to protest against their proposed 800mw Cliffside coal power plant. Despite police and private security already on the scene two students managed to lock the front entrance shut with a bike lock to send the message of “No New Coal� to Duke Energy. Police managed to intervene before the two were able to lock themselves to the doors and were arrested within minutes after refusing to move, however the door remained locked after they were put in police custody. read full story / add a comment

Photos from the action in Charlotte this morning. read full story / add a comment

Charlotte, NC – At 12:30 today, two Warren Wilson College students dressed as polar bears were arrested while blockading the entrance to Duke Energy’s headquarters in downtown Charlotte. The students are demanding that the company stop its plans to build the new Cliffside coal-fired power plant, and are joined by concerned citizens dressed as Santa Claus and his Elves. Santa's Elves presented Duke with a Christmas wish list of clean air, sustainable energy, and energy efficiency initiatives. "The bad kids get coal in their stockings, and we're here to say that we don't want any new coal," said Keith Glendinning, a local resident. read full story / add a comment

Captain Eric H. May, the Internet intelligence writer, offers a short review of the recent article on weather warfare by agro-topics writer Rosalind Peterson. read full story / add a comment

Hace algo así como quince mil años y costeando el Océano Pacífico, llegaban a California los primeros habitantes humanos...

Dicen que eran, entre otros, los precursores de los Pericúes, Guaycuras y Cochimíes y también de los kumiai (k'miai), de los cucapá, pai pai, kiliwa, cahilla y akula, pertenecientes al tronco yumano.

Pero seguramente aquellos primitivos pueblos nómades, cuando se establecieron entre los chaparrales de esos lugares, jamás habrán imaginado que... read full story / add a comment

In the face of climate change, Asheville Rising Tide wants to help you prepare for the worst by sponsoring a monthly post-apocalyptic movie! read full story / add a comment