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The crowd cheers as Bob Rees, Executive Director of the Association of Northwest Steelheaders, speaks at a rally outside the Washington State’s Department of Ecology, Cowlitz County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers first of three public hearings regarding the proposed coal export terminal at Longview, Washington. Millennium Bulk Logistics is proposing to build a 44 million ton coal export terminal in Longview. The hearing was held at the Cowlitz Expos Center on May 24, 2016.
West Virginians brought together by Greenpeace USA, Race Matters West Virginia, Young West Virginia, Rise Up West Virginia, Black By God West Virginia, Call to Action for Racial Equality West Virginia, and CPD Action joined forces on land and sea around Joe Manchin’s yacht to demand that he support much-needed investments into healthcare, climate action, and jobs in the Build Back Better Act.
Greenpeace’s historic ship, the Arctic Sunrise, arrives in Seattle, Washington. “The Arctic Sunrise is here because of the threat to Pacific Northwest communities from the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion,” said Rachel Rye Butler, a Pipeline Campaigner with Greenpeace. “The pipeline expansion would violate Indigenous sovereignty and cause a sevenfold increase in tar sands tanker traffic down the West Coast, threatening extinction of the Southern Resident Orca Whale, and jeopardizing the thousands of tourism and fishing industry jobs that depend on clean coasts.”
June 15-16, 2015, Ovnhallen (The Kiln) - CBS, Porcelænshaven 20, Copenhagen, Denmark
In collaboration with Copenhagen Business School, we organised our second TBLI CONFERENCE NORDIC event, addressing specifically the financial sector in Scandinavia and the UK. The program addressed topics relevant for investors and finance professionals striving to better align profits with impact - with a view across all asset classes.
This event marked the 30th TBLI CONFERENCE held since 1998.
Oakland, CA - On October 23rd, ninety-two of the world's largest banks met in São Paulo, Brazil to vote on a policy that upholds Indigenous people's right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) to allow or disallow projects on their lands. Local activists and environmental allies protested against three of the banks involved with the financing of dirty fossil fuel projects (like the Dakota Access Pipeline and Keystone XL). The day started off with a prayer circle, followed by three divestment actions at Wells Fargo, Citibank, and JPMorgan Chase. This action was part of a global divestment movement, where over 50 actions were held across the world.
Photos: Jake Conroy / RAN
An oil slick floats near residences as crews work to contain a nearly 600 gallon oil spill in Richmond, California on February 10, 2021. As the pandemic drags on, some residents of the Bay Area faced a different kind of health emergency on February 9th: an oil spill. Around 600 gallons of an oil-and-water mixture spilled from a Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, California into the San Francisco Bay, the company told local health authorities.
The incident triggered a Level 2 health advisory from the local health department for residents of three surrounding communities, which was lifted later in the evening. Other agencies said that they are continuing the investigation, especially watching for any impacts the spill might have on wildlife.
Richmond is predominantly Black and Latino, groups often exposed to higher levels of pollution, and as a result, face more health problems. Refineries like Chevron’s have historically been sited in communities of color, while other historic injustices such as redlining have locked in still more negative public health impacts today.
On May 31st New Yorkers from across the city are going to be descending on the Clean Energy Standard hearing in lower Manhattan to help spark a renewable energy revolution in the Empire State. We need you there with us for our climate, our economy, and the city we love. This is the big one.
© Erik McGregor - erikrivas@hotmail.com - 917-225-8963
WASHINGTON DC, USA -- Sunday, May 15th, 2016. Hundreds of climate activists protest at a rally organized by the Break Free movement against fossil fuel projects. Demonstrators went to the streets at the nation's capital to protest in front of the White House, calling on the decision makers in Washington DC to support the transition to renewable energy instead of coal, oil and gas energy.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo by: Eman Mohammed
An Aera Energy pipeline spilled an estimated 29,000 gallons of crude oil in a gorge called Prince Barranca near homes in Ventura, California June 23, 2016. Crude oil has coated rocks and creek beds, but details on the environmental impact were not immediately available. Contractors work to set up a pump line in the back yard of the home of Kirk and Kelley Atwater. Photo by Ann Johansson/Greenpeace
June 15-16, 2015, Ovnhallen (The Kiln) - CBS, Porcelænshaven 20, Copenhagen, Denmark
In collaboration with Copenhagen Business School, we organised our second TBLI CONFERENCE NORDIC event, addressing specifically the financial sector in Scandinavia and the UK. The program addressed topics relevant for investors and finance professionals striving to better align profits with impact - with a view across all asset classes.
This event marked the 30th TBLI CONFERENCE held since 1998.
Demolition continues on the Crawford Coal Power Plant in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. It was closed in 2012 after a long battle with community activists. It was owned by Midwest Generation, a subsidiary of Edison International. Demolition of the plant began in 2019. On April 11, 2020, the concrete smokestack was imploded and created a large dust cloud that covered the surrounding neighborhood.
A grassroots-led coalition united under the banner “Yes for Health and Safety Over Fracking” delivered boxes of signatures on August 8, 2016, to place two initiatives on Colorado’s November ballot. The initiatives, #75 and #78, aim to address shortcomings in state law and regulations around hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for oil and natural gas. The petition signatures were delivered to the Colorado Secretary of State's office in Denver.
Demolition continues on the Crawford Coal Power Plant in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. It was closed in 2012 after a long battle with community activists. It was owned by Midwest Generation, a subsidiary of Edison International. Demolition of the plant began in 2019. On April 11, 2020, the concrete smokestack was imploded and created a large dust cloud that covered the surrounding neighborhood.
Greenpeace USA climbers form a blockade on the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas shutting down the largest fossil fuel thoroughfare in the United States ahead of the third Democratic primary debate in nearby Houston. The climbers are preventing the transport of all oil and gas through the Houston Ship Channel, home to the largest petrochemical complex in the United States. Their action is a call to the country’s present and future leaders to imagine a world beyond fossil fuels and embrace a just transition to renewable energy.
A camp for workers cleaning up an oil spill in South Dakota is set up in a staging area near the spill. An estimated 210,000 gallons of oil leaked from the Keystone Pipeline in Marshall County, South Dakota, according to the pipeline's operator, TransCanada.
Crews shut down the pipeline and officials are investigating the cause of the leak. A federal agency says a leak was caused by damage during construction in 2008. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a corrective action report on the estimated 210,000-gallon oil spill. The report says a weight installed on the pipeline nearly a decade ago may have damaged the pipeline and coating.
A bald eagle sits in front of the Anacortes oil refinery. The Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise is on a tour following the route that would experience a seven-fold increase in tar sands tanker oil traffic if the pipeline expansion is completed. The report documents the communities threatened by the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, which would worsen the effects of global warming, risk poisoning water, jeopardize the hundreds of thousands of jobs that depend on clean coasts, violate Indigenous sovereignty, and threaten the extinction of the Southern Resident Orca Whale, of which only 75 remain.
In the foreground, hazardous materials responders work on the scene of an oil pipeline rupture along the Alameda County-San Joaquin County border near Tracy, California, May 24, 2016, cleaning up a spill reported to be as much as 21,000 gallons. In the background, containers of oil contaminated soil sit among wind turbines. The leak in the underground pipe, which was reported by Shell Pipeline Co. after a line between Coalinga (Fresno County) and Martinez lost pressure, was spilling crude oil into the soil but was not near any waterways where the problem would escalate. The oil release was visible on the ground in a 250-by-40-foot section, San Joaquin County officials said.
A kayak training is organized in Lake Union as part of the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise visit. The Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise, sails the Salish Sea off the Washington coast near Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, and the San Juan Island. The ship is following the route that would experience a seven-fold increase in tar sands tanker oil traffic if the pipeline expansion is completed. The report documents the communities threatened by the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, which would worsen the effects of global warming, risk poisoning water, jeopardize the hundreds of thousands of jobs that depend on clean coasts, violate Indigenous sovereignty, and threaten the extinction of the Southern Resident Orca Whale, of which only 75 remain.
No Coal In Richmond - Richmond City Council
Richmond, California
January 14, 2020
Victory for #NoCoal at the very end of tonights Richmond City Council Meeting.
As posted by No Coal In Richmond:
"Teamwork and persistence pays off! Richmond coal ordinance, phasing out #coal operations at the Levin-Richmond Terminal, passed the City Council tonight 5-0."
A grassroots-led coalition united under the banner “Yes for Health and Safety Over Fracking” delivered boxes of signatures on August 8, 2016, to place two initiatives on Colorado’s November ballot. The initiatives, #75 and #78, aim to address shortcomings in state law and regulations around hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for oil and natural gas. The petition signatures were delivered to the Colorado Secretary of State's office in Denver.
A group of Democratic Presidential Candidate look alikes visit the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in Washington, D.C. reminding the Committee of the need for a climate debate. Assisting the candidates with the message is Greenpeace staff Irene Kim, left, and John Noel, right.
Activists paint banners for the Oil-Free Salish Sea Camp, a regional training for the growing movement of water-based fossil fuel resistance in the Pacific Northwest. The purpose of the gathering is to strengthen on-water resistance to Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. The project directly threatens the health of our local communities and ecosystems, as well as global climate. The camp is presented by the Mosquito Fleet in partnership with Greenpeace.
June 15-16, 2015, Ovnhallen (The Kiln) - CBS, Porcelænshaven 20, Copenhagen, Denmark
In collaboration with Copenhagen Business School, we organised our second TBLI CONFERENCE NORDIC event, addressing specifically the financial sector in Scandinavia and the UK. The program addressed topics relevant for investors and finance professionals striving to better align profits with impact - with a view across all asset classes.
This event marked the 30th TBLI CONFERENCE held since 1998.
Dakota Wayne Case, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, on board the Arctic Sunrise as the ship displays a banner message near the US Oil facility in Tacoma.
The Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise displays a banner message near the US Oil facility in Tacoma. The ship is on a tour following the route that would experience a seven-fold increase in tar sands tanker oil traffic if the pipeline expansion is completed. The report documents the communities threatened by the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, which would worsen the effects of global warming, risk poisoning water, jeopardize the hundreds of thousands of jobs that depend on clean coasts, violate Indigenous sovereignty, and threaten the extinction of the Southern Resident Orca Whale, of which only 75 remain.
Demolition continues on the Crawford Coal Power Plant in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. It was closed in 2012 after a long battle with community activists. It was owned by Midwest Generation, a subsidiary of Edison International. Demolition of the plant began in 2019. On April 11, 2020, the concrete smokestack was imploded and created a large dust cloud that covered the surrounding neighborhood.
WASHINGTON DC, USA -- Sunday, May 15th, 2016. Hundreds of climate activists protest at a rally organized by the Break Free movement against fossil fuel projects. Demonstrators went to the streets at the nation's capital to protest in front of the White House, calling on the decision makers in Washington DC to support the transition to renewable energy instead of coal, oil and gas energy.
Break Free 2016 is a week of coordinated direct actions that target the most dangerous fossil fuel projects, in an effort to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and accelerate a just transition to 100% renewable energy. Thousands of people all over the planet are putting their bodies on the line to send a message to polluters and politicians that we need to break free from fossil fuels now.
Photo by: Eman Mohammed