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Illegal pullovers, surveillance, and other harassment actions by county Sheriffs, state troopers, and Enbridge security forces were commonplace. Outside one of the Water Protector camps we visited, there was 24/7 surveillance by two to four local sheriff cars at any time.
In many respects, our second performance on Friday, March 12 proceeded as our first on Monday, March 8, but we had quite a few more actors this time, which made the performance all the more … Read more
On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th, people from several local organizations organized by Cedar.Green (formerly Stop Zenith Collaborative), gathered at the stinky, polluting, ever-expanding Zenith Energy site. We then ran a car caravan, led by … Read more
Want to know more about Extinction Rebellion as a planetary movement, with over 1100 local groups active in 76 countries? Here are a few ways to expand your awareness: Sign up for the weekly Global … Read more
Valentine’s Day message delivered! On Friday, February 19th the caravan starting at the Zenith site processed through the city to City Hall to deliver one more message to Stop the Zenith fossil fuel infrastructure. There … Read more
As Texas is crushed by surreal winter storms mere months after the entire West coast was consumed by wildfires, it can be easy to feel despair over the fate of our planet, to feel like … Read more
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Congressman Earl Blumenauer have joined East Coasters Senator Chuck Schumer and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a bill to compel our new president to declare a national Climate Emergency Declaration (CED):https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/02/04/congressional-bill-urges-biden-declare-climate-emergency … Read more
If you haven’t checked out our Climate Information Resources page, now is the time! This continuously updated library is a collection of everything you need to keep up to date with climate science and the … Read more
Want to take action for climate justice but don’t have much time? Do you somehow still enjoy being online? Not ready to join a working group right now but want to get an idea of … Read more
A year ago, if you had told me I would now be an online teacher, I would have laughed in your face. You see, eons ago, in normal life, I am an outdoor educator. I … Read more