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Let's Take It Downtown: Challenging Energy Extraction Companies at their Headquarters

Posted by Dan Cohn 22sc on January 13, 2014 · Flag

This statement, written by MORE member Dan Cohn, was written last week on the day of his court date. It is cross posted from Hands Off Appalachia: http://handsoffappalachia.com/2014/01/13/lets-take-it-downtown

http://www.organizemo.org/let_s_take_it_downtown_challenging_energy_extraction_companies_at_their_headquarters

FRACKING: How to take control of judges, laws, and rights

The Guardian -  Suzanne Goldberg

The anti-fracking activist barred from 312.5 sq miles of Pennsylvania

Court injunction brought in by oil and gas company makes even supermarkets off-limits for Vera Scroggins

READ THE ARTICLE

IT'S GLOBAL WARMING STUPID (2): BIG BUSINESS SLOWLY GETS A CLUE

despite the ongoing efforts of the coal lobby to derail even modest ideas like a carbon tax, some capitalists AND ECONOMISTS coming to a realization....

NEW YORK TIMES

ENVIRONMENT

Industry Awakens to Threat of Climate Change

By CORAL DAVENPORTJAN. 23, 2014

New York Times

A Coke bottling plant in Winona, Minn. The company has been affected by global droughts. Andrew Link/Winona Daily News, via Associated Press (New York Times)

DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS: SMART KIDS AT STANFORD PUSHING FOR DIVESTMENT

Making a Financial Statement

Student-led divestment campaign targets fossil fuels.

(Stanford Alumni Magazine)

http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=67423

"Members of Fossil Free Stanford acknowledge these are significant obstacles to overcome. But they also say it is a prime opportunity for Stanford to make a significant statement on fossil fuels that goes beyond hard numbers and financial documents. "Even a symbolic gesture is a huge way to drive change," says Erica Knox, '16, an outreach leader for the group. "As an educational institution, Stanford is an incubator of what the future is going to be, what kind of world we are going to build, and [fossil fuel] divestment speaks directly to that. It's a chance for Stanford to be a leader and a role model for other universities."

COAL-RELATED CHEMICAL SPILL IN W.VA: CHRISTIANS WEIGH IN ON THE (IM)MORALITY OF KING COAL

And if there's a hell, and there's a place in hell, maybe there's a place there for...  ??

West Virginia: Where Energy Rules, Subjects Suffer

by Allen Johnson 01-17-2014 | 9:00am

http://sojo.net/blogs/2014/01/17/west-virginia-where-energy-rules-subjects-suffer