Rising Tide North America

Who We Are

Rising Tide North America was born out of the conviction that corporate-friendly and state-sponsored "solutions" to climate change will not save us. We're a 100% volunteer, grassroots network of groups and individuals who take direct action to confront the roots causes of climate change. We promote local, community-based solutions to the climate crisis and support climate justice.

Midwest Rises! Against Banks, Coal

Hundreds marched and saw fifteen community and climate activists arrested as the Midwest Rising! Convergence took the streets of St. Louis to protest Bank of America and Peabody Coal. We are still getting in reports from actions – this is just a partial list of communities that marked the anniversary with action...

Regional Contacts

Rising Tide North America's network has over 50 local chapters, contacts and allies in 28 U.S. states, 3 Canadian provinces, 3 Mexican states and the District of Columbia. The network is the foundation of Rising Tide North America. In communities all over the continent, Rising Tide activist are promoting bottom-up climate solutions and organizing grassroots resistance to dirty energy.

Direct Action

Those in power offer little more than lip service when it comes to fighting climate change. It is up to us to take matters into our own hands, using creative non-violent direct action to disrupt the workings of climate criminals and to create the future we want to live in. Direct action is empowering, allowing us to sidestep the passive process of waiting for change from those in power. When the government won’t stop a power plant from being built, we put our bodies in front of the bulldozers to shut down construction. When we want healthy, sustainable food for our community, we plant gardens in our backyards and abandoned lots.

Climate Justice

Low-income, politically marginalized communities—historically those least responsible for CO2 emissions—are also those hardest hit by climate change and every aspect of the energy industry, from toxic pollution to resource wars. Rising Tide supports a “just transition,” in which social and ecological needs are prioritized in the shift to a low-carbon society. We oppose policies that cause collateral damage to communities or strengthen existing inequalities. No effort to create a livable future will succeed without the empowerment of marginalized communities and the dismantling of the systems of oppression that keep us divided.

Who We Are

Midwest Rises! Against Banks, Coal

Regional Contacts

Direct Action

Climate Justice

Join Us, Fight Coal Exports
Dear Friends– King Coal is losing North America. Successful fights against coal fired power plants have forced them to change their business strategies or die. Their new plan is to export coal mined from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana to overseas markets in East Asia. In China and India, coal will devastate public health and cl ...
Occupying the “Hot Zone” of Tar Sands Refinery in Colorado
Workers contracted by Suncor use vacuum trucks and absorbent material to suck up water mixed with an unidentified liquid leaking into Sand Creek north of downtown Denver on Nov. 30, 2011. (Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post )…Today, black goo is still seeping into waterways from Suncor Energy’s oil refinery north of Denver, and the lat ...
Ordinary Heroes Standing Up to Big Oil!
Dear Friends- Besides the story of the massive campaign to stop the Keystone XL pipeline, do you know about the other battles going on around the U.S. to stop the tar sands? Since last summer, the small town of Moscow, Idaho has seen numerous rowdy protests and civil disobedience, organized by Wild Idaho Rising Tide, in opposition to Exxon’s “mega ...
Shut Down the Corporations on Feb. 29
Shut Down the Corporations on Feb. 29 Dear Friends- Ever heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC? They are one of the political arms for the biggest corporations in America. Corporations like ExxonMobil, Bank of America, BP, Monsanto, Pfizer, and Wal-Mart all use ALEC to buy off legislators and craft legislation that serves their ...
Activists Occupy Montana Capitol Building
Helena, MT – On the morning of July 12th, six activists from Earth First! and Northern Rockies Rising Tide have risked arrest by occupying Governor Schweitzer’s office in an act of non-violent civil disobedience. The activists have locked their arms in a mock oil pipeline made out of PVC plastic pipe. In the wake of the Silvertip spill, Governor ...

Climate Action Chicago Joins NATO Summit Protests

Join Rising Tide Chicago, Chicago environmental groups and their allies for the NATO summit weekend to give corporate criminals, and the governmental lackeys and military who serve their interests a clear message: putting profits over our planet threatens our survival and will NOT be accepted any longer! This weekend, we’ll call...

St. Louis 99% Protests Peabody Coal Shareholder Meeting, Demand Company Pay Fair Share

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2012 CONTACT: Cathy Sherwin – 314-452-2179 St. Louis 99% Protests Peabody Coal Shareholder Meeting, Demand Company Pay Fair Share New Wave of 99% Activism Hold Mega Corporations Accountable Over Tax Dodging (St. Louis) – Today the 99% of St. Louis joined growing national protests at corporate...

Ft. Worth Weekly: Playing Nice? Alleged Tip Sends The FBI Out To Question Denton Drilling Activists

Playing Nice? An alleged tip sends the FBI out to question Denton drilling activists. Wednesday, 11 April 2012 09:45 Photos and story by ANDREW MCLEMORE North Texas environmental activists frequently feel as though local officials ignore their protests against gas drilling, but it turns out it’s easy enough to get the federal...

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Who We Are

Midwest Rises! Against Banks, Coal

Regional Contacts

Direct Action

Climate Justice

Join Us, Fight Coal Exports

Occupying the “Hot Zone” of Tar Sands Refinery in Colorado

Ordinary Heroes Standing Up to Big Oil!

Shut Down the Corporations on Feb. 29

Activists Occupy Montana Capitol Building

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