August 7 Louisa, VA Activists from the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action occupied the welcome center for Dominion’s North Anna nuclear power plant today. The action was taken to protest Dominion’s plans to build two new nuclear reactors and to call out nuclear power for the false solution that it is to the climate...
read moreWest Coast Convergence for Climate Action: July 28 – August 4, Eugene, OR Southeast Convergence for Climate Action: August 5-11, Louisa County, VA (near Richmond) Northeast Climate Confluence: July 27 – August 3, High Falls, NY The past year has no doubt seen a tipping point in attitudes towards climate...
read moreBetween August 8th-14th, 400+ people gathered for the West Coast Convergence for Climate Action. Participants took part in nearly 100 workshops, as well as lots of games and performances. The event took place in Skamokawa, Washington in close proximity to a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Bradwood, Oregon....
read more***For immediate release*** ***PHOTO OPPORTUNITY*** August 13, 2007 www.climateconvergence.org ***Activists Blockade Bank of America in Downtown Asheville*** As a culmination of the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action, activists took a bold direct action against Bank of America over concerns regarding their investment...
read more***For immediate release*** August 13, 2007 www.climateconvergence.org ***Activists Mobilize and Protest Amidst Overwhelming Police Presence*** *** Police spend thousands to protect dirty energy*** Today a massive police operation was deployed in Buncombe, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties to prevent activists from protesting a...
read moreAugust 13, 2007 More photos available at Asheville Indymedia ***5 arrested protesting Bank of America’s investments in coal and climate change*** As a culmination of the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action, activists took a bold direct action against Bank of America over concerns regarding their investment throughout...
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