Confronting the Root Causes of Climate Change
For Immediate Release: September 17, 2016 Press Contact: Angie Viands, angiemariev@gmail.com, 312-217-0145 Chicago Citibank Branch Occupied for Financing the Dakota Access Pipeline Chicago, IL–Chicagoans occupied a Citibank Branch on Chicago’s Magnificant Mile shopping district to demand they stop funding the Dakota Access Pipeline immediately. Over the past several weeks, thousands of Native Americans and allies…
For Immediate Release: July 12, 2016 Chicagoans Drop Banner at BNSF Rail Yard Warning of Explosive “Bomb” Trains during Week Oil Train Week of Action CHICAGO, IL – Tuesday, a giant 25 ft banner that had the words “Oil Train Blast Zone” was held on the rail overpass and Burlington Northern Santa Fe…
Banner Hang at Invenergy CEO’s Mansion to Protest Profit from New Fracked Gas Plant For Immediate Release: April 21, 2016 Chicago, IL–Early Thursday morning, activists with Rising Tide Chicago, hung up banners on metal fencing outside a mansion in Chicago’s gold coast neighborhood that Michael Polsky, CEO of Invenergy, owns and occupies. The banners read,…
For Immediate Release: Dec. 7, 2015 Chicagoans Flood the Banks to Protest Profit from Prisons, Gentrification and Climate Change Chicago, IL–One Hundred Chicagoans from a variety of movements joined up Monday to organize an event called ‘Flood the Banks!’, where they targeted various financial institutions that profit from prisons, home foreclosures, gentrification and climate change. Two…
Five Arrested after blockading Koch Carbon Petcoke Terminal in Chicago: Call for Green Jobs Instead of Dangerous Fossil Fuels For Immediate Release: Monday Nov. 16, 2015 Press Contact: Olga Bautista obautista58@gmail.com *773-712-4956* Chicago, IL— *Five community members and concerned citizens have been arrested following a blockade of the only two entrances to the Koch Carbon Transfer Terminal…
Gwenn-Aël LYNN is a Franco-American transdisciplinary artist who has recently made the above logo for the RTC. We asked him a few questions about his work and what inspired this mixed medium logo. 1. What inspires you as an artist? Is your work particularly informed by nature? GL: My work takes on many forms and…
PRESS RELEASE May 27, 2015 Press Contact: Angie Viands, 312-217-0145 / angiemariev@gmail.com Chicago, IL—Members of Rising Tide Chicago disrupted the North American Rail Shippers Association, held Wednesday at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, by interrupting a speech by the Burlington-Northern Santa-Fe (BNSF) CEO and dropping a banner in the hotel. These actions drew attention to…
PRESS RELEASE Cease and Desist Order Given to Rahm for Chicago Campaign by Grassroots Activists for Unlawful Use of Protest Photo in Clean Air Ad Chicago, IL–50 Individuals and groups that worked on the campaign to close down Chicago’s toxic coal plants presented the Rahm for Chicago campaign with a cease and desist order for…
Back in spring of this year, we had already challenged Gov. Quinn on issuing exploratory permits to one company, Strata X. Promises were made that regulations would be in place before any fracking would begin, but instead we saw test fracks, exploding frozen pipes, and notices on the IDNR website appear throughout the early part…
Citizens Disrupt Southwestern Energy Presentation over Fracking Projects on Elsipogtog First Nations Land PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 25, 2014 Citizens Interrupt Southwestern Energy Presentation over Fracking Projects on Elsipogtog First Nations Land Chicago, IL–Two protesters interrupted a Southwest Energy (SWN) presentation Wednesday at the Global Hunter Securities 100 conference in Chicago by taking…
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