July 2016 – Rising Tide Chicago

Banner Drop at BNSF

July 29, 2016

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…

Invenergy CEO Home Demo: No Fracked Gas Plant!

July 29, 2016

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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,…

Chicagoans Flood the Banks!

July 29, 2016

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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…