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Three Climate Activists Arrested at Chase Bank at 150 N. Michigan Ave for Protesting Chase as #1 Funder of the Climate Crisis

September 23, 2019
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Protest Part of International Week of Climate Action Media Contact: Colin Crowley 217-720-9803, jccrowley@gmail.com CHICAGO, IL –A Chase Bank branch at 150 N Michigan in downtown Chicago was shut down when three people locked to one another and refused to leave the bank. The activists shut down the bank and were arrested. This action was…

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Rising Tide Chicago Joins Resistance Against Line 3

September 11, 2019
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Over 50 water protectors successfully stopped work at an Enbridge office on Aug. 19, 2019. Photo courtesy of @ResistLine3. Members of Rising Tide Chicago recently returned from a weekend action camp to support the resistance against the Line 3 tar sands pipeline in what’s now known as northern Minnesota. It was a humbling weekend of…

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Frontline Leaders Hold Rally and Deliver Letters to Chase Bank Shareholder Meeting at Chase Tower

May 22, 2019
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 20, 2019 Photos, video and interviews available on request Press Contacts: Blair Fitzgibbon, Soundspeed PR, (202) 503-6141, Blair@soundspeedpr.com Angie Viands, risingtide.chi@gmail.com Frontline Leaders Hold Rally and Deliver Letters to Chase Bank Shareholder Meeting at Chase Tower Broad coalition of groups calls on Chase Bank to divest from fossil fuels https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=IEPJ1iead90…

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Frontline Leaders Hold Rally and Deliver Letters to Chase Bank Shareholder Meeting at Chase Tower

May 21, 2019
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=IEPJ1iead90 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 20, 2019 Press Contacts: Blair Fitzgibbon, Soundspeed PR, (202) 503-6141, Blair@soundspeedpr.com Angie Viands, risingtide.chi@gmail.com Frontline Leaders Hold Rally and Deliver Letters to Chase Bank Shareholder Meeting at Chase Tower Broad coalition of groups calls on Chase Bank to divest from fossil fuels WHEN: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 Rally: 11am-12:30pm…

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Five Arrested Blockading Koch Carbon Petcoke Terminal

November 17, 2015
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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…

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Interview with Gwenn-Aël LYNN: The Artist Behind our New Logo

October 28, 2015
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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…

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