Unconventional Action Strikes DNC Headquarters on “Fossil Fools Day”
The Unconventional Greenwashing Taskforce, a band of locals affiliated with the anti-authoritarian network Unconventional Action, “greenwashed” the main entrance to the Democratic National Convention Committee’s headquarters on April Fools Day. The stunt coincided with over 100 creative actions called for by environmental groups such as Rising Tide, Rainforest Action Network and the Network for Climate Action. The pranks were directed at companies and institutions guilty of “greenwashing,” the act of creating an image of environmental responsibility for the public while continuing to engage in practices harmful to the earth.
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On the afternoon of April 1, Rainforest Action Network activists used “Bank Closed” signs and caution tape reading “Global Warming Crime Scene” to shut down 6 Bank of America and 3 Citibank ATMs throughout the San Francisco financial district. Confused customers thought the signs were real, and many of these ATMs stayed closed for the rest of the day. Bank of America – whose CEO, Ken Lewis, won this year’s Fossil Fools Award – is the biggest funder of coal mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia, while Citibank is the biggest funder of new coal power plant construction. See flickr for more photos.
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Banners Suspended From “Snake Bridge” For Global Warming Day of Action
In honor of “Fossil Fools Day,” Tucson activists hung a banner condemning the proposed Downtown Links and I-10 Bypass highways from each side of the Snake Bridge at the intersection of Broadway Blvd. and Aviation Hwy. in the early hours of April 2. The banners were clearly visible for the duration of the morning commute, and were removed by city officials at 9:30 a.m.
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Billionaires for Dirty Energy blockade Citibank in New York, USA. 2 arrested
8 Arrested as North Carolina, USA Residents Shut Down Construction at Cliffside Coal Plant
At 6:30 this morning, North Carolina residents locked themselves to bulldozers to stop the construction of Duke Energy’s massive Cliffside coal-fired power plant being built 50 miles west of Charlotte, NC. “In the face of catastrophic climate change, building a new coal plant is tantamount to signing a death sentence for our generation,” said local farmer Matt Wallace, while locked to a bulldozer. The concerned citizens also roped off the construction site with “Global Warming Crime Scene” tape and held banners that read “Coal Fuels Climate Change” and “Social Change, not Climate Change.”
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Activists Blockade Bank of America to Protest Funding of Coal, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, MA – Copley Square, April 1, 2008. April Fools! As of 9:00AM, in conjunction with a downtown rally, four activists have locked themselves to the front entrance of the Bank of America branch in Copley Square. They are protesting the bank’s funding of coal and energy companies who are among the worst contributors to climate change, and directly responsible for innumerable human rights abuses in communities where coal is extracted and burned.
Update: Four arrests in Boston, some lock boxes were cut, but others were loaded into the police wagon still locked to each other.
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Tar Sands Targetted in Waterloo, ON, Canada
AntiWar@Laurier blockades local Shell station on “Fossil Fools Day.”
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Activists Celebrate Fossil Fools Day by Attending Boxing Match:
Wind Turbine vs. Coal Plant
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