Summer of Solidarity

Just a photo blog spotlighting some of the wonderful resistance against the fossil fuel industry, and for a livable planet, this Summer.

Calendar

Check out a very incomplete calendar of summer activism below, starting in late Spring. Apologies for mostly just tracking the US! 
 

May 24th, West Virginia: Pro-mountain activists board coal barge and blockade strip mine haul road.



May 28th, Charleston, West Virginia: Women from across Appalachia shave their heads on statehouse steps, in silent solidarity with their mountains.

May 31st, Pennsylvania: ‘Save the Riverdale Mobile Home Park’ blockade begins, to save mobile home community from fracking industry invasion


June 6th, Washington, DC: 22 Appalachian heroes peacefully sit in four Congressional offices



June 14th - 17th, Columbus, Ohio: “Don’t Frack Ohio.” Anti-Fracking activists unite for mega quake of people power & training


June 30th - July 4th, Philadelphia, PA: Occupy National Gathering 




July 1st-7th, Western Pennsylvania, Earth First Summer Rendezvous - ends with successful blockade of fracking well in Pennsylvania state forest


July 13th-15th, Ohio: Anti-fracking Action Camp




July 23rd, Salt Lake City, Utah, Plans are afoot to give ALEC quite a welcome, at their annual meeting



July 25th, West Virginia: “Mountain Mobilization” A mass direct action to shut down a mountaintop removal site

July 25th, Kalamazoo Oil Spill Anniversary - Tar Sands Pipeline Solidarity Actions




July 28th, Washington, DC: ‘Stop the Frack Attack’ National Rally


July 28-29th, Denton, Texas: Tar Sands Blockade Training




July 29th, Burlington, Vermont: Giant Human Oil Spill at New England Governors Conference 




Aug 1st, North America: Day of Action Against Canadian Mega Resource Extraction


Aug 4th, Massachusetts: “Spare Change for Big Oil” Day of Action


Aug 4th, Fort McMurray, Canada, 3rd Annual Tar Sands Healing Walk




August 9th-12th, Vermont, Climate Justice Direct Action Camp




August 12th-20th, Montana: Coal Export Action. 1 whole week of civil disobedience to stop coal export mining



Aug 25-27th, New York: “Don’t Frack New York” Details to be released soon.

September 27th, Moab, Utah: Women’s Congress for Future Generations