Stop Oil Trains!
July 12, 2015
Scores of people joined us for a processional and die-in yesterday, memorializing the 47 people who died in the July 2013 oil train explosion at Lac Megantic.
Scores of people joined us for a processional and die-in yesterday, memorializing the 47 people who died in the July 2013 oil train explosion at Lac Megantic.
Well, we knew that kayaks vs. the machine wasn’t a fair fight, but nonetheless, it was very hard to watch the Noble Discoverer head up to Alaska this morning.
Within a day or three–possibly as early as tomorrow–the (Ig) Noble Discoverer will leave Everett, on its way to the Arctic.
24 activists were detained last Monday, after blockading the departure of the Polar Pioneer for Alaska. Carlo & Emily were among those detained, as were 10 other local activists (including our dear friend, Council Member Mike O’Brien), as well as a dozen Greenpeace activists who joined us from farther afield.
700 strong blocking T5 at the Port on Monday, and 300+ boats (and 1000+ people on land) on Saturday. Do you think maybe the Commissioners, Foss, and Shell are getting the message that Seattle stands strong against Arctic drilling?
MSNBC story here (and if you want more, check out this search–the story of our resistance to Shell has gone out worldwide).
Over 1000 people joined us at Myrtle Edwards as we showed our resolve against Arctic drilling. The event featured an amazing lineup of speakers and performers who highlighted the impacts of climate change on the global south, both globally and locally: Katrina Pestaño of Bayan USA, Precious Butiu of Gabriela Seattle, Sarra Tekola of Divest – UW, Jill Mangaliman of GotGreen?, Annie Leonard of Greenpeace, Tsleil-Waututh Sundance Chief Rueben George, and Aji and Adonis Piper and Saiyana Auzumura with Plant for the Planet.
150+ folks turned out last night for a spirited action held to highlight the dangers of oil trains and also to celebrate our victory in Skagit County, where on Monday the Hearing Examiner ruled that Shell can’t move forward with expansion plans (to accept oil trains) without a full environmental and safety review
Almost 100 people showed up at the Seattle Kinder Morgan office this afternoon (with less than a day’s notice, in most cases) to stand in solidarity with the protesters on Burnaby Mountain. Read the letter given to Kinder Morgan by members of Rising Tide Seattle and 350 Seattle. Here’s the Seattle Times coverage.