For immediate release
March 21, 2011
Contact: Rae Breaux 818-271-0386
rae@risingtidenorthamerica.org
www.extractionaction.net
Groups to mark Gulf Oil Spill anniversary with direct action against fossil fuel extraction.
On April 20th dozens of environmental, climate, and social justice groups will target government and corporate operations with aggressive protests and civil disobedience in an International Day of Direct Action Against Extraction being organized by

Communities around the world are under attack from extractive industries that poison our families, kill our loved ones on the job, and destroy the ecosystems we cherish. The BP oil spill was unfortunately just one of an endless string of disasters born of an economic system that must endlessly consume the Earth’s  resources.
Extraction is the

WE DID IT!
We Saved the Anti-Tar Sands Summit! And we did it with a network of small donors who mostly gave $50 or less.
Much gratitude to everyone who pitched in and helped us raise $6000 in less than 36 hours!
Northern Rockies Rising Tide,  Peaceful Uprising and others within the Rising Tide network have been

Rising Tide North America and Carbon Trade Watch are pleased to announce the 2nd edition of Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: False Solutions to Climate Change.
This 28-page booklet provides a close-to-comprehensive overview of false solutions to climate change. Fifteen concise articles—complete with photos and illustrations—cover more than 20 false solutions to climate change, from Clean