A new campaign is awarding individuals who close their CHASE bank accounts with a limited edition “Mountains Rule” badge. CHASE is the lead funder of MTR — Mountaintop removal — which Robert Kennedy Jr. calls the “worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.” The tops of the mountains are blown off (the equivalent of 1 Hiroshima bomb every 2 weeks) and the debris is dumped into the rivers and streams. [...]
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When Mike Brune, executive director of RAN (the Rainforest Action Network) says “I can’t remember a more charged atmosphere,” you know it must be bad. Brune has been arrested dozens of times and has faced off with lumberjacks, oilmen and multinational corporate behemoths alike. But there is a general feeling from everyone I’ve spoken to about the protest [...] [...] |
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