Posted in News on 29. Apr, 2010
Activists from NY Action Network pressured General Mills over their use of palm oil, today at the 2010 Edison Awards in New York City. At midday activists “bird-dogged” the National Academy of Sciences’ sponsored Edison Awards program in downtown Manhattan. NYAN members distributed flyers inside the event, sent bluetooth messages to participants, and held a [...]
Posted in News on 11. Aug, 2009
A great new video by our friends at the Sierra Club: Meet Jamie Dimon, the smooth-talking CEO of JPMorgan Chase and the man at the top of a very dirty pile of money backing the coal industry. While he talks a good game on clean energy, JPMorgan Chase is supporting destructive mountaintop removal coal mining [...]
Posted in News on 27. Apr, 2009
As representatives from the world’s 17 biggest global warming polluters met at the State Department in Washington, D.C. , Greenpeace activists climbed a crane across the street to hang a banner with a picture of Earth and the message “Too Big to Fail.” NYAN members Luke and John hang banner for Greenpeace. More information at [...]
Posted in News on 21. Apr, 2009
Tell Citi Bank: Coal is over! Fund the Future! Citi and Bank and Bank of America are the leading funders of the coal industry. And coal is the single biggest cause of global warming. Come to the Citi Bank Anual General Meeting tell Citi: COAL IS OVER! Where: Hilton hotel at 1335 6 Ave When: [...]
Posted in News on 08. Apr, 2009
New York’s own Picture for the Homeless occupied a building in east Harlem on March 19th, 2009 due to the City’s neglect of the ongoing homeless crisis and to demand immediate and permanent housing for all. For more information look at the picture for the homeless blog.
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