Wrap up of Fossil Fools Day from around the world!!‏

Fossil Fools Day is making a splash around the world. We’re following
dozens and dozens of actions in the US, UK, Europe,
Australia, and New Zealand!

Here’s a brief update on some of the bigger actions thus far - but many more
details are still coming in!

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below, we suggest you go there right now so you don't miss out on the fun!

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8 Arrested as North Carolina, USA Residents Shut Down Construction
at Cliffside Coal Plant

At 6:30 this morning, North Carolina residents locked
themselves to bulldozers to stop the construction of Duke Energy’s massive
Cliffside coal-fired power plant being built 50 miles west of Charlotte, NC. “In
the face of catastrophic climate change, building a new coal plant is tantamount
to signing a death sentence for our generation,” said local farmer Matt Wallace
of Rising Tide while locked to a bulldozer. The concerned citizens also roped
off the construction site with “Global Warming Crime Scene” tape and held
banners that read “Coal Fuels Climate Change” and “Social Change, not Climate
Change.” (more…)

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jail!

Activists Blockade Bank of America to Protest Funding of Coal,
Boston, Massachusetts,

Boston, MA – As of 9:00AM, in conjunction with a
downtown rally, four activists have locked themselves to the front entrance of
the Bank of America branch in Copley Square. They are protesting the bank’s
funding of coal and energy companies who are among the worst contributors to
climate change, and directly responsible for innumerable human rights abuses in
communities where coal is extracted and burned.Update: Four arrests in
Boston, some lock boxes were cut, but others were loaded into the police wagon
still locked to each other. (more…)

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Billionaires for Dirty Energy blockade Citibank in New York, USA.
2 arrested

At 12:30pm today over 25 people dressed as
“Billionaires for Dirty Energy” blockaded the main entrance of Citibank’s Upper
East Side headquarters in New York City. Protesting Citi’s role at the lead
financier to the dirty coal industry - two were arrested after chaining
themselves to the front doors and refusing to leave. Police eventually sawed
them out of the chains, and a rally continued in front of the bank. (more…)

Banner drop and "Cheat Neutral" action in Portland, OR, USA

In support of Fossil Fool’s Day, Stumptown Earth First!
in protest of the LNG Oregon Pipelines, performed a four-story banner hang off
of the Burnside Bridge in downtown Portland, OR. The banner reads No New
Pipelines with a no LGN logo directly in the middle. The Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG) Pipeline is a proposed project that involves three LNG processing
terminals and over 600 miles of new pipeline throughout Oregon. Stumptown Earth
First! is a non-violent direct action group based out of Portland, OR.

Also in Portland...With a bouquet of heart shaped balloons,
Portland-area climate activists calling themselves the “Greenwash Guerrillas”
presented a highly experimental new business model to passersby in downtown
Portland on Tuesday. Drawing their inspiration from so-called carbon neutral
companies like Portland’s Climate Trust, the activists claim to be launching a
new company called “Cheat Neutral.”

Plum Creek Receives “Fossil Fool’s Award”, Maine,
USA

Plum Creek Receives “Fossil Fool’s Award” For
Contributions To Climate Change

Fairfield, ME - Volunteers with the Native Forest
Network (NFN) staged a mock “Fossil Fool’s Day” awards ceremony today at the
offices of the Plum Creek Timber Company to draw attention to the potential
impacts of the company’s Moosehead region development proposal on the regional
and global climate. Continue Reading »

AntiWar@Laurier blockades local Shell station on “Fossil Fools
Day.”

Waterloo, Ontario - Just before rush hour today,
student and community activists from AntiWar@Laurier (AW@L) blockaded the Shell
gas station at the corner of Westmount Road North and Father David Bauer Drive.
AW@L’s “Climate Change Containment Unit” deployed to address the gross violation
of the environment constituted by the planned increase in production of the
Albertan oil sands, by shutting down Shell’s primary outlet in Waterloo. Shell
is a leading offender with regard to profiteering from climate change causing
activities, especially in the tar sands.

Protesters Shut down open-cast coal mine, Wales

Protesters Shut Opencast Coal Mine Direct action exposes ‘black
hole’ in climate change policy Tuesday, 1st April, 2008: At 7am this morning,
protesters halted work at one of the biggest opencast coal mines in Europe, on
the outskirts of . They intend to remain on the site for several days.(more…)

Cambridge, England Fossil Fools Day Protest at RBS
Bank

The Royal Bank of Scotland is one of the main
financiers of climate crime, in the form of oil and gas exploration. After
targeting the Trinity Street branch last year, this time protesters paid a visit
to the Hills Road Branch to mark the occasion of Fossil Fools Day. See UK
Indymedia.

Also from UK: Activists Blockade Major Gas Terminal, Norfolk UK and Climate activists blockade E-on in Nottingham, UK

EV-EON Carbon Capture launched on Southbank!

Fossil Fools day has been given a terrific christening
today with the launch of EV-EON Unnaturally Carbonated Water. This innovative
new technology will be used at E.ON’s Kingsnorth PowerStation and used to
capture the carbon dioxide given off by the burningof coal.The carbon di-oxide
is then bubbled through fresh spring waterfrom nearby Kingsnorth Hills to create
carbonated drinking water whichis bottled and sold in Italian restaurants. (more....)

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