DC Rising Tide Crashes Coal Conference

Activists with DC Rising Tide interrupted a coal industry conference on March 26, 2009 to denounce coal-to-liquids as a corporate scam that would continue the destructive path of the fossil fuel industry. They hung a banner saying "Coal Takes Lives," -- mimicking the World Coal-to-Liquid conference abbreviation CTL -- and called for clean, green, renewable energy. The activists took turns rising to admonish the fossil fuels industry before being escorted out of the building by hotel security. The advocates of clean energy blasted the coal schemers with fiery speeches in the middle of a panel by executives from coal and oil industry groups including the World Coal Institute, Chevron, the World Petroleum Council, and Consol Energy. Three activists who locked arms were detained and forbidden from returning to the Mayflower hotel.

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• Rising Tide
• coal
• activism
• conference disruption
• protest
• green
• renewable
• World Coal Institute
• Chevron
• climate change
• global warming
• conference crash

[chickenwingerpag]

It makes me sad to hear that you are fighting for tariffs and taxes and the loss of opportunity for the poorest people in the world. But you would listen much about this because you are a close minded 25 year old who cares only about himself. Oh by the ways im 22 and I am scared for my life by activists like you who are misled about why the earth is getting warmer.

[PinkerDC]

Superb action, guys!

[paulina172]

can we get subtitles? I can't quite understand all of what is said...

[scotttreaty]

Great job People!!!!!!!!!!