Breaking: 44 arrested at Duke Energy’s Headquarters

This morning, the Cliffside Climate Action brought hundreds to Duke Energy’s headquarters in Charlotte North Carolina to protest the construction of the new Cliffside coal facility.

The latest news is that 44 community members and supporters have been arrested, sending a bold message of urgency around the need to get off coal for the health of our communities and the future of our planet.

The Cliffside Climate Action is the latest in the growing wave of civil disobedience demanding that we get our country off dirty energy and coal power. Duke Energy’s continued pursuit of construction of two coal-fired power plants stands in stark contrast to its rhetoric of environmental care.

Check out all the photos in the Charlotte Observer, the Stop Cliffside Twitter feed, and a piece in the WCNC News.

3 Responses to “Breaking: 44 arrested at Duke Energy’s Headquarters”

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1 Ethan Nuss Apr 20th, 2009 at 11:40 pm

Spectacular! Absolutely inspiring. Lets keep it up.
2 Talia Apr 23rd, 2009 at 4:54 pm

Chicago is next! Check out http://www.meetup.com/RANChicago for updates, and look out an action around the end of May. See you there!

1 Wonk Room » The WonkLine: April 21, 2009 Trackback on Apr 21st, 2009 at 10:00 am

About Joshua Kahn Russell

Joshua Kahn Russell is an organizer working to bridge movements for environmental sanity and racial justice. He currently works as Rainforest Action Network’s Grassroots Actions Manager, campaigning to end our addiction to coal and oil. Josh is a strategy and non-violent direct action trainer with the Ruckus Society. He serves on the steering committee of the Energy Action Coalition. Joshua has contributed chapters to several books and is a regular writer for Znet, WireTap, and It's Getting Hot In Here, and his articles have appeared in Yes! Magazine, Left Turn Magazine, Peacework Magazine, Upping the Anti, and Grist Magazine, among others.