The Case For Direct Action

 In case you haven't noticed, trains of late are becoming stuck in the most unusual places. Trains loaded with coal have been brought to a standstill by environmental activists in both England and Australia. In the case of Australia, the action brought activity at the world's largest (read very BIG) coal terminal to an abrupt halt. They accomplished this by disguising as workers and then chaining themselves to the trains. Well done!

Although the mainstream media in the US has as a matter of course virtually ignored these stories, in both of the aforementioned countries these enterprising activists brought dramatic peaceful attention to the critical issue of coal fired power generation and the urgent need to curtail their emissions and not build additional coal power plants and exacerbate the problem even more. There are encouraging signs that this specific form of protest continues to spread and (hopefully) will arrive here in the States any day. Falling under the broad heading of "Direct Action" these and similar efforts to dramatically bring attention to the worst forms of industrial pollution, promise to continue focusing the public's attention on the critical problem of carbon emmisions. As feedback mechanisms continue to accelerate and the projected level of "safe" CO2 PPM is continually lowered, any and all peaceful means to focus attention and force government level responses are essential. See Climatecamp in the UK for more info. We hope to have a information for interested parties in the US soon.

More on CO2 levels next...