Fossil Fuels Day a Success

This April 1, Al Gore didn’t decide to run for president, nor could you turn back time in your gmail account. But more than 100 communities around the world weren’t fooling around when they took action against the "Fossil Fools," those oil, gas and coal companies that are making record profits while gouging consumers. 

At fossilfools08.org, an online vote elected Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America, Fossil Fool of the Year "for the global financial institution’s massive support for dirty coal."

Here are a few highlights from this year’s Fossil Fools Day of Action:

• Billionaires for Dirty Energy blockade Citibank in New York, USA
• 8 Arrested as North Carolina, USA Residents Shut Down Construction at Cliffside Coal Plant
• Activists Blockade Bank of America to Protest Funding of Coal, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Protesters Shut down open-cast coal mine, Wales. 2 arrests.
• Engen the focal point of Fossil Fools day in Durban, South Africa
• Street Theater in Charleston, WV, USA Highlights Corporate - Government Relations
• Billionaires for Big Oil Award Fossil Fool Award to Exxon Senior VP in Washington DC, USA
• Critical Mass Ride in Flagstaff Arizona Gather for some Radical Cheerleading

To check out more actions in the US, Canada and worldwide, go to fossilfoolsday.org, or to see a photo map of April 1 actions, visit fossilfools08.org/international.