HERE. - Rock the Earth

Environmental Accomplishments
artists collaborate to bring about social change were: Ivan Neville
(Dumpstaphunk) and Ayn Pivonka (Gulf Restoration Network),
for a discussion about New Orleans environmental and social issues,
and an interview with Dennis Casey and Bob Schmidt (Flogging
Molly). Green Screens Presented by Rock the Earth drew
standing-room-only crowds to the festival’s Cinema Tent each day and
featured screenings of the Sundance award-winning film Chasing
Ice, The Big Fix, The Island President, Last Call at the Oasis
and #ReGeneration. Pre- and post-show programming featured Israel
Nebeker (Blind Pilot), Jeff Orlowski, Ivan Neville, Ayn Pivonka,
Bob Ferguson (Oxfam), Phillip Montgomery, Matt DeRoss,
Ashley Hillis, David Whiteside (Tennessee Riverkeeper) and
Lindsay Guetschow (Participant Media).
On August 15, 2012, Rock the Earth submitted formal
comments to the National Park Service on the Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for the Winter Use Plan for
Yellowstone National Park, opposing the preferred alternative’s
extensive snowmobile use, and advocating for the use of
snowcoaches and an immediate reduction of snowmobile use. Rock
the Earth firmly believes that snowmobile use is not compatible with
the scenic, aesthetic and wildlife values of Yellowstone National
Park, our nation’s first National Park.
On October 15, 2012, Rock the Earth and a coalition
of conservation groups sued the National Park Service (NPS) in
Federal Court over the proposed Roseland to Susquehanna Power
Line. The suit against the NPS challenges the agency’s approval
and environmental review of the 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission
line through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area,
the Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River, and
Dennis Casey & Bob Schmidt (Flogging Molly) with RtE Executive
Director Marc Ross
Buckhorn Mountain Exploration Project
the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (collectively, the “Parks”).
Despite NPS’s governing mandate to protect the National Park
System and to prevent impairment to park resources, the NPS has
authorized a project that the agency acknowledges will have serious
and enduring impacts on the Parks.
Rock the Earth wrapped up our ninth National and
Regional Summer Education and Outreach Tours. The tours took
place over a 21-week period, consisting of 121 events and 145
concert dates.
Rock the Earth participated in Frack-Free Colorado,
a public event to educate and engage the public on the issue of
hydro-fracking, the controversial process used in conjunction with
natural gas drilling. The downtown Denver rally featured Daryl
Hannah, The Wallflowers’ Jakob Dylan and Rami Jaffee,
Elephant Revival with Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon),
Mariel Hemingway, race car driver and environmentalist Leilani
Munter, and acclaimed author and ecologist Sandra Steingraber
as well as other speakers from the activist and political communities.
On December 6, 2012, Rock the Earth and its
Plaintiff Partners filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction
against the National Park Service in Federal Court to stop the
construction and pre-construction activities that had begun on
segments of the Roseland to Susquehanna Power Line in New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. Rock the Earth argued that a preliminary
injunction is needed to prevent damage that would occur to the
Parks before the court can decide the pending claims.