Focus Earth on the Capitol Climate Action and Power Shift 09
A news clip coverage of the Capitol Climate Action and Power Shift 09 [youtube DiHhPBudZHs]
Why I might not invest in that coal plant after all
So there I was, thinking about this GREAT opportunity I just heard about to invest in a new coal-fired power plant. But then, just yesterday, our own special envoy for…
Climate Camp Erected in London’s Banking District;Financial Fool’s Day in Full Effect
The global revolt against the governing elites and the banks is on. Today, tens of thousands are converging in London to protest the G20 (along with tens of thousands of…
Breaking the Law to Bear Witness to an Evil
Check out this letter from Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben calling for mass civil disobedience outside a coal-fired power plant near Capitol Hill March 2, 2009. Click here to sign…
Climate Activists Confront Environmental Defense for Greenwashing
Washington, DC – As the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change opened today in Poznan, Poland, grassroots climate activists took over the Washington DC office of Environmental Defense. The activists…
What is the carbon footprint of my checking account?
RAN released a new report today, “Financing Global Warming: Canadian Banks and Fossil Fuels“, which calculates for the first time the carbon footprint from financing of fossil fuels by 7…
No more ‘No New Coal’?
Thanks to the good work of the Sierra Club and a large coalition of western and Utah organizations, the phrase ‘No New Coal’ may have gone WAY out of style…
Financial Crisis 102: What’s this about a bail out? I thought we couldn’t bail out a dead planet?
In my last post I mentioned the $700 billion of taxpayers money that the government is considering contributing to bailing out Wall Street. It’s a bad deal, no question about…
Will the real Billionaires please stand up?
I don’t mean to start sounding like a broken record, but I really do love it when I scan the news and find reports of actions challenging banks’ investments in…
Bringing the Climate Fight to King Coal’s Communities in North Carolina
Activists from around North Carolina have come together in Charlotte to take citizen action against Bank of America in their own company town. To highlight the socio-economic abuses perpetrated by…