Peru blockades called off but controversy remains

Posted June 22, 2009 in The Understory

Here is the latest on the Peru conflict. As of Friday, June 19th, the BBC reported that due to the repeal of the two most controversial presidential decrees, the blockades…

Sorting Global Warming Fact from Fiction

Posted May 22, 2009 in The Understory

> Original story at Center for American Progress. Cattle graze in front of wind mills of the Spanish utility Endesa in the Eolico Park, Spain. SOURCE: AP/Javier Barbancho. By Vanessa…

JPMorgan Chase and Dirty Coal

Posted May 19, 2009 in The Understory

I joined a group of activists from New York PIRG and Rainforest Action Network today outside the JPMorgan Chase annual shareholder meeting. We were at the base of the skyscraper…

JPMorgan Chase and Dirty Coal

Posted May 19, 2009 in The Understory

I joined a group of activists from New York PIRG and Rainforest Action Network today outside the JPMorgan Chase annual shareholder meeting. We were at the base of the skyscraper…

JPMorgan Chase and Dirty Coal

Posted May 19, 2009 in The Understory

I joined a group of activists from New York PIRG and Rainforest Action Network today outside the JPMorgan Chase annual shareholder meeting. We were at the base of the skyscraper…

Climate Justice and Coal’s Funeral Procession

Posted May 2, 2009 in The Understory

About a month or so after the Capitol Climate action I wrote a movement strategy piece to reflect on its lessons. It is the cover story for the May issue…

Air Pollution Endangers Lives of Six in 10 Americans

Posted April 30, 2009 in The Understory

One of the biggest culprits behind air pollution is – you guessed it – dirty coal plants (that would be all of them.) Global warming, acid rain, massive amounts of…