Tar Sands and Water Don’t Mix – Environment Hearings in Canada
The Federal Government’s Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development is undertaking a study of water and the tar sands in May, 2009. Public hearings will be taking place in…
Agrofuels Rally at Low Carbon Fuel Standard Hearing
Yesterday’s Agrofuels rally at the Low Carbon Fuel Standard was, in a word, beautiful. We rode up to Sacramento in Lola, the Mexican bus (fueled by biodiesel made from recycled…
Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on Climate Change – Anchorage, Alaska
For the last 4 days about 500 Indigenous peoples from 80 nations have attended the Indigenous Peoples‘ Global Summit on Climate Change, to create a plan and demand that countries…
RAN called out with 5 others for NOT taking a stand on climate change – when that stand was inadequate.
Integrity is everything when you’ve got limited resources and are committed to saving the world’s last remaining old growth forests, defending Indigenous rights, and stopping climate change. While we applaud…
Powershift vs. Tar Sands
I joined about 30 powershifters to brave the snow and wind early this morning to send a message to Congressional leaders ahead of Canadian Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice….
What’s your 100 days’ agenda?
True lasting change is going to take more than new ideas in Washington. The challenges we face will not be solved by a single action. Rather, it’s going to take…
First Nations Petition Obama on Native Rights vs. Dirty Energy
How will an Obama Administration handle Native Rights issues in the face of fossil fuel expansion? That’s the question raised in a good article from by Joe Friesen in the…
Climate Friendly Banking – Rainforest Action Network targets Dirty Canadian Banks in downtown Calgary
Calgary, AB – Calgary, Canada’s dirties city takes the lead on Challenging Canadian Banks investments in projects like the tar sands & other dirty energy projects. Calgary is at the…
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…
Breakthrough coming for Electric Cars?
Check out yesterday’s blog post from Marc Gunther: http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=431 Charging ahead with electric cars As the electric car is business gets more and more crowded, it feels like we are…