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…
Don’t Foreclose on the Climate; Take Action Against Coal and Coal Finance Nov 14-15
“I can’t understand why there aren’t rings of young people blocking bulldozers, and preventing them from constructing coal-fired power plants.” -Al Gore August 2007 “We are here because now is…
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…
Financial Crisis 101: What happened? Why is everyone freaking out?
Over the last week a lot of people have asked me what I think of the Wall Street meltdown and the looming government bailout. As a finance campaigner, I have…
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I just got back from seven days that reminded me why youth are gonna save the world. I had the privilege of helping train and learn from 200 brilliant young…
Huzzah! Billionaires for Coal Party Down in Atlanta
The Billionaires for Coal are busy these days. Making appearances in New York, North Carolina and now Atlanta over the past few weeks, they must be getting worried that the…
Houston RAN and Southern Energy Network Stage Die-In at Dynegy AGM
Environmental activists from six states -Michigan, Nevada, Georgia, Texas, Iowa, and Illinois – converged today to urge the Houston-based Dynegy corporation to halt construction on its six proposed coal plants….
CALL TO ACTION – Protest Bank of America’s Shareholders meeting!
For the past year, thousands of activists across the country and organizations including Rainforest Action Network, Rising Tide North America, Coal River Mountain Watch, Appalachian Voices, Mountain Justice Summer, SEAC…
Watch the Video: Billionaires Chained to Main Entrance of Citi HQ
Check out this video from yesterday’s ‘Billionaires for Dirty Energy’ action. More than 30 people donned their Billionaire best and blockaded the main entrance at Citi’s NYC headquarters. I guess…
Wall Street announces “Carbon Principles” – but what do they mean?
So, big news on Wall Street today regarding coal and our climate. Three of the largest investment banks (Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and JP Morgan Chase) announced the formation of the…