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Ever hear about “hope” and “change?” Remember we had this guy that ran on that rhetoric last year and got elected to the presidency based on it. I guess Appalachia is a “hope” and “change” free zone. Charleston Gazette reporter Ken Ward is reporting on his Coal Tattoo blog that the EPA has “signed off [...]
Continue reading...By Branden Barber, May 15 2009
Link to original article: In Ecuador, Resentment Oozes Long After an Oil Company Departs – NYTimes.com. By SIMON ROMERO and CLIFFORD KRAUSS Moises Saman for The New York Times. An open oil pit near La Joya de los Sachas, Ecuador. Published: May 14, 2009 SHUSHUFINDI, Ecuador — Mention to Anita Ruíz the name of the [...]
Continue reading...By Brant Olson, May 14 2009
We’re excited to announce an “alternative annual report” on Chevron due for release May 26th. I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but can say that it’s the most thorough and up-to-date documentation of Chevron’s global troubles that I’ve seen. And just in time! Chevron’s shareholder meeting is May 27th. Antonia Juhasz was lead author [...]
Continue reading...By Margaret, May 12 2009
Some of you may have been watching lately as our government embraces even more “renewable fuels” mandates requiring the addition of biomass based fuels into our fuel supply. While measures like California’s Low Carbon Fuels Standard and the new federal Renewable Fuels Standard claim to take into account the life-cycle carbon footprint of these fuels [...]
Continue reading...By Jennifer Krill, May 11 2009
Great report back from Samantha Corbin, who attended Bunge’s shareholder meeting last Friday! “I’m more of a party crasher than someone who gets an engraved invitation. Certainly so when the party is the shareholder meeting of a billion-dollar multinational corporation like Bunge, one of the largest argribusiness and food companies in the world and a [...]
Continue reading...By Scott Parkin, May 8 2009
Are you over the corporate compromised climate politics of the DC Beltway? Want to find more empowering ways to build power, stop climate change and take action? Now’s your chance! The Mobilization for Climate Justice has put out it’s call to action. Join a group of organizations and activists dedicated to building a North American [...]
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Prince Charles has long been a friend of the rainforest. He’s recently recruited a few more friends to talk about how important the rainforests still are for our climate and our world. Now, more than ever, we need to talk about saving the forests. Take a look.
Continue reading...By Scott Parkin, May 4 2009
As a coal finance campaigner, I often see scumbag behavior from King Coal and the banks that love them on a regular basis. But then I forget that we have the mother of all monster industries, Big Oil, that often dwarfs what these mining and utility companies are up to. While nothing should be done [...]
Continue reading...By Scott Parkin, May 4 2009
James Hansen came out today and said he hope’s the Waxman-Markey climate legislation fails and the U.S. government should abandon cap and trade altogether. Very bold. Hansen hopes lawmakers’ cap-and-trade approach to climate will fail (05/04/2009) Nathanial Gronewold, E&E reporter NEW YORK –NASA’s leading climate scientist says he hopes that climate legislation proposed by Democratic [...]
Continue reading...By joshua kahn russell, May 2 2009
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 of Z Magazine and pasted below. This magazine came out on the day we heard from the Administration that they have begun to implement their [...]
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By Scott Parkin, May 15 2009
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