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Click here to chip and support the Delta 5 and climate action!Last week in a small courtroom of a small county just north of Seattle, Washington, one of the most important court cases played out that may very well shape the future of civil disobedience in the climate movement. By now, many people know about the Delta 5: Abby Brockway, […]
. Live Blog LIVE – Watch the last #DemDebate before Iowa Caucuses The Democratic candidates for President are in South Carolina for their fourth presidential debate and the New York Times says “while the previous events had few fireworks, Sunday night’s promises to be a feistier affair.”1 That’s because with the Iowa caucuses only two weeks away, the race there has gotten […]
The White House just announced a halt to new coal mine leases on federal lands while they conduct a comprehensive review of how coal impacts our economy and climate. Since coal is in decline and a major source of global warming pollution, there’s every reason to believe this is another big step by the Obama team towards abandoning the “all of […]
UPDATE: In a climate BFD: Obama put another nail in fossil fuel’s coffin by blocking all new coal leases on federal lands. Read all about this new decision and sign our thank you card to tell the Obama team that we’re counting on them to do MORE to keep fossil fuels in the ground.Last night, President Barack Obama delivered his last State of the […]
Tune in with us Thursday Night at 9 p.m. ET. to watch 2016 Republican Primary Debate in SC. Live Blog 2016 Republican Primary Debate in SC It’s been a busy few weeks on the campaign trail. With polls narrowing and the Iowa Caucus just a few weeks away, the race for president is entering a new phase. And climate change is getting more attention from […]
Tune with us Tuesday January 12 at 9pm Eastern to watch President Obama’s last State Of The Union address with live commentary on climate change, clean water, fracking, wildlife and more!Live Blog Live! Obama’s last SOTU watch party It seems like only recently that I watched President Obama’s first State of the Union (SOTU). But it has almost been eight years, […]
No matter how you feel about the agreement reached at the COP21 Global Climate Summit, one thing was made clear in Paris and worldwide: The People Of Earth Are Ready For A Fossil Free Future.But Big Oil has been fighting back. And last month they won a victory when Congress voted to lift the crude oil export ban last month. The worst […]
Dear ExxonMobil Corporation:Thanks to the amazing reporting of InsideClimate News, we know that you were not alone in one of the biggest cover-up scandals in human history. For almost 40 years, others in the #BigOil Syndicate were also aware that the burning and extraction of your products are a big contributor to climate change.Instead of sharing this knowledge with the […]
Remember that time we stopped the pipeline, saved a species, shut down FERC or called out climate denial live on national TV? I do. But there’s no way I could fit all the amazing stuff you, me and everyone at Environmental Action did this year into one message. So check out our 2015 highlight reel – stuffed full of more […]
The final agreement at #COP21 is out. It’s a victory simply because this is the first time the world has gotten together and said climate change is real, we all have to do something about it and that means reducing pollution. I’m also proud that a scrappy coalition of low lying island nations (who do not have a lot of power or […]