May 23 — That’s a wrap! We went back to FERC this morning for the third and final of our #UnFrackFERC spring action series. We started with a great rally and speak out that featured numerous statements from frontline communities impacted by FERC decisions this month. Then we had a big crew of folks inside …
Like a lot of you, I’ve been horrified by the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and we’ve spoken out repeatedly and forcefully for a ceasefire, and in support of public protest and comment against the war. But there’s a more direct connection between fossil fuels and the ongoing war: Chevron. The Chevron Corporation fuels Israel’s war …
Yesterday, I wrote an update on how Wall Street banks and hedge funds are investing in fossil fuels and climate chaos. Today I’m here to tell you how they’re funding fascism and Donald Trump. Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Chase are some of the biggest donors to the Heritage Foundation. The Heritage …
Even as climate-fueled disasters continue to ravage our communities, Wall Street banks continue to lend our money —billions upon billions of dollars of it — to fossil fuel projects every year. Last year was the hottest year ever recorded. Every month this year has set a new global heat record. And just days ago scientists …
With millions of users Facebook has a fundamental obligation to promote transparency, fairness, and combat misinformation like climate and election denial. But Meta — which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads — has proposed shutting down a key transparency tool called CrowdTangle just weeks before the 2024 election! Meta has a history of failing to shut …
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The Israeli military has begun a ground invasion of Rafah, seizing the border crossing with Egypt and cutting off vital aid. Rafah was one of the last areas of Gaza that was a declared safe zone, and the center for all humanitarian aid distribution. Almost the entire population of Gaza was displaced into Rafah and …
Read more “Call now to tell President Biden: Rafah was the red line, Ceasefire now”
Last month, we helped launch the Summer of Heat with the Spring Spark actions focussed on Citibank, shutting down their global headquarters in New York, while solidarity rallies shut down locations in DC and Houston, and other cities. Protests and Non violent actions also shut down climate-financiers like Wells Fargo in San Francisco, and there’s …
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Over and over again the last few months, we’ve seen over and over again that our future is electric, clean, and union made. The United Auto Workers (UAW) have already committed $40 million to organize electric car and battery workers in the United States; and they’re racking up big wins at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, and …
Hundreds of students have been arrested at dozens of universities for participating in protests against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Protests and crackdowns are both escalating, and fossil fueled fascists in Congress are calling for violent mobs and military crackdowns on peaceful protests. As an anti-fascists climate group, we know that police don’t make us …
Read more “SIGN NOW: Protect protest. Protect students. No military crackdown.”
The Tennessee Valley Authority – TVA – is one of the largest utilities in the nation, providing electricity for 10 million people. And it has a long history of bringing benefits and power to communities in Appalachia. But the TVA of today is a disgrace to it’s progressive roots. Today’s TVA still gets almost all …
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