April 21 update – Tune in with us for a livestream of the rally at 1pm Eastern! You can watch live through our Facebook page, or on Our Children’s Trust’s Instagram! More info below if you need a reminder! April 10 invite: The brave young plaintiffs in Juliana v US, aka the Youth v Gov …
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Have you heard the news? After years of campaigning, we’ve got a shut down date for the last coal-fired power plant in New England – now let’s snuff out gas. The Merrimack generating station in Bow, New Hampshire, is closing for good and being replaced with a renewable energy park! Thanks to all of you …
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has been facing pressure to call a vote on urgently-needed aid to Ukraine. But extremists in his own caucus have already filed a “motion to vacate” his speakership if he brings the Senate’s bipartisan Ukraine aid package up for a vote. So this weekend, Speaker Johnson went on Fox news to …
Read more “Fossil Fueled Fascists in the House have a dirty, dumb idea for LNG”
April 17 update – Quick update as we’re one week out from the Spring Spark actions that will kick off our summer of heat! We’re thrilled to invite you to a crucial event where we’ll be taking a stand against environmental racism and holding Citi accountable for its role in perpetuating the climate crisis. The …
Read more “Boiling point: Join the mass call March 28 & get connected to the Summer of Heat”
Wow that was an amazing week of action to UnFrack FERC! Longer recap below, but here’s the gist: Thank you to everyone who took action, came to the FERC meeting, sent comments, and more. Check out the report back video below, click here (or scroll down) for a longer written recap, or visit out social …
We’ve told you before about the dangerous Line 5 pipeline proposal and the threat it poses to our climate, and the Great lakes – the largest source of fresh water on earth. The existing pipeline is bad enough – it’s 20 years past its shutdown date and still carrying nearly 22 million gallons of oil per …
No surprise: This week the Supreme Court took the extraordinary step to protect Donald Trump by allowing him to remain on the ballot in Colorado and other states, despite having led an insurrection to overthrow the results of the 2020 election in plain view. This latest decision came just a few days after the Supremes …
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For the last four years, we’ve been telling you about the Juliana v. United States climate case, in which 21 young Americans are suing the federal government for the right to a safe habitable climate under the Constitutions guarantee of “life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” We’ve been calling on President Biden — the …
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March 4 – Final report! The global week of action has just wrapped up THANK YOU to everyone who signed petitions, shared on social media, came to actions in Hartford, New York, Houston, Boston, and beyond. Even more exciting, our actions have already had an effect! Probitas, one of the major insurers targeted in the …
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Friday Feb 16 update – Sorry to report, the House has passed HR 7176 224-200 yesterday with 9 Democrats siding with every Republican to pass a bill that would reverse President Biden’s pause on LNG exports by giving sole authority over fossil fuel exports to FERC. We warned you last week that this vote was …
Read more “LNG exports remain unbound. Time to shut down the permitting pipeline”