As we’ve told you, President Biden approved the Willow Arctic Oil project – a verified climate bomb that will blow all his promises, and to the Paris Climate Accords goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C to smithereens. We also got word today that while quick legal action has helped delay the project, an initial …
Read more “Willow can still be stopped, but only by political power.”
Last Month, the Biden administration took another step closer to the bring of climate catastrophe by approving the Willow Arctic oil project in Alaska. Biden ran on climate change, and repeatedly promised to ban fossil fuel extraction on public lands and waters, and especially in the sensitive Arctic. Biden lied. Since taking office his Administration has …
Tonight is the State of the Union address, where the President visits Congress to tell them his plans for the year ahead, and to brag on his achievements from last year. In the course of the speech tonight, Biden will probably talk about climate change, specifically the Inflation reduction Act and its various tax credits …
Read more “The most important two words at tonight’s State of the Union: Climate. Emergency.”
Today is the second anniversary of the January 6 attempted coup, and things are very different .Last year, on the one year anniversary, we asked you to support Cori Bush’s resolution calling for insurrectionists to be expelled from Congress. Today, those same members — including but not limited to Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Andy Biggs …
Read more “This January 6, ban fossil fueled fascists from the ballot.”
As we’ve been telling you, Senator Joe Manchin (jerkface-WV) continues to push for his zombie like dirty deal that would fast track fossil fuel infrastructure and harmfully impact frontline communities. But we haven’t mentioned lately that in addition to threatening our climate and communities, Manchin’s dirty deal is a huge conflict of interest. Manchin still …
Read more “It’s still time to remove Manchin from his dirty dealing chair”
President Biden made a welcome and empathetic trip to Puerto Rico this week. No paper towels were thrown. Don’t get me wrong, Biden is doing a much better job at disaster recovery than the defeated fossil fueled fascist Trump. But Puerto Rico needs more than prayers and empathy, they need a functioning power grid that’s …
Read more “Puerto Rico needs a reliable, clean, electric grid – not hugs and prayers.”
We told you a few weeks ago about the crazy, disaster-prone plan by New Fortress Energy to build a massive fracked gas export terminal off the coast of Louisiana, right in the heart of an environmental justice community and a likely spot for a hurricane.To be able to export the gas, New Fortress is also …
Read more “Act fast to stop the New Fortress fossil gas export boondoggle.”
Last week there was an explosion at a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Freeport, TX. The owners of the plant reported that nobody was injured, but there was a huge fireball in the sky and local authorities are not sharing much information about what happened or what chemicals and pollution might have been released …
Read more “From the Gulf, to DC, to Europe: Join the moral call to stop war and warming”
Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced that he will use the Defense Production Act to expand production of US solar panels, heat pumps, and other clean energy and heating tools. In announcing the actions, the White House said “With a stronger clean energy arsenal, the United States can be an even stronger partner to our allies, …
Read more “Defense Production Act victory and what comes next”
Why is the Biden administration letting one small California company bring down the entire US solar industry? That’s what we, and a lot of other people, want to know. Here’s the scoop: Earlier this year a small solar panel maker in California, Auxin Solar, sent a complaint to the U.S. Department of Commerce claiming that …