Today Joe Biden approved the Willow Arctic Oil project in Alaska. It’s an outrage. An act of utter political cowardice. And it destroys any hope Biden had of achieving his promises to stop fossil fuel extraction on public lands, or cut global warming pollution 50% by 2030. But this is not the end of the …
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Quick update on the week of action still going on in Atlanta to stop Cop City. All week long, activists and organizers have been camping our in the Weelaunee forest, and taking action all around Atlanta to Stop Cop City. On Sunday night, March 5, there was a peaceful, family friendly gathering and concert in …
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Every spring, publicly-traded banks and investors hold their annual Shareholder meetings. For years, 198 methods and our allies in the Stop the Money Pipeline Coalition have shown up to these shareholder meetings to demand they stop investing in fossil fuels and the climate crisis. This year, we’re turning up the pressure with a big day …
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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 …
As we’ve been telling you for a few weeks now, on March 21, 2023 – 3.21.23 – we will come together in the streets to demand banks stop funding climate chaos. Last week we delivered thousands of letters and petition signatures (including yours) to the banks demanding that they cut funding for fossil fuels, ro …
Read more “3 weeks to go: Big banks you’ve got mail, cut it out or we cut up our cards”
It was just over a month ago that the police murdered Atlanta activist and forest defender Tortuguita. In the weeks since we have spoken out to demand accountability and an independent investigation, and seen clear evidence of a cover up and misinformation. We have also joined activists all over the world in rising up to …
We’ve told you heart breaking stories about the Big Four Fossil Banks — Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, or Wells Fargo — for years. The simple truth is that these banks are cheating on you with fossil fuels. While you sleep, thinking you’re a good person for saving money and paying your credit card bill …
Last week at his State of the Union address, President Biden took time to call out the excessive profits the oil industry has been posting: BP had just announced a $27.7 billion profit for 2022, more than doubling last year’s earnings. This announcement comes at the tail end of a record-shattering fourth quarter and 2022 …
Read more “Big Oil is stealing from the working class. Tax their windfall profits!”
We’ve been telling you for years about the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), a 300+ mile long fracked-gas pipeline from fracking fields in West Virginia near Pennsylvania, through Virginia, and all the way into North Carolina. The project is still years behind schedule, drowning in debt, and which locals have fought on land, in the courts, on the …
Read more “Zombie pipeline MVP is back. Water Protectors take action!”
Frontline organizers in Atlanta are calling for urgent support to stop Cop City – and we’re answering the call with actions from coast, to coast, to coast. Here’s what you need to know A few days ago we told you about Tortuguita, a leader in the campaign to stop cop city in Atlanta who was …
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