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 …
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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 …
Read more “We’re still right, Trump’s still wrong, so what do we do next?”
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 …
Read more “Save Juliana – the youth led climate case for all of us.”
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 …
Read more “Insure our future, not fossil fuels week of action”
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”
A few days ago the defeated former President, and current leader of the fossil fueled fascist party in the US — Donald Trump — claimed that he would encourage Russia to attack U.S. allies in Europe unless they increase spending on war and weapons. It’s not a new thing for Trump to attack the North …
Read more “Trump wants more war, weapons, and fossil fuels. There’s a better way.”
On a very busy Thursday for the climate and #StopLNG movement, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Colorado’s case over whether Trump should be barred from the ballot because he led the Jan. 6, 2021 violent insurrection at the US capitol. We’ve told you before how both Maine and Colorado barred Donald Trump …
Read more “Still right about Trump, the courts, and fossil fueled fascists”
Quick Feb 9 update – Video report below but the quick synopsis is this: Manchin and his friends held their hearing Thursday morning, but we made sure it did not go quietly. About two dozen protestors snuck into the hearing and interrupted Manchin and his hand-picked fossil fuel witnesses (but not the DOE official who …
Read more “Tell Manchin: Keep your dirty hands off President Biden’s LNG pause”