Hidden in the fine print of the dirty debt ceiling deal we talked so much about last month was the latest version of an old injustice: While President Biden, Joe Manchin, and the fossil fuel fascists in the US house negotiated to cut spending on poor people and domestic programs like staffing at the EPA, …
From June 8-12 thousands of us took action to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels. It was amazing. There were more than 67 actions across 26 states – from a 300 person rally where nearly 100 people risked arrest in choking wildfire smoke to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline outside the White …
Read more “Smoked, but not defeated, to end the era of fossil fuels”
June 7 update – As you’ve no doubt heard, the Northeast is blanketed in smoke from Western Canada’s wildfires. It’s led to some dramatic pictures of the New York skyline, terrible air quality that’s making people sick, and (re)awakened a lot of people to the need for urgent action on the climate crisis. RSVPS are …
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May 19 update – just a quick note at the end of the week to say: We did it! We did ALL of it! And it’s working! If you didn’t get the chance to tune in, we had a busy morning at FERC with rallies, a non-violent direct action that blocked the driveway entrance to …
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June 1 update – Last night the House passed the dirty debt ceiling deal with no amendments. About 100 Democrats voted against the “no amendments” rule before they voted for the dirty deal. Which is the most, and depressingly inadequate, good news I can give you about the vote. The better news is that the bill …
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For years we’ve told you how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rubber stamps virtually every fossil fuel project proposed to them. There’s a new FERC Environmental Justice docket open right now, which builds upon their roundtable discussion last March. They’ve also been ordered by President Biden, under a new Executive Order issued for Earth …
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We’ve told you before about the newly re-named and re-introduced A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice For All Act. The bill was reintroduced in late March by Rep. Grijalva, Rep. Barbara Lee, and Senators Tammy Duckworth and Cory Booker. And it is still the gold standard for how to guarantee every American’s right to clean air, …
Last year we stopped Manchin’s zombie dirty deal not once, or twice, but three times. But it’s still wasn’t enough. Fossil fueled fascists in Congress have been hard at work trying to get the zombie plan known as “permitting reform” back up and shuffling. They made it the centerpiece of the GOP-Controlled House’s first bill, …
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*UPDATE April 23* – IF you haven’t had a chance yet, make sure to check out this year’s banking on climate chaos report, and sign our petition to demand the big fossil banks stop killing the planet. Then, if you’re close enough to get to Charlotte, NC, NYC, New York, or San Francisco, CA make …
Earth Day Update – Have you seen all our climate art and Earth Day activities yet?! More than 1,300 people were mailed some 60,000 climate posters for the Peoples’ Earth Week. We’ve already seen the art out in the streets and in use at events in Colorado, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, …