All Across the Country, Our Movement is Stepping Up
For years, the climate movement has organized in unprecedented numbers to tell President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. We have held vigils and rallies in all 50 states, participated in mass mobilizations and taken part in civil disobedience to ensure that KXL, a disaster for climate and communities, is not approved. Now, in... (More...)
February 6, 2015
February 6, 2015
California Zen Leaders Urge Gov. Brown to Ban Fracking
The leadership of the San Francisco Zen Center, the largest Sōtō Zen center in the West, just released a letter calling on California Governor Jerry Brown to ban fracking. The letter comes just days before the massive March for Real Climate Leadership on February 7, an anti-fracking protest in Oakland, CA that is expected to draw thousands... (More...)
February 5, 2015
February 4, 2015
Oil workers’ strike for safety reflects danger of fossil fuels
This week, United Steelworkers at nearly a dozen refineries across the country went on strike for the first time in 36 years. They had been negotiating a contract with Shell, on behalf of dozens of other oil majors when talks broke down. With oil production in North America at historic levels, you would be forgiven for... (More...)
February 4, 2015
5 communities sticking it to fossil fuel companies — and winning.
“This movement is powered by people fighting for places they love.” — Naomi Klein This January, communities around the world are seeing victories in long, hard-fought struggles against fossil fuel companies. Congratulations to everyone involved, and good luck to everyone still working to protect their own home. Here are 7 victories this month: 1. Carson, California, USA... (More...)
January 30, 2015
Divest Digest: Some of January’s Biggest Global Victories in 10 Rhyming Tweets
That special time of the month has come, when all the divest victories are listed in this blog. From across the globe we’ve taken the sum, and no where near can all of them we log. The list is unquantifiable and vast, the victories hale from all around. And this is only from this January past, just... (More...)
January 30, 2015
A Photographer’s Journey Along the Pipeline
A guest post written by photographer Robert van Waarden about his project Along the Pipeline It was a typical Northern Ontario day on the shores of Shoal Lake when I really ‘got it’. I was about a month into a portrait photography project to highlight voices of people who live along the proposed Energy East... (More...)
January 23, 2015
Pope Francis Urged to Divest from Fossil Fuels During Visit to the Philippines
As Pope Francis starts his visit to the Philippines this week, environmentalists and Filipino organizations are upping their calls for the Pope to divest the Vatican from fossil fuels. You can join their call to action by clicking here. “We look to Pope Francis to break the political impasse preventing real action on climate change.... (More...)
January 14, 2015
Reject Keystone XL rallies organized in all 50 states — in under 72 hours
Last night thousands of people took to the streets in all 50 US states (plus Washington DC!) to tell President Obama to reject Keystone XL now! Over 150 events were organized in about 72 hours, and most of them took place in the freezing cold — some in the single digits. In Native American communities... (More...)
January 14, 2015
