August 25, 2016
Exxon Killed The Reef
The seas of dead coral are a crime scene. This year, the world witnessed the most devastating mass coral bleaching event ever recorded which left behind dead reefs in at least 38 countries. Many of these reefs will never recover. The immediate cause is clear: the ongoing rise in global ocean temperatures that comes from climate... (More...)
August 25, 2016
Love, Resistance, and Solidarity from Standing Rock to the Gulf
On Saturday, August 20 hundreds of people from around the country gathered in New Orleans and at the Sacred Stone Camp in North Dakota to fight for justice and action. Together, they spread their message loud and clear: reject the Dakota Access Pipeline (#NoDAPL) and stop all fossil fuel leasing in the Gulf of Mexico... (More...)
August 20, 2016
1,000 year flood in Louisiana
Blog by Guest Blogger: Cherri Foytlin, Gulf Coast Mother of 6, and State Director, Bold Louisiana. This week, central and southwestern Louisiana have been slammed by unprecedented floods. Over the weekend, I watched heavy rains pour down on my community and my own home sink into rising waters. Across the region, tens of thousands of people have... (More...)
August 18, 2016
Exxon’s fingerprints are all over these fires
Right now two extreme California fires are destroying dozens of homes while threatening thousands more. They’ve forced hundreds to evacuate and have already claimed two lives. For me, as for many of you, watching our state burn is heartbreaking, and it’s scary. Just In – #SoberanesFire burning in Monterey County is now 31,386 acres &... (More...)
July 29, 2016
The Struggle Deep in the Forests of the Philippines
Last week, 350 Pilipinas coordinator, Zeph Repollo, was part of an international solidarity mission to a remote village of the Dulangan People in Mindanao, Philippines. I’m writing this note from the lush, forest-clad Daguma Mountain Ranges of Mindanao, Philippines, where the indigenous Dulangan People are in a dangerous struggle against logging and mining corporations encroaching... (More...)
July 29, 2016
Crowd chants “Ban fracking now” to Governor Brown at DNC
When California Governor Jerry Brown took to the podium last night at the DNC to talk about climate change, there were two starkly different responses from the audience. One faction of the California delegation led a celebratory cheer of “Jerry, Jerry.” Meanwhile, another group loudly chanted “ban fracking now” – illustrating the chasm between Californians when... (More...)
July 28, 2016
Calling on the Vatican to divest, youth are reclaiming their future
by Karina Alvarez I open this blog with a confession: for longer than I’d care to admit, I was a firm climate denier. Later, after my first environmental science class I felt the weight of the climate crisis resting heavily on my shoulders, and I was overwhelmed. I set out to make up for time... (More...)
July 28, 2016
This heat wave was planned in a board room.
Last Friday, President Obama and various national and local government agencies issued statements about an impending heatwave, directing people to stay inside, drink plenty of water, and watch for signs of heat stroke. Over the weekend, 26 states issued heat advisories, and press swarmed to public parks to photograph people sunbathing and cooling off in... (More...)
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