UCC and 350.org announce partnership
Written by Connie Larkman, Managing Editor & News Director at United Church of Christ (Originally published on the UCC.org website) Building on the momentum of the People’s Climate March, the United Church of Christ is endeavoring to build a partnership centered on climate justice with the like-minded people of 350.org. That framework, a pilot project... (More...)
May 16, 2017
Global Divestment Mobilisation wraps up
Over the last 10 days the Global Divestment Mobilisation saw thousands of people all across the world take powerful action to help stop the climate crisis. This beautiful video captures what it was like. It shows the breadth, depth and beauty of our intersecting, international movement, how far we’ve come, and how far we can go... (More...)
May 14, 2017
Trump vs. Paris
News reports from Washington say that Donald Trump is leaning towards pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement, the backbone of international climate action, next week. Pulling out of Paris is immoral, economically foolish and puts the interests of fossil fuel billionaires ahead of vulnerable people everywhere. But it’s not the end... (More...)
May 5, 2017
The Indigenous Arctic: We see, we hear, we are the edge
Guest Blog By Princess Daazhraii Johnson and Wilson Justin Mrs. Johnson (Neets’aii Gwich’in) is a community organizer with Native Movement & founding member of Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition and Mr. Justin (Ahtna) is a Traditional Leader from Nabesna Alaska just experienced the third consecutive hottest year on record. Because we are warming twice as fast... (More...)
May 5, 2017
The Global Divestment Mobilisation is LIVE
After months of preparation, the Global Divestment Mobilisation launches today. From 5-13 May, thousands of people worldwide are intensifying their demands for institutions to divest from the companies most responsible for causing climate change. Regressive politics is on the rise and rumours are circulating again that Trump is about to pull the US out of... (More...)
May 4, 2017
Onwards, to a Global Divestment Mobilisation
For hundreds of millions of people around the world, climate change has moved from being a future distant threat, to one that is impacting them now. From the big picture impacts of catastrophic flooding, withering drought, out of control wildfires, unprecedented coral bleaching, to the small and local: trees dying outside kitchen windows as the... (More...)
May 2, 2017
Peoples Climate March Highlights
On April 29th, students, workers, faith communities, Indigenous Nations, community organizations, and environmental groups joined together to make it clear that this resistance will defend our communities, now and forever. The march was a beautiful, hopeful moment. And now, together, we will chart another path for America: away from Trump’s agenda for a cruel, polluted... (More...)
May 1, 2017
From Peoples Climate March to May Day: Resistance is Here to Stay!
What a weekend! Yesterday, 200,000 people surrounded the White House under the blazing sun, and in a symbolic moment, sat in the streets and clapped on their chests to symbolize 100 days of resistance against the Trump administration. Diverse communities from all across the United States joined the Peoples Climate March to stand up for... (More...)
April 30, 2017
Peoples Climate Sister Marches from Coast to Coast
More than 100,000 people joined hundreds of Peoples Climate sister marches that spanned from coast to coast in the United States. Here’s just a taste: Denver, CO Chicago, IL Miami, FL Los Angeles, CA Honolulu, HI Pittsburgh, PA Unalaska, AK Austin, TX Portland, OR Kansas City, MO To... (More...)
April 30, 2017
A beautiful wave of people power is sweeping the nation – just look:
There’s a beautiful wave of people power sweeping the nation right now. I just sat down for a breath after an epic demonstration of unity for climate, jobs, and justice in Washington DC, and there are marches across the country still happening. Just look: 200,000 people took the streets in Washington DC for climate, jobs,... (More...)
April 29, 2017
Climate Denier Cabinet: Call Your Senators (US)
The climate is changing and anyone who denies it should not be in the White House Cabinet. For his cabinet Donald Trump has picked ExxonMobil’s CEO, a state Attorney General who spent most of his life filing lawsuits against the EPA, Texas’ governor, who is on the board of the company building DAPL, and a politician who has been fighting to dig up as much coal, oil and gas from public lands as possible. It’s up to Senators to vote against all of these unqualified climate deniers. Find where your Senators stand on Trump’s Climate Denier Cabinet and give them a call.
Take the Pipeline Pledge
Donald Trump has signed executive actions restarting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and the Dakota Access fracked oil pipeline. We are asking everyone who spoke up, marched or sat-in to stand up and show Trump that our solidarity with frontline leadership is unshakable, and he has severely miscalculated: the opposition will only increase from here. We will oppose every fossil fuel project that violates the science of climate action, the rights of Tribes and the will of the people. Join the Pledge of Pipeline Resistance to be part of the first wave of action to stop Trump’s pipeline plans.
Resist Trump's Climate Agenda
A majority of people in America did not vote for Donald Trump. The people that worked and voted against him are more likely to be younger and part of vulnerable communities who will together bear the biggest impacts of climate change and his vicious agenda across the board. Together we can make sure that this majority is visible, fired up, and impossible to ignore — from taking to the streets in all 50 states to turning Cabinet confirmations into public hearings on climate denial and deception.
Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline
The Dakota Access Pipeline must be stopped. This pipeline would carry toxic fracked oil from North Dakota across four states, and under the Missouri River immediately upstream from the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. That makes it a threat to the sacred land and water of native communities and a disaster for the climate. President Obama could step in any time and say “no” to this whole thing, like he did for Keystone XL.
Zero Offshore Drilling
The Obama Administration just released the latest draft of their offshore drilling plan. Thanks to grassroots pressure, the plan no longer includes an expansion of drilling off the Atlantic seaboard, as had been expected. That’s a win for people power — but a partial one. The current version of this plan still allows drilling in the Arctic and off the Gulf Coast. And that’s still unacceptable. We’re calling on President Obama to say no to all new offshore drilling. That includes zero new drilling in the Arctic and zero new drilling off the Gulf Coast.
#ExxonKnew
Recent reports have shown that Exxon may have known about the threat of climate change decades ago. Yet over the course of nearly forty years, the company has contributed millions of dollars to think-tanks and politicians that have done their best to spread doubt and misinformation — first on the existence of climate change, then the extent of the problem, and now its cause. If Exxon intentionally misled the public about climate change and fossil fuels, then they should be held accountable. We’re calling for an immediate investigation.
Stop the TPP!
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement — a trade deal being negotiated between dozens of countries — is the fossil fuel industry’s latest tool to shut down climate action, and we’re joining a huge coalition to stop it.
The TPP would give foreign fossil fuel corporations the right to sue city, state and national governments if climate action hurts their profits. It’s an enormous corporate power grab and it threatens to undermine climate progress around the world.
Tar Sands Free Northeast
Organizing to stop tar sands infrastructure in the Northeast of the United States with powerful local organizing and regional collaborations.
Frack Free California
We’re mobilizing the California climate movement to tell Gov. Brown to stop fracking in California. Climate leaders don’t frack!
Stop(ped) the Keystone XL Pipeline
We’re joining with organizations and communities throughout North America in a united campaign to stop the Keystone XL pipeline — the fuse to the largest carbon bomb on the planet.
