Updates
#NoDAPL & Holding Sacred Spaces Sacred
On Friday, a few of us from the 350 office in New York headed over to Washington Square Park for a solidarity rally for the land and water defenders at Standing Rock, who are fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. It was one of those rare and beautiful actions when a significant and surprising political shift... (More...)
September 12, 2016
The Movement for Black Lives platform offers vision for stronger movements
This blog was written by the 350.org Divestment Team. It has been a couple of weeks since the Movement for Black Lives released a policy platform, and it is beautiful. We initially wanted to write this blog to acknowledge and celebrate the inclusion of fossil fuel divestment in the platform, but as we sketched out some... (More...)
August 30, 2016
Pope Francis inspires bishops, priests and the faithful in the battle against Fracking in Brazil
by Não Fracking Brasil Born in Argentina, Pope Francis knows the devastating reality of fracking and supports the international fight against the exploration of oil and shale gas. His Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ (Praised Be) is inspiring bishops, priests and the faithful in the battle against hydraulic fracturing, a highly polluting non-conventional method for shale gas... (More...)
August 25, 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
From the Bayou to the Bay: Voices of Gulf Resistance
Photos by Weenta Girmay, owner and co-director at Weenta Productions. She has a sincere love for people and their stories, which is what inspires her to keep making new media. Her personal work can be found at weenta.com. The Gulf Coast of the United States faces some of the most dramatic climate impacts on the... (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
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...)
July 25, 2016
Virginians: March on Governor McAuliffe’s Mansion
In order to address the climate crisis, we need to build a movement that is challenging decision makers at every turn. Are you fed up with Governor Terry McAuliffe’s support for fracked-gas pipelines through our mountains, oil drilling in our oceans, and coal ash dumping in our rivers? Governor McAuliffe needs to take bolder, more... (More...)
July 15, 2016
Protect the Arctic — not in spite of oil potential but because of it.
The fight over protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is an archetype of conservation politics. The coastal plain of the Refuge is an invaluable biological, spiritual, and cultural resource, our “last true wilderness,” “America’s Serengeti.” Drilling proponents say it’s oil-rich; we need more domestic energy; Alaska’s economy depends on oil revenues; environmental impacts can be... (More...)
July 14, 2016
Sundarbans: A fight for survival.
Imagine a pristine forest where the the royal Bengal tiger hunts openly, where Irrawaddy dolphins and Ganges river dolphins swim freely, where green frogs hop around and Indian Skimmer chirps melodiously. Now add to your image the smoke from chimneys of a 1320 MW coal power plant, add the mercury from hundreds of thousands tons... (More...)
June 30, 2016
