“I have always supported clean coal” via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Democrats capitulate to Big Oil, as House votes for offshore drilling via It's Getting Hot In Here
Late Tuesday night the House voted in favor of a Democrat sponsored bill to allow oil companies to expand their offshore drilling operations. The bill has been hailed by some as a victory for the environment because it includes incentives for renewable and strips some tax breaks the oil industry currently enjoys. In addition to opening up fragile ocean ecosystems to oil drilling, the bill also lifts the ban on drilling for shale oil (which is as dirty if not dirtier than tar sands oil) on millions of acres in Western states, much of which is on public lands.
In the face of our climate crisis it is utterly unacceptable for Democrats, who proclaim their dedication to fighting climate change, to vote to expand fossil fuel production. For those hailing this as ultimately a victory for the... A Political Earthquake: Pelosi’s Democratic House Passes Pro-Drilling Bill via It's Getting Hot In Here
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This is Mountain Top Removal. This is How to Stop It. via It's Getting Hot In Here
(Cross posted from Whit Jones on Power Vote.org)
I spent the past weekend with around 100 young people and community activists at the Weekend In Wise - an incredible weekend in Appalachia, VA where Mountain Top Removal (MTR) mining has deeply impacted the community and citizens have been fighting Dominion’s proposed Wise County Coal Plant. Local community activists led tours of MTR sites and a local plant that burns that coal. A service project and Sustainable Living workshop were led on a local organic farm. Discussions and workshops were held to strategize and plan for overcoming King Coal’s reign.
And you can TAKE ACTION as well to protect this mountain! The Coal River Wind Project is holding a rally today demand that WV Gov. Joe Manchin support WIND and not MTR!... “Build Build” Our Clean Energy Future via It's Getting Hot In Here
(Sent today from Al Gore and our friends at the We Campaign)
We need you to call your members of Congress NOW to demand new, clean energy. Will you make a call?
Call your member of Congress today!
This week Congress will consider energy legislation. Of course, the oil industry is pushing its “drill, drill” slogan with all its might - and some are hoping to use this for political advantage.
Meanwhile, tax credits for investments in renewables have not been extended, and the growing renewables business that just made America the largest producer of wind power in the world, is on the verge of shutting down huge planned projects all over the country.
Billions in private investment, thousands of megawatts of new, clean energy, and more than 100,000 new jobs expected for 2009 will... The Boardman Coal Plant: Don’t “Clean it Up” - Shut it Down! via It's Getting Hot In Here
Burrying a “take action” link at the very bottom of a blog post is a horrible way to generate Internet activism. So instead of having you read this whole post before you finally find out how to email the Oregon DEQ and tell them to shut down the Boardman coal plant, I’ll give you the email address now: bartcomments@deq.state.or.us Details on the issue are, of course, below.
I’m sitting in a non-air conditioned building in a Portland suburb, on the third day of the Portland area’s worst heat wave since 1994; in other words, global warming is sounding even less attractive than usual. More importantly, though, on the desk beside me is an Oregonian editorial about the Boardman Coal Plant - the only major coal plant in Oregon, and our state’s... Energy Action’s Jessy Tolkan on Al Jazeera’s Inside USA: “America’s Real Black Gold” via It's Getting Hot In Here
Brianna and I were stoked this week to get a piece back from Al Jazeera’s “Inside USA,” featuring Energy Action executive director Jessy Tolkan talking about America’s dependence on coal.
The Inside USA team traveled to the coal mines of Illinois to look at the personalities and the politics behind the fossil fuel. Half of America’s electricity is generated by coal; an amount that produces 40 percent of the country’s greenhouse gases. With this in mind, advocates - including those those taking part in Power Vote - have joined leading climate scientists in calling for a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants, saying that addressing global warming means addressing America’s dependence on coal as a top priority.
Juxtaposed to the proposed... SE Climate Convergence Occupies Nuclear Facility via It's Getting Hot In Here
August 7 Louisa, VA Activists from the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action occupied the welcome center for Dominion’s North Anna nuclear power plant today. The action was taken to protest Dominion’s plans to build two new nuclear reactors and to call out nuclear power for the false solution that it is to the climate crisis. “We are here to serve notice on the so-called ‘nuclear renaissance’ that the anti-nuclear movement is alive and well,” said Glenn Carroll, coordinator of Nuclear Watch South.
In all 25 people occupied the visitors center for 2 hours until police came in to remove them. The protesters wore shirts that read “Nukes not Welcome” and chanted and sang. “We chose to take non-violent direct action because Dominion and the federal government have... UK Climate Camp 2008: It’s Started! via It's Getting Hot In Here
At 3pm British Summer Time on July 30th around 100 climate activists took an uncultivated field around a kilometer from Kingsnorth Power Plant in Kent. The 2008 Climate Camp has begun.
The exact location of this site was a closely guarded secret until it was taken, so as to avoid police obstruction. Now that the site has been taken everyone has been taken, everyone is invited so if you are in the UK…get down there! (travel guide) I`ll see you in a couple of days–me and many kilograms of audio visual recording equipment! I`m hoping to record as many of the over 200 workshops (full program) as i possibly can.
The Camp for Climate Action is in its third year in the UK and judging by past years it will be an exciting, educational and above all inspirational event.
Hannah Abbots... Re-imagine What’s Possible… and Re-invent the Future via It's Getting Hot In Here
Young people are crucial in the global transition from dirty to clean energy. We also must play a pivotal role in re-envisioning and re-inventing our society to fully harness the potential within a clean energy future.
If there is one idea that serves as our core identity and our rallying cry it is this: young people today have the power to change the world. Many of us emerge into the adult world a bit groggy with confusion and perhaps a lack of direction, but with the fierce motivation to “make a difference.” And the world, it seems, desperately needs us.
We face an incredibly uncertain future. As a forthcoming UN report concludes, seeming almost entirely redundant, the world has never seen calamities at such a global scale.
It is a relatively new conception of the world as... Indigenous Call for Action Answered by Youth/Environmental Groups — act now! via It's Getting Hot In Here
This is copy & pasted from a post on SEAC’s Threshold blog by Aramie.
Indigenous Call for Action Answered by Youth/Environmental Groups
Black Mesa Project permitting process re-opened! Deadline for comments: July 7, 2008
Diné elder Pauline Whitesinger faces threats from government officials
Black Mesa, Arizona, home to the Diné (Navajo) and Hopi tribal reservations, is also home to massive mining operations run by Peabody Coal. In the past 30 years the mine at Black Mesa has contributed 325 million tons of carbon dioxide to atmospheric levels. Mining officials, with backing from the U.S. government, are responsible for capping local water supply (to supply mines) and harassing, threatening and in some cases assaulting Black Mesa residents, many who are elders resisting being...