Call to action by Naomi Klein, Terry Tempest Williams, Bill McKibben, Dr. James Hansen and Peaceful Uprising via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Dear the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, and Sweden… via It's Getting Hot In Here
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ACCCE and the Hawthorn Group: the dirty side of the clean energy movement via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Introducing YouthClimate.org - Voices from the International Youth Climate Movement via It's Getting Hot In Here
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E.ON Starting To Regret UK coal plans? via It's Getting Hot In Here
When E.ON submitted its plans for the UK’s first new coal plant in 30 years, it presumably expected some resistance but did it expect a full blown backlash? In terms of breadth of opposition and diversity of tactics being employed, the fight back has been sizable and is growing.
Politically both major opposition parties in England are opposed to new coal without carbon capture and storage. Even the government support is looking shaky now that Ed Milliband is responsible for a new combined department of energy and climate change.
In terms of British charities over 60 groups are officially opposed to new coal and are working together under the Stop Climate Chaos banner. Combined these groups have a membership of over 4 million UK adults. Of these groups WDM, OXFAM, Christian Aid,...