Climate news

So, last year, Joe Romm at the always useful Climate Progress drafted, on their one year anniversary, a list of the top 10 climate blogs (based on the currency of the blogosphere - Technorati Rankings). It was a really useful list, as it made a lot of sites aware of each other and our relative [...]So, last year, Joe Romm at the always useful Climate Progress drafted, on their one year anniversary, a list of the top 10 climate blogs (based on the currency of the blogosphere - Technorati Rankings). It was a really useful list, as it made a lot of sites aware of each other and our relative [...]

Over the past week I’ve had the privilege of doing intensive on-the-ground work with folks around Ohio. Lots and lots of tabling :0) Of particular mention was some work I did Friday with the University of Dayton Sustainability Club. We were tabling in the Kennedy student center, gathering petition signatures to get Dr. Dan [...]Over the past week I’ve had the privilege of doing intensive on-the-ground work with folks around Ohio. Lots and lots of tabling :0) Of particular mention was some work I did Friday with the University of Dayton Sustainability Club. We were tabling in the Kennedy student center, gathering petition signatures to get Dr. Dan [...]

With nearly 53,000 students enrolled at the Columbus campus, fall quarter is finally about to start at The Ohio State University. The involvement fair was today, and Free the Planet! OSU was rocking it. At the end of the day, we collected over 500 new contacts through our 3 campaigns: Students for Food Sovereignty, which is [...]With nearly 53,000 students enrolled at the Columbus campus, fall quarter is finally about to start at The Ohio State University. The involvement fair was today, and Free the Planet! OSU was rocking it. At the end of the day, we collected over 500 new contacts through our 3 campaigns: Students for Food Sovereignty, which is [...]

Crossposted from the Green Jobs Now blog Our new video challenges Newt Gingrich’s 2 cent “solution”, and presents the Green Jobs Now alternative: lower gas and energy prices, more American jobs, and a healthier planet. “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” is a cute slogan, but it’s based on lies. The polluters are using high gas [...]Crossposted from the Green Jobs Now blog Our new video challenges Newt Gingrich’s 2 cent “solution”, and presents the Green Jobs Now alternative: lower gas and energy prices, more American jobs, and a healthier planet. “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” is a cute slogan, but it’s based on lies. The polluters are using high gas [...]

On September 20 the Cape Farewell Youth Expedition 08 finished in Iqaluit, Nunavut in Northern Canada. For 13 days, 28 international secondary school students sailed around the Arctic with a team of artists, scientists and media crew. The 28 students were from all walks of life and were selected by the British Council of Canada [...]On September 20 the Cape Farewell Youth Expedition 08 finished in Iqaluit, Nunavut in Northern Canada. For 13 days, 28 international secondary school students sailed around the Arctic with a team of artists, scientists and media crew. The 28 students were from all walks of life and were selected by the British Council of Canada [...]

From Cleveland resident and Oberlin alum Lora DiFranco: This past weekend was probably one of the best of my life. How can you top the combination of music, activism, and community? My friend Matt Scheuermann organized the weekend-long DIT Fest in Kent, Ohio because he wanted to exhibit how the “do-it-yourself” ethic can be a lot [...]From Cleveland resident and Oberlin alum Lora DiFranco: This past weekend was probably one of the best of my life. How can you top the combination of music, activism, and community? My friend Matt Scheuermann organized the weekend-long DIT Fest in Kent, Ohio because he wanted to exhibit how the “do-it-yourself” ethic can be a lot [...]

Oh yea, Power Vote‘n in MD, baby! This past weekend members of the Maryland Student Climate Coalition (MSCC) gathered to launch Power Vote in style, and set a stellar state goal of 40,000 total pledges! (Two Maryland High School students gathered 400 pledges in the 5 days after returning from the Mega Camp training in [...]Oh yea, Power Vote‘n in MD, baby! This past weekend members of the Maryland Student Climate Coalition (MSCC) gathered to launch Power Vote in style, and set a stellar state goal of 40,000 total pledges! (Two Maryland High School students gathered 400 pledges in the 5 days after returning from the Mega Camp training in [...]

Just yesterday, the SGA passed a student fee increase at the University of Maryland. The new legislation creates an additional student fee increase of 4 dollars in 2010, and later more or less depending on the market in the future. This ”could potentially purchase 100 percent of student consumption in clean, renewable energy,” according to the [...]Just yesterday, the SGA passed a student fee increase at the University of Maryland. The new legislation creates an additional student fee increase of 4 dollars in 2010, and later more or less depending on the market in the future. This ”could potentially purchase 100 percent of student consumption in clean, renewable energy,” according to the [...]

Wayne State’s campus in Detroit, Michigan was rocked this past weekend when bold student leaders from across the state came together for the Power Vote Campus Storm! Anybody who took part would tell you that it was quite the adventure both to attend and throw together the training crunch that drew in students from as [...]Wayne State’s campus in Detroit, Michigan was rocked this past weekend when bold student leaders from across the state came together for the Power Vote Campus Storm! Anybody who took part would tell you that it was quite the adventure both to attend and throw together the training crunch that drew in students from as [...]

Today, as Congress debated our energy future inside the hallowed halls of Capitol Hill, Oil Change International and members of Code Pink gathered outside to stage a visual representation of relationship between government and Big Oil: In bed, together.  And very naughty. Last week, scandal broke over illicit activities in the division of the Department of [...]Today, as Congress debated our energy future inside the hallowed halls of Capitol Hill, Oil Change International and members of Code Pink gathered outside to stage a visual representation of relationship between government and Big Oil: In bed, together.  And very naughty. Last week, scandal broke over illicit activities in the division of the Department of [...]