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In what is perhaps a beautiful foretelling of our energy future – crowds gathered in St. Paul Minnesota yesterday, to watch a coal smokestack come crashing down. Hundreds of people were on hand to witness the skyline and the air quality of the region become a little bit cleaner. The 570 foot [...]In what is perhaps a beautiful foretelling of our energy future – crowds gathered in St. Paul Minnesota yesterday, to watch a coal smokestack come crashing down. Hundreds of people were on hand to witness the skyline and the air quality of the region become a little bit cleaner. The 570 foot [...]

Today the price of oil is $140 a barrel. The average cost of gasoline per gallon is over $4 a gallon. Who’s losing in this and who is winning? Unfortunately, both are pretty obvious. It’s also pretty obvious not everyone is taking it sitting down. The Unemployed: In June, Continental Airlines [...]Today the price of oil is $140 a barrel. The average cost of gasoline per gallon is over $4 a gallon. Who’s losing in this and who is winning? Unfortunately, both are pretty obvious. It’s also pretty obvious not everyone is taking it sitting down. The Unemployed: In June, Continental Airlines [...]

In case anybody missed this a few days ago… Combined with the recent solar moratorium news, you begin to seriously wonder what our government is thinking. November can’t get here soon enough. In case anybody missed this a few days ago… Combined with the recent solar moratorium news, you begin to seriously wonder what our government is thinking. November can’t get here soon enough.

Maybe they thought when we said we needed a moratorium on coal we meant solar?? As much as I wish this was an Onion headline it was in The New York Times today. Seriously. In all their foresight and wisdom our federal government just put a moratorium on new solar projects on public land for at least [...]Maybe they thought when we said we needed a moratorium on coal we meant solar?? As much as I wish this was an Onion headline it was in The New York Times today. Seriously. In all their foresight and wisdom our federal government just put a moratorium on new solar projects on public land for at least [...]

For the last year in Virginia we have been fighting tooth and nail against a new coal fired power plant in Wise Co., Va, one of the few coal producing counties in this state, and a place where King Coal still definitely reigns, though today we dealt him a mighty blow. Below you will find a [...]For the last year in Virginia we have been fighting tooth and nail against a new coal fired power plant in Wise Co., Va, one of the few coal producing counties in this state, and a place where King Coal still definitely reigns, though today we dealt him a mighty blow. Below you will find a [...]

This summer, join people from throughout the southeast and beyond for the second annual Southeast Convergence for Climate Action. After the resounding success of last year’s convergence we are excited to continue the struggle for climate justice in the southeast with an engaging week of workshops, strategizing, and direct action! This year’s convergence will be [...] This summer, join people from throughout the southeast and beyond for the second annual Southeast Convergence for Climate Action. After the resounding success of last year’s convergence we are excited to continue the struggle for climate justice in the southeast with an engaging week of workshops, strategizing, and direct action! This year’s convergence will be [...]

Breakthrough Generation was just featured as a “Breakthrough Technology” on the technology news site, JumpIntoTomorrow.com: “Breakthrough Generation (BTG) – the youth leadership initiative of a progressive think tank called the Breakthrough Institute is advancing an innovative form of political organizing it calls “intellaction,” centered on the power of cutting-edge ideas, multidisciplinary analysis, and modern communication and [...]Breakthrough Generation was just featured as a “Breakthrough Technology” on the technology news site, JumpIntoTomorrow.com: “Breakthrough Generation (BTG) – the youth leadership initiative of a progressive think tank called the Breakthrough Institute is advancing an innovative form of political organizing it calls “intellaction,” centered on the power of cutting-edge ideas, multidisciplinary analysis, and modern communication and [...]

As a New Yorker, I want to extend a huge thank you to the Sustainable South Bronx for their legislative victory!  With SSBx lobbying, Albany passed a $4.50/sq foot green roof tax abatement policy! That translates into 25% of the cost of the green roof.  Why does this matter?  Jobs, food, efficiency –> an ecologically responsible, [...]As a New Yorker, I want to extend a huge thank you to the Sustainable South Bronx for their legislative victory!  With SSBx lobbying, Albany passed a $4.50/sq foot green roof tax abatement policy! That translates into 25% of the cost of the green roof.  Why does this matter?  Jobs, food, efficiency –> an ecologically responsible, [...]

Front Groups. You know - the groups that are usually paid by industry to pretend that they are somehow “fair and balanced”, and present some “neutral” perspective on an issue that JUST SO HAPPENS to reflect what industry wants? Groups that try to portray themselves as representing a certain constituency or set of views while really [...]Front Groups. You know - the groups that are usually paid by industry to pretend that they are somehow “fair and balanced”, and present some “neutral” perspective on an issue that JUST SO HAPPENS to reflect what industry wants? Groups that try to portray themselves as representing a certain constituency or set of views while really [...]

Bjorn Lomborg — the famous “Skeptical Environmentalist” — wrote an op-ed today for the Washington Post, “A Better Way Than Cap and Trade”, calling for a global investment of $33 billion per year in clean energy research and development (R&D). Lomborg’s support of large-scale public investments is yet another indicator that such an agenda has the [...]Bjorn Lomborg — the famous “Skeptical Environmentalist” — wrote an op-ed today for the Washington Post, “A Better Way Than Cap and Trade”, calling for a global investment of $33 billion per year in clean energy research and development (R&D). Lomborg’s support of large-scale public investments is yet another indicator that such an agenda has the [...]