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Alarming News from Rural South Dakota Guest post from Felicia Barnes of the University of South Dakota For the past few years, the University of South Dakota has used the term ‘extraordinary’ as part of its advertising campaign, used to describe the kind of educational environment that produces famous alumni such as Tom Brokaw and Al Neuharth. [...] Alarming News from Rural South Dakota Guest post from Felicia Barnes of the University of South Dakota For the past few years, the University of South Dakota has used the term ‘extraordinary’ as part of its advertising campaign, used to describe the kind of educational environment that produces famous alumni such as Tom Brokaw and Al Neuharth. [...]

Well ask and you shall receive I guess… We’ve all been calling on the BLM to stop being an Energy Delayer and lift a moratorium that locked up the vast reserves of solar energy located on federal lands. Today, the BLM announced that they would lift the planned twenty-two month moratorium on land it stewards in [...]Well ask and you shall receive I guess… We’ve all been calling on the BLM to stop being an Energy Delayer and lift a moratorium that locked up the vast reserves of solar energy located on federal lands. Today, the BLM announced that they would lift the planned twenty-two month moratorium on land it stewards in [...]

I’ve got to hand it to Harry Reid - he’s willing to speak truth in a way most politicians never do. This video clip of Reid on Fox Business Network has exploded in the past 48 hours - garnering nearly 400,000 views on YouTube. “….. But the one thing we we fail to talk about [...]I’ve got to hand it to Harry Reid - he’s willing to speak truth in a way most politicians never do. This video clip of Reid on Fox Business Network has exploded in the past 48 hours - garnering nearly 400,000 views on YouTube. “….. But the one thing we we fail to talk about [...]

The SustainUS Agents of Change program is now accepting applications for its delegation to the UN Climate Negotiations, COP14, happening in Poznan, Poland this December.  We will be extending the application deadline to July 12, 2008 at 5pmEST.  COP14 will determine the future of international policy on climate change, and youth must make their voices [...] The SustainUS Agents of Change program is now accepting applications for its delegation to the UN Climate Negotiations, COP14, happening in Poznan, Poland this December.  We will be extending the application deadline to July 12, 2008 at 5pmEST.  COP14 will determine the future of international policy on climate change, and youth must make their voices [...]

Feel like you’re always moving too fast? Next time your in Tokyo, take the chance to slow down at a unique cafe on the outskirts of the city. Claire Tsai, one of our newest staff members from Taiwan, and I are currently working in Japan to build the 350 movement here and connect with organizations and [...]Feel like you’re always moving too fast? Next time your in Tokyo, take the chance to slow down at a unique cafe on the outskirts of the city. Claire Tsai, one of our newest staff members from Taiwan, and I are currently working in Japan to build the 350 movement here and connect with organizations and [...]

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings today issued a decision to halt construction of Georgia’s first proposed Coal-Fired power plant in twenty years. Judge Thelma Wyatt has charged the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) with failing to REGULATE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS from the plant, a decision that will have NATIONWIDE APPLICATION. This [...]Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings today issued a decision to halt construction of Georgia’s first proposed Coal-Fired power plant in twenty years. Judge Thelma Wyatt has charged the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) with failing to REGULATE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS from the plant, a decision that will have NATIONWIDE APPLICATION. This [...]

Actions spoke louder than words today as Blue Ridge Earth First! (BREF!) and Mountain Justice (MJ) blockaded Dominion’s Richmond Headquarters early this morning. The all-woman lock down team anchored a climber who hung off a suspension bridge in protest of the air permit awarded to the company’s proposed coal plant in St. Paul, Virginia last [...]Actions spoke louder than words today as Blue Ridge Earth First! (BREF!) and Mountain Justice (MJ) blockaded Dominion’s Richmond Headquarters early this morning. The all-woman lock down team anchored a climber who hung off a suspension bridge in protest of the air permit awarded to the company’s proposed coal plant in St. Paul, Virginia last [...]

This morning in Richmond, Virginia, twelve activists from Blue Ridge Earth First! were arrested while participating in a blockade of the Dominion property on Tredegar Street. The blockade was to protest the development of Dominion’s coal-fired power plant in Wise County, VA and the construction of new reactors at the Lake Anna nuclear facility. If [...]This morning in Richmond, Virginia, twelve activists from Blue Ridge Earth First! were arrested while participating in a blockade of the Dominion property on Tredegar Street. The blockade was to protest the development of Dominion’s coal-fired power plant in Wise County, VA and the construction of new reactors at the Lake Anna nuclear facility. If [...]

The World Youth Forum in advance of the G8 Summit has just concluded; it was an amazing weekend for sharing best practices, planning for future campaigns and taking action on the spot. Organized by the Japan Youth G8 Project, A SEED Japan, and the Japanese Youth Ecology League, the summit brought together close to [...]The World Youth Forum in advance of the G8 Summit has just concluded; it was an amazing weekend for sharing best practices, planning for future campaigns and taking action on the spot. Organized by the Japan Youth G8 Project, A SEED Japan, and the Japanese Youth Ecology League, the summit brought together close to [...]

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 [...]