Next Monday, January 20, Donald Trump — a fossil fueled fascist who has called climate change a ‘hoax’ — will be sworn in as President. Again. Framed by dysfunction in Congress and the continuing wildfire crisis in Los Angeles, it’s a depressing, disheartening moment. But while I think this is a moment to panic, I …
Welcome to our annual charts and graphs email. We started this little tradition at the end of 2017, the end of the first year of Trump’s first term in office. The idea, then and now, is two-fold: Here’s all the charts and graphs as a slide deck. Here’s a link to the book “Panic Now” …
We know it’s a dark time of year and a lot of us are taking time to dream deeply and process the events of the last few months. But all year long we’ve taken action to fight fossil fuels, finance, and fascism. Many thanks to all of you who’ve had our backs along the way …
At long last, President Biden’s Department of Energy report on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports is out, available for public review, and comment. There’s more below on what I think is good, bad, and wanting in this report; But the short version for busy NVDA climate activists is this: The report is pretty good, and …
We’ve been telling you for a little while about how New York’s legislature passed a groundbreaking bill to make Big Oil pay for climate damages last spring. The Climate Change Superfund Act (S.2129B and A.3351B) would force fossil fuel companies to pay their fair share for climate damages in New York State. But Governor Hochul refuses to sign the bill to make polluters …
Read more “Tell Governor Hochul to Make Polluters Pay for Climate Chaos”
We’re all worried about what Trump’s election means for the fight against climate change and the next four years. If you’re anything like me or most of our movement, you’ve spent the last two weeks in a sort of daze – trying to make meaning of the moment and see the path forward, together, without …
Since the election, we’ve been telling you how President Biden needs to take immediate action to Trump-proof climate action. But what about Congress? We need the election results to radicalize our friends in Congress. We need them fighting every fight, delaying anything that could help Trump, and going after the fossil fuel industry — so …
President Biden has until February to define and update what is the US’ fair share of climate action in a warming world. But just at the moment we need President Biden to step up and cement his legacy with bold action, US Negotiators have reportedly backed away from international action to stop climate chaos. The …
Read more “Tell President Biden: This is our last chance to do our fair share on climate!”
We don’t know what’s going to happen with the election this year. Nobody does, not for sure. But we do know that Trump and his MAGA minions are fully self-proclaimed fossil fueled fascists. And we do know, based on past experience, what to expect from Trump and his team on election night and in the …
Read more “An Anti Fossil Fuel Fascist guide to election night 2024”
This fall has been a roller coaster ride of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) news: First, courts struck down several projects FERC had approved, and which we had protested, and ordered them not just to reconsider, but to re-do the whole permitting process on them; Then, we took those demands to the September FERC meeting …