June 5 update – Big news for North Carolinians who hate fossil fuels: more than 1000 people have signed our petition to Duke opposing the two new fossil fuel power plants in Person and Catawba counties. But the first hearings are tonight and we’re still looking for help filing official intervenor comments and delivering all …
We told you in April about how, after years of campaigning, we’ve got a shut down date for the last coal-fired power plant in New England. And we told you in May about how we delivered all your comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) telling them to stop forward capacity payments for dirty gas! …
In less than three weeks days, the Summer of Heat will launch with actions to shut down Citibank’s HQ every day, for an entire week – June 10-14. We already kicked things off with the Spring spark actions, which shut down fossil fuel funding banks in lots of cities, including a two day shutdown of …
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A few weeks ago, the Biden administration has approved the construction of the Sea Port Oil Terminal, or SPOT, over our very loud objections. SPOT is poised to be the biggest offshore oil terminal in the U.S, which will increase cancer-causing air pollutants in Texas’ Brazoria and Harris counties and make climate change worse. The …
May 23 — That’s a wrap! We went back to FERC this morning for the third and final of our #UnFrackFERC spring action series. We started with a great rally and speak out that featured numerous statements from frontline communities impacted by FERC decisions this month. Then we had a big crew of folks inside …
Like a lot of you, I’ve been horrified by the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and we’ve spoken out repeatedly and forcefully for a ceasefire, and in support of public protest and comment against the war. But there’s a more direct connection between fossil fuels and the ongoing war: Chevron. The Chevron Corporation fuels Israel’s war …
Yesterday, I wrote an update on how Wall Street banks and hedge funds are investing in fossil fuels and climate chaos. Today I’m here to tell you how they’re funding fascism and Donald Trump. Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Chase are some of the biggest donors to the Heritage Foundation. The Heritage …
Even as climate-fueled disasters continue to ravage our communities, Wall Street banks continue to lend our money —billions upon billions of dollars of it — to fossil fuel projects every year. Last year was the hottest year ever recorded. Every month this year has set a new global heat record. And just days ago scientists …
With millions of users Facebook has a fundamental obligation to promote transparency, fairness, and combat misinformation like climate and election denial. But Meta — which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads — has proposed shutting down a key transparency tool called CrowdTangle just weeks before the 2024 election! Meta has a history of failing to shut …
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The Israeli military has begun a ground invasion of Rafah, seizing the border crossing with Egypt and cutting off vital aid. Rafah was one of the last areas of Gaza that was a declared safe zone, and the center for all humanitarian aid distribution. Almost the entire population of Gaza was displaced into Rafah and …
Read more “Call now to tell President Biden: Rafah was the red line, Ceasefire now”