Late last year, we asked several times to sign petitions, send comments, and take action aimed at getting the Biden Administration to stop the fossil fuel exports, especially LNG, that are wrecking our climate progress. Thanks to your support we’ve already delivered more than 200,000 comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the US …
State and local pension funds – the retirement savings of people like firefighters, teachers and cops, among others – own most of the stock market, and are among the biggest investors in fossil fuels. If you add up all the pensions and public investments managed by cities, states and communities it’s hundreds of billions of …
Dirty, dishonest, Dominion Energy – the principal company backing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline – is holding their annual shareholders meeting (AGM) online tomorrow, May 6. They hope that because the meeting is online this year, due to the pandemic, that we’ll stay home and not pressure them to stop investing in fossil fuels, especially the …
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2020 is shaping up to be the year of Divestment, and today is a great day to join in the fun! Right now, students at more than 50 college and university campuses are taking action today for Fossil Fuel Divestment Day and online using the hashtags hashtags #fossilfueldivestmentday & #F2D2. They’re taking a stand and …
We had a busy 2 days of action targeting dirty, dishonest, Dominion Energy at their shareholder meeting in Columbia SC this week. Check out the reportback video on all our actions, or scroll down to read an account of the more than 5 hours of meetings, speeches and actions. Once you see all the stuff …
All week we’ve been glued to the news – not the news from Helsinki (well, ok, that too) but the news from Louisiana where our friends fighting the Bayou Bridge Pipeline are entering a critical phase of the campaign. In case you need a refresher, the Bayou Bridge Pipeline (BBP) is the tail end of …
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I’ve got more good news this week: French Mega-bank BNP Paribas announced this that it’s cutting its funding for extreme oil and fracked gas projects in the US and Canada. While we (and our friends in France) will need to monitor the implementation and details, the news is REALLY GOOD. Specifically: BNP Paribas will not fund new …
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Venture Global, the massive fossil fuel company behind Calcasieu Pass (CP) 1 and 2 LNG (liquefied natural gas) export terminals has leached tons of mud and silt, contaminating nearby lakes and bayous. After initially denying responsibility, Venture Global has now admitted it broke the law and its promises to local communities, but has still not offered …
By now we hope you’ve heard of the Tesla Takedown – a fully autonomous, decentralized, peaceful movement to protest the main company behind Elon Musk’s obscene personal wealth and his ability to buy his way into political power. Every Saturday (mostly) thousands of people gather at hundreds of Tesla dealerships not to protest electric cars …
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One of the tenants of nonviolent direct action is the theory of mass noncooperation – that by withholding our labor (like a strike), our money (boycotts and divestment), and our political consent (disrupting hearings or government agencies) we can force change from authoritarian or fascist regimes. A key sign that non violent resistance movements are …
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