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BIden Declare a Climate Emergency poster by Denali Nalamalapu

The most important two words at tonight’s State of the Union: Climate. Emergency.

by DrewAction, allies, Home February 7, 2023February 7, 2023Comments are Disabled

Tonight is the State of the Union address, where the President visits Congress to tell them his plans for the year ahead, and to brag on his achievements from last year. In the course of the speech tonight, Biden will probably talk about climate change, specifically the Inflation reduction Act and its various tax credits …

an image contrasting a polluted background with power lines and a clean foreground with solar panels separated by a gavel and town hall

Nerdy tweets and utility actions in a post Inflation Reduction Act world

by DrewAction, Home, Opinion February 4, 2023February 6, 2023Comments are Disabled

UPDATED Feb 6 -It’s been a busy week behind the scenes as we prepare a series of actions targeting utilities bad behavior, and especially fracked fossil gas. I was trying to get my head around some news and new reports, so I wrote a long twitter thread that drew some … unexpected reactions. I’ve added …

Tell the Forest Service to speak for the trees, no MVP

by DrewAction, allies, Home January 31, 2023January 31, 20231 comment

We’ve been telling you for years about the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), a 300+ mile long fracked-gas pipeline from fracking fields in West Virginia near Pennsylvania, through Virginia, and all the way into North Carolina. The project is still years behind schedule, drowning in debt, and which locals have fought on land, in the courts, on the …

Murdered by police while defending the forest

by DrewAction, allies, Home January 27, 2023January 27, 20232 comments

Last week, Manuel “Tortuguita” Páez Terán, was murdered by police while occupying a stretch of the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta. They were there to stop “Cop City” a massive, privately funded, police training and militarization compound. That same night, after murdering a peaceful forest defender, police arrested other comrades and charged them with domestic terrorism. Other activists and allies have been arrested …

Joye Braun day of action at the white house Jan 19 2023

Spark Joy(e) Extinguish Fossil Fuels – a beautiful day to honor a beautiful soul

by DrewAction, allies January 21, 2023January 24, 2023Comments are Disabled

Late Friday night we wrapped up the amazing Spark Joy(e), Extinguish Fossil Fuels day of action. If you missed the earlier posts and emails, this was to honor Joye Braun, a true warrior for climate justice and a force of nature who died late last year. In her honor, hundreds of people rallied in dozens …

A group holds a stop Manchin's FERC banner outside the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Stop Manchin’s FERC – a report-back and a new report

by DrewAction, allies, Home January 20, 2023January 24, 20233 comments

Quick message in solidarity and action with our fierce allies at Beyond Extreme Energy – I joined BXE today at an action targeting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) monthly meeting – the first since Democratic Chair Richard Glick was ousted by Joe Manchin late last year. I didn’t think much of Glick, as I’ve …

Spark Joy(e) Extinguish Fossil Fuels next week

by DrewAction, allies, Home January 13, 2023January 18, 20232 comments

January 18 – 2 important updates: Our original post is below, in case you want to check back on your local event or invite friends to join us. Late last year, our movement and our world lost Joye Braun, a true warrior for climate justice and a force of nature. In her honor, we are …

Ban Trump and all fossil fueled fascists under the 14th amendment

This January 6, ban fossil fueled fascists from the ballot.

by DrewAction, Home January 6, 2023January 6, 2023Comments are Disabled

Today is the second anniversary of the January 6 attempted coup, and things are very different .Last year, on the one year anniversary, we asked you to support Cori Bush’s resolution calling for insurrectionists to be expelled from Congress. Today, those same members — including but not limited to Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Andy Biggs …

2 victories, 6 charts, 1 map, and a whole lot of pictures

by DrewAction, Home, Opinion December 29, 2022February 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

Welcome to our annual charts and graphs summary — Where we try and present some data at the end of the year in a fun and easy to digest fashion. As in past years we’re including a slide deck and a video of this for the visually inclined. But if you’re a reader/writer type, scroll …

Was 2022 a year that changed everything?

by DrewAction, Home, Opinion December 27, 2022December 29, 20221 comment

Happy holidays to all! This post is a look back at 2022, which might end up being remembered as a year that changed everything (to borrow from Naomi Klein). This is a long post, full of links and references mostly to ourselves. It’s linked to by a short-er email, so as always, if you want …