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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 …

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 …

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 …

It’s still time to remove Manchin from his dirty dealing chair

by DrewAction, allies, Home December 13, 2022December 13, 20223 comments

As we’ve been telling you, Senator Joe Manchin (jerkface-WV) continues to push for his zombie like dirty deal that would fast track fossil fuel infrastructure and harmfully impact frontline communities. But we haven’t mentioned lately that in addition to threatening our climate and communities, Manchin’s dirty deal is a huge conflict of interest. Manchin still …

This Indigenous People’s day, stand with native women to Stop Line 5

by DrewAction, allies, Home October 10, 2022October 10, 2022Comments are Disabled

We’ve told you before about the dangerous Line 5 pipeline proposal and the threat it poses to our climate, and the the Great lakes – the largest source of fresh water on earth. This is the final week that the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is accepting public comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement …

President Biden and Puerto Rican Governor Pierluisi in front of a super imposed image of Huricaine Fiona and a flooded street

Puerto Rico needs a reliable, clean, electric grid – not hugs and prayers.

by DrewAction, allies, Home October 5, 2022October 5, 20221 comment

President Biden made a welcome and empathetic trip to Puerto Rico this week. No paper towels were thrown. Don’t get me wrong, Biden is doing a much better job at disaster recovery than the defeated fossil fueled fascist Trump. But Puerto Rico needs more than prayers and empathy, they need a functioning power grid that’s …

Tell President Biden: No new offshore leases. Period Period Period.

by DrewAction, allies, Home October 4, 2022October 4, 20221 comment

We’ve told you before about President Biden’s promise to ban fossil fuel drilling on public lands and waters. But now there are only a few days left to tell Biden’s Interior Department to exclude offshore drilling from their 5 year plan. The current plan calls for 11 additional lease sales: 10 in the Gulf of Mexico, …

Sign now for a windfall profits tax: the world’s best way to stop big oil, without begging fossil fuel fascists.

by DrewAction, allies, Home July 19, 2022October 31, 20221 comment

October 31, 2022 Update: All this year we’ve been campaigning to get President Biden and Congress to support a windfall profits tax on Big oil. Well, today he came out and said it! This is the leadership we need to take on Big Oil’s price gouging and corporate greed. A windfall profits tax would help …

Tell FERC: no more excuses, deny the MVP extension request.

by DrewAction, allies, Home July 7, 2022July 13, 20224 comments

** Good News Update ** After hammering them with more than 5,000 comments and emails, FERC has agreed to extend the comment period on MVP’s extension request (a little) to July 29. This means we have two more weeks to keep gathering comments before we need to deliver. Here’s how to help with the new …

President Biden No New Drilling on Public Lands and Waters

Tell President Biden: No more drilling on public lands and waters

by DrewAction, allies, Home June 27, 2022June 27, 20221 comment

Red alert: the Biden administration is about to open more public lands and waters to new fossil fuel extraction. Biden has been at meeting of the world’s 7 biggest economies today (the G7). But the US, EU, and other big rich countries are all actively backing away from their commitments to act on climate change …