Last week at his State of the Union address, President Biden took time to call out the excessive profits the oil industry has been posting: BP had just announced a $27.7 billion profit for 2022, more than doubling last year’s earnings. This announcement comes at the tail end of a record-shattering fourth quarter and 2022 …
Read more “Big Oil is stealing from the working class. Tax their windfall profits!”
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 …
Read more “Zombie pipeline MVP is back. Water Protectors take action!”
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 …
Read more “The most important two words at tonight’s State of the Union: Climate. Emergency.”
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 …
Read more “Nerdy tweets and utility actions in a post Inflation Reduction Act world”
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 …
Read more “Tell the Forest Service to speak for the trees, no MVP”
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 …
Read more “Spark Joy(e) Extinguish Fossil Fuels – a beautiful day to honor a beautiful soul”
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 …
Read more “Stop Manchin’s FERC – a report-back and a new report”
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 …
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 …
Read more “This January 6, ban fossil fueled fascists from the ballot.”
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 …
Read more “2 victories, 6 charts, 1 map, and a whole lot of pictures”