We’re all worried about what Trump’s election means for the fight against climate change and the next four years. If you’re anything like me or most of our movement, you’ve spent the last two weeks in a sort of daze – trying to make meaning of the moment and see the path forward, together, without …
Since the election, we’ve been telling you how President Biden needs to take immediate action to Trump-proof climate action. But what about Congress? We need the election results to radicalize our friends in Congress. We need them fighting every fight, delaying anything that could help Trump, and going after the fossil fuel industry — so …
This fall has been a roller coaster ride of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) news: First, courts struck down several projects FERC had approved, and which we had protested, and ordered them not just to reconsider, but to re-do the whole permitting process on them; Then, we took those demands to the September FERC meeting …
What a blast! We had an amazing action at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) this morning. You can read the whole story in our press release, which includes a link to loads more photos and videos, or watch a whole LONG livestream from outside with lots of speakers and blockades and more. But for …
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We told you a few weeks ago about our plan to attend the September 19 meeting of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and shut down this rubber stamping agency at a critical moment for our climate and the US fossil fuel export industry. In case you missed our planning call last week, here’s an …
Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Youth are asking you to join them in calling the White House to Shut Down the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The Biden-Harris Administration’s Army Corps of Engineers has the opportunity to do the right thing by immediately shutting down the DAPL and revoking all permits. Taking clear action to Shut …
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Last Spring, we fought to UnFrack FERC (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) and the Fall of FERC in September is our chance to end this imperial outpost of fossil fuels. With grassroots movements escalating against fossil fuels and federal Courts finally validating our arguments and issuing real consequences for FERC’s failures – is this the …
Meet the GulfLink export terminal, the latest fossil fuel export terminal killing the planet and making a mockery of US goals on climate action. GulfLink would pump an additional 1 million barrels of crude oil per day to international buyers, creating an incredible 3.8 billion metric tons of climate-changing pollution. It’s also located (of course) …
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The climate has a money problem, but it’s not the way we spend taxpayer dollars (ok, we have that problem too) — it’s the Federal Reserve. In case you missed it, earlier this month the Fed blocked a global effort to regulate climate change, and the risk it poses to our communities and economy. A …
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March 4 – Final report! The global week of action has just wrapped up THANK YOU to everyone who signed petitions, shared on social media, came to actions in Hartford, New York, Houston, Boston, and beyond. Even more exciting, our actions have already had an effect! Probitas, one of the major insurers targeted in the …
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