Pope Francis Joe Biden fire earth meme

Pope Francis is right, it’s time to stop burning fossil fuels.

Pope Francis has written another good and timely encyclical calling the catholic faithful and all people of good moral conscience to action on climate change. Since it’s a Sunday we thought we’d share it – you can read it here and I endorse this summary of it by David Wallace Wells. And while it’s always …

Tell President Biden to declare a climate emergency

Leading in the wrong direction: Tell President President Biden to declare climate an emergency & stop all new fossil fuels

This week, President Biden’s Department of Energy announced that US exports of crude oil set a new record high — averaging 3.99 million barrels per day (b/d). It’s the most oil we’ve exported, ever, since the crude oil export ban was lifted in 2015. Coincidentally (or not), ExxonMobil announced it is acquiring a major rival …

Pray for peace and audit the pentagon

Stupid money: Tell the Senate to Audit the Pentagon

PS in advance – As many of you hav heard Senator Dianne Feinstein died on Friday at her home in Washington DC, she was 90. Feinstein was not always an ally of the modern climate movement, but she was an icon. And while her extremely long tenure (she was the oldest serving senator, and the …

Tell President Biden to veto the Fossil Fuel Fascist NDAA

Tell President Biden to veto the fossil fascist NDAA

The National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, is an annual must-pass piece of spending legislation. But this year, extreme Republicans in control of the U.S. House of Representatives have gotten their dirty hands on it, and turned it into a fossil fueled fascist wish list. Fortunately, the Senate took a different path. But they’re still …

Biden Declare a climate emergency

Practically nothing – Biden still hasn’t declared a climate emergency

In case you missed it – President Biden gave an interview to the Weather Channel, released yesterday, in which he first seemed to forget whether he’d declared a climate emergency, and then when asked to clarify if he has issued an emergency declaration, Biden said: “Practically speaking, yes.” This is a lie. Biden has not …

Biden Declare a climate emergency

Tell President Biden to declare a climate emergency before September’s climate ambition summit

Welcome to the 2023 summer of climate chaos, the perfect time to declare a climate emergency. As I write this, Texas is beginning it’s third week of record-breaking heat, with temperatures in the triple digits across the south, west, and Mexico. Oregon and Montana are both grappling with lawsuits that lay the blame for recent …

Rep Rashida Tlaib speaks at our DC rally to end the era of fossil fuels

Smoked, but not defeated, to end the era of fossil fuels

From June 8-12 thousands of us took action to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels. It was amazing. There were more than 67 actions across 26 states – from a 300 person rally where nearly 100 people risked arrest in choking wildfire smoke to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline outside the White …

End the era of fossil fuels

Keep hope sharp like an axe, and let’s end the era of fossil fuels.

June 7 update – As you’ve no doubt heard, the Northeast is blanketed in smoke from Western Canada’s wildfires. It’s led to some dramatic pictures of the New York skyline, terrible air quality that’s making people sick, and (re)awakened a lot of people to the need for urgent action on the climate crisis. RSVPS are …