Opinion Editorial from the U of O Climate Justice League, Beyond Fossil Fuels Campaign Contact: Zoe Weiss, CJL Beyond Fossil Fuels Campaign Coordinator, zweissz@gmail.com As coal plants in the United States continue to close, local organizations around the country appear to have struck a blow to the industry. But in reality, as coal consumption decreases in [...]
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Portland Rising Tide & CCN: Defending our Coast, Creatively
Portland, Ore. Three activists with Cascade Climate Network and Portland Rising Tide occupied a billboard at the corner of SE 12th and Sandy Blvd. Sunday afternoon to protest proposals for coal export terminals across the Northwest. The activists altered the billboard with a giant banner that listed five potential coal export sites along the Oregon and Washington coast, [...]
Weekend of Action to Protect the NW from Coal Exports Approaches
From helping to pass statewide renewable energy standards, to rallying to phase out the only coal plants in Washington and Oregon, efforts of youth activists have helped jumpstart the clean energy revolution in the Northwest. Now we’re uniting to take on what could be the biggest challenge yet: preventing our region from becoming a coal [...]
Bellingham Rights-Based Ordinance Proposed to Stop Coal Trains
This piece originally appeared on readthedirt.org. by: Coal Free Bellingham Posted on: January 27, 2012 Photo: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Editor’s Note: Bellingham has taken the first step in following the example of towns and municipalities like Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who have recently explicitly asserted their rights as autonomous communities. Pittsburgh has outlawed all Hydraulic [...]
The Int’l Energy Horizon, Fossil Fuels, Clean Energy, & Empty Promisess
Near the end of 2011, the Department of Energy’s US Energy Information Administration released its annual report on the prospects of international energy consumption and production. The “International Energy Outlook 2011″ came 301-pages-thick, providing mind numbing amounts of research on global energy supplies, markets, and new technologies. I’ve created an overly-abridged summary, to share the [...]
Green Tea Party Three!
Event Title & Host UW Green Tea party Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/120487031393942/ When? Thursday, Jan. 12th 2011 3:30-4:30 Where? Gerberding Hall B-40, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Office Why? Monthly forum to create dialog and communication between environmental student groups at UW Description DescriptionAre you interested in Environmental issues on the UW Campus? Are you a part of [...]
Chiquita Comes Out Against Tar Sands
Last Thursday the destructive Canadian Tar Sands industry was dealt a new blow when Chiquita Banana announced they would work to eliminate Tar Sands from their transportation footprint. Chiquita, the company responsible for one quarter of the U.S.’s bananas, was responding to a campaign led by ForestEthics and grassroots groups fighting Canada’s Tar Sands across [...]
Occupy Seattle: A New Phase for the Workers’ Movement
— PRESS RELEASE — December 13, 2011 CONTACT: Seattleportsolidarity@gmail.com [Note: This article was written by several members of Occupy Seattle who were closely involved with organizing for the December 12th West Coast Port Shut Down. Any opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect all of Occupy Seattle.] SEATTLE, Wash — Monday, December 12th, Occupy protesters and [...]
CLIMATE JUSTICE – Conversation over Coffee with Founders of Three Degrees Project
Event Title & Host CLIMATE JUSTICE – Conversation over Coffee with Founders of Three Degrees Project Website http://students.washington.edu/cdfuw/… When? Wednesday, December 7th @ 5PM Where? Cafe Allegro, 2nd floor (4214 University Way Northeast, Seattle) Why? Learn about the work of two young pioneers connecting climate change and social justice – leveraging the law and [...]
