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Is There A Light of Hope Beneath the Mud?

Salvadoran mudslides: A plea for climate change solutions and holistic water policy 1
Posted 1 week, 3 days ago Torrents of mud and boulders flattened villages in El Salvador recently, leaving over 100 people dead and thousands homeless. From all indications, climate change will be most acutely felt in an escalating frequency and ferocity of floods and droughts. It’s chilling to think that we ought to expect much more of this kind of devastation in the coming years.
We have met the deniers, and they are us 173
Posted 1 week, 6 days ago James Inhofe. Marc Morano. George W. Bush. As deniers of climate change, they're amateurs compared to us activists and environmentalists. Even though we're believers, not skeptics, our denial is far more insidious and subtle.
It's not in the halls of Congress

The power of the people 0
Posted 3 weeks ago What is the one thing most needed right now if we are to win the race against climate change? Oct. 24 showed us: a visible, growing, mass movement in the streets.
Forum by forum, building a road to Copenhagen

Clean Energy Forums are popping up in target states across the country. What about your state? 0
Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago From coast to coast, teams of young volunteers are organizing Clean Energy Forums. As part of Focus the Nation's campaign Community and the Road to Copenhagen, young organizers are engaging their communities for a day of climate dialogue and reaching out to their senators to join the conversations.
cheerful, huh?

Children and riot police face off in Canadian “Moms” video 4
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago The Canadian campaign Moms Against Climate Change just released a disturbing short video. And its website will grab your attention too.
Is Civil society too polite to rise to the climate challenge?

Global civil society starts to take up the climate challenge 0
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago Environmentalists have been looking forward to the Copenhagen climate talks this December with a mixture of dread and expectation, as it may be the last opportunity to craft a global climate treaty as we barrel towards dangerous tipping points pointed out by leading scientists. Yet, as environmental organizations started to prepare to mobilize their members, send out their lobbyists, and make their arguments for climate action, there is new momentum from both ordinary citizens and unusual partners.
a climactic day

Thousands gather worldwide on day of climate protests 4
Posted 1 month ago Kicking off with thousands gathering on the steps of Sydney's iconic Opera House, global warming protests took place around the world Saturday to mark 50 days before the UN climate summit. Here's a round-up of the events.
Action pact day

Find an action. Shout 350. Tell us about it! 7
Posted 1 month ago There's still time to find the biggest, weirdest, adorablest, most inspirational, or flat-out nearest event for Saturday's International Day of Climate Action. Here are a few examples.
1Tweet to rule them all

1Sky looks to Twitter for climate movement’s next rallying cry 0
Posted 1 month ago Join 1Sky's "1Climate, 1Tweet" contest to become the voice of the climate movement this fall.
What a difference a day makes

Day of Climate Action shows power of web organizing. Join us! 2
Posted 1 month ago By Bill McKibben, Chip Giller The 350.org campaign has gone viral in recent weeks, in the lead-up to the International Day of Climate Action. There will be more than 4,000 events in almost 170 countries on Oct. 24—pretty much every place that isn’t Burma or North Korea. Join author/activist Bill McKibben, Grist founder Chip Giller, and people around the globe to demand real climate action.
Climate Citizens, Activate!

What will you do for International Day of Climate Action on Oct. 24? 5
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago Got plans for Saturday, Oct. 24? Join up with climate-concerned citizens around the globe for the first-ever International Day of Climate Action, to demand that world leaders get moving in the fight against climate change. More than 3,000 events in 170 countries are in the works.
all together now

Calling all radicals: Unite for Kerry-Boxer 32
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago As an activist who has been arrested for civil disobedience, organized national climate mobilizations, protested outside of coal plants, and worked for Greenpeace, I am calling on my friends and colleagues to fight for the Kerry-Boxer "Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act" and a strong global treaty in Copenhagen.
Stop being so $@%!ing polite

Dispassion as the world ends: The absent heart of the great climate affair 110
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago Where is the passion? Global climate disruption foreshadows the demise of civilization and the failure of our life-support systems. In the face of all this, climate activists talk in measured tones and offer up data-driven litanies of climate science and industrial "solutions." We need a passionate response to the climate crisis. Will you chime in and add your voice?
Make it pretty

What Bill McKibben learned from the gay rights march 2
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago If the mainstream media is going to largely ignore a mass demonstration on the national mall—such as Sunday’s National Equality March for gay rights—public demonstrations might as well be small, numerous, and spread all over, says 350.org founder Bill McKibben.
They got the power

The place to be if you’re young and you care about the climate: Power Shift ‘09 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago The Energy Action Coalition is kicking off 11 Power Shift youth summits across the country, where young people will gather to demand climate action from President Obama and Congress and get training and inspiration for on-the-ground activism.
Today and Always

Gandhi today 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago On Oct. 2, 140 years ago, Mohandus Gandhi was born in Gujarat province in India. I didn’t learn this from the New York Times, CNN, or any other mainstream media source. I didn’t learn about it from progressive media outlets, although it is very possible that one or more of them publicized it and I missed it.
OUTFLANKED

‘No compromise’ faction attacks climate bill 104
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Acolytes of climatologist James Hansen are not happy with the climate legislation coming out of Washington. And boy do they have some strange ways of showing it.
and not with chump change

Want a Strong Climate Bill? Then Pay Up! 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Amigo, Can You Spare a BTU?

Mexican peasants pay the price for U.S. energy consumption 3
Posted 2 months ago Chances are, the average U.S. citizen has no idea that their demand for electricity might require that a Mexican village be flooded for a hydroelectric dam.
Did Melissa Etheridge need to "wake up" too?

Thousands send Global Climate Wake-Up Call to world leaders, leave messages 2
Posted 2 months ago Thousands of activists Monday called out world leaders for their loads of lip-flapping and foot-dragging on climate action. Literally. The voicemail message they left? Quit hitting snooze and wake up to the threat of climate change. See the photos and videos of the Wake-Up Calls.