It’s time for people power. We’ve seen lobbying. We’ve seen voting. We’ve seen the Big Greens blow millions of dollars on legislation. None of it is working. Vote with your feet!
20 climate change activists face a Crown Court trial for defending the future of our planet. | Mobil
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Cross-posted from Ratcliffe on Trail Their crime: Planning to shut down the UK’s third largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions. Arrested
Tarsands: “an octopus with many, many tentacles.” Fortunately, our networks organize as swarms to take on this monster from many sides.
The octopus’ tentacles | Info | Missoula Independent
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“Why do Grist writers stand safely on the sidelines and criticize activists in the trenches?” We’re with you Tim, down with corporate power!
Attention, cap-and-trade fans: the carbon-tax people are not going away
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This past weekend, about 500 people gathered at Wesleyan College in Middletown, Conn., for the Pricing Carbon Conference. But most of the participants weren’t excited about pricing carbon via cap-and-trade; they were all about carbon taxes.
I know, we’re all aghast. Don Blankenship told us Massey had an average safety record, but in reality, there’s is the worst.
W. Va. mine blast: Coal firm had worst safety record
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Despite its claims that its safety record was “average,” no coal company had a worse fatality record than Massey Energy Co., an analysis by American University finds.