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Re-imagine What's Possible... and Re-invent the Future

Young people are crucial in the global transition from dirty to clean energy. We also must play a pivotal role in re-envisioning and re-inventing our society to fully harness the potential within a cl… more »

It's Getting Hot In Here

Re-imagine What's Possible... and Re-invent the Future — 5 comments

Lindsey Franklin wrote 4 days ago: Young people are crucial in the global transition from dirty to clean energy. We also must play a pi … more »

Tags: Global Warming, Political Participation, youth leaders

Utility Headquarters Overtaken by Earth First! No More Business as Usual — 10 comments

Mattie Reitman wrote 1 week ago: Columbus, OH — At 11:30am Monday morning, about 100 Earth First! activists occupied the headqu … more »

Tags: Coal, Corporate Responsibility, Direct action, Global Warming, Impacted Communities, News and Media

Indigenous Call for Action Answered by Youth/Environmental Groups -- act now! — 1 comment

dannywv wrote 2 weeks ago: This is copy & pasted from a post on SEAC’s Threshold blog by Aramie. Indigenous Call for … more »

Tags: Climate Justice, united states

Oil in America's Breadbasket — 9 comments

Morgan wrote 2 weeks ago: Alarming News from Rural South Dakota Guest post from Felicia Barnes of the University of South Dak … more »

Tags: Global Warming, Oil, oil refinery, South Dakota, Tar Sands

Breaking: Young VA Activists Blockade Dominion HQ — 13 comments

Alex Krogh-Grabbe wrote 2 weeks ago: This morning in Richmond, Virginia, twelve activists from Blue Ridge Earth First! were arrested whil … more »

Crowds gather to watch coal come crashing down — 4 comments

Matt Leonard wrote 2 weeks ago: In what is perhaps a beautiful foretelling of our energy future – crowds gathered in St. Paul Min … more »

Tags: Global Warming, bulldoze coal, Clean coal, Coal, Coal Moratorium, demolish coal, demolish smokestack, dirty coal, High Bridge

Winning and Losing in Wise Co., Va — 4 comments

meegee wrote 3 weeks ago: For the last year in Virginia we have been fighting tooth and nail against a new coal fired power pl … more »

Tags: act locally, Coal, mountain top removal, Political Participation

Peak-a-boo — 1 comment

Mattie Reitman wrote 3 weeks ago: You’ve heard it before - we are running out of stuff. Peak oil, peak food, peak xyz. Resource … more »

Tags: Economics, Resources

The Fight to Stop Cliffside is Not Over! — 9 comments

kittycarolina wrote 1 month ago: On March 25, 2008 Duke Energy broke ground and began construction on Cliffside, an 800 MW coal-fired … more »

Tags: act locally, Coal, Direct action, Global Warming, youth leaders

Good 50x70

theDavidMartin wrote 1 month ago: Need a break? The 2008 Good 50×70 contest winners have been posted—come check them out! … more »

Tags: Global Warming, Graphic Design

Coal Train stopped and occupied in UK! — 6 comments

Matt Leonard wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes, we all get a little caught up in talking and arguing about politics and our movement. Som … more »

Tags: Climate Justice, Global Warming, Camp for Climate Action, Civil Disobedience, Coal, Coal Moratorium, coal train, coal train occupied, coal train stopped

Fuel prices spur international actions — 2 comments

amyortiz wrote 1 month ago: As I am sure most IGHIH readers are aware, the skyrocketing oil prices have driven diesel and gas pr … more »

Tags: Climate Justice, Economics, Europe, Impacted Communities, Jobs, Oil, Add new tag

ACTION NEEDED: Help Deal a Death Blow to Big Stone II — 1 comment

Juliana Williams wrote 1 month ago: After three years of fighting the construction of a second coal-fired power plant near Big Stone La … more »

Tags: act locally, climate policy, Coal, Global Warming, Political Participation, united states, youth leaders, big stone 2, Minnesota

Green-Collar Jobs or Rust-Belt Future? — 5 comments

summerrayneoakes wrote 1 month ago: This is a piece that I originally wrote for Treehugger.com and based off an op-ed for my local pape … more »

Tags: Government, act locally, Political Participation, green jobs, Summer Rayne Oakes, Climate Security Act, rust belt, Warner-Lieberman, Green Collar Jobs

Chevron, quickly becoming one of my least favorite companies on the planet. — 3 comments

Sparki wrote 1 month ago: Big oil is responsible for a lot of heinous crimes. They fund death squads cloaked as “private sec … more »

Tags: act locally, Climate Justice, Politics, Global Warming

Taking Mountain Top Removal Head-On, North Carolina Considers Ban

Jesse Jenkins wrote 1 month ago: Landmark Legislation Would End State’s Use of Coal from Controversial and Destructive Mining Pract … more »

Tags: Americas, Coal, Coal Campaign, extraction, Government, Impacted Communities, mountain top removal, Political Participation, Politics

The week in clean energy... — 6 comments

Matt Leonard wrote 1 month ago: Pretty exciting week for clean energy. Here’s a snippet of news I’ve been reading about … more »

Tags: Climate Justice, Clean Energy, Coal, CSP, Land Use, leiberman warner, offsets, PV, solar

Mountain Justice Summer Convenes in Harlan County USA — 1 comment

Sparki wrote 1 month ago: I am sure others will post more in greater detail, with pics, video and written reportbacks, but I j … more »

Tags: act locally, Climate Justice, Global Warming, appalachia, Coal, coal-fired power plants, Harlan County Kentucky, mountain justice

To Fight or Not to Fight? One Climate Activist's Coal Dilemma — 27 comments

Jesse Jenkins wrote 2 months ago: The role of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in our energy future has sparked a vigorous … more »

Tags: Americas, Cascade Region, climate challenge, Climate Justice, climate policy, Coal, efficiency, extraction, Global Warming


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