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“Energy Without Injury”: From Redwood Summer To Break Free

By Desiree Hellegers for Counter Punch - On Sunday, May 15, more than a hundred climate change kayaktivists took to the waters of Padilla Bay in Anacortes, Washington, risking arrest to land on the banks of the Tesoro oil refinery. In the shadow of the refinery smoke stacks, they unfurled banners calling attention to the potentially lethal risks that fossil fuel workers confront each day on the job. “Seven Dead, No More Casualties, Tesoro Explosion April 2, 2010” read one banner focused on Tesoro’s checkered workplace safety record.

Break Free From Fossil Fuels Worldwide Momentum

By Break Free for Popular Resistance, Over the last week, a global wave of actions to keep fossil fuels in the ground has been gathering momentum all over the world. Words alone are not enough to describe how powerful this moment of action is. If you’ve missed any of it, here’s what’s happened so far in just the first 6 days of Break Free. . . Over the last week, a global wave of actions to keep fossil fuels in the ground has been gathering momentum all over the world. Words alone are not enough to describe how powerful this moment of action is. If you’ve missed any of it, here’s what’s happened so far in just the first 6 days of Break Free. The next few days will be incredible too -- not least because together these actions set the stage for the just transition to 100% renewable energy that this overheating planet needs.

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