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Student Activist Victory: U Mass Divests From Fossil Fuel

May 28, 2016 Robert P. Connolly, www.umass.edu , , ,
By Robert P. Connolly for UMass Amherst - BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts today became the first major public university to divest its endowment from direct holdings in fossil fuels. The decision was made by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors of the UMass Foundation, a separate not-for-profit corporation that oversees an endowment whose value was $770 million at the end of the last fiscal year. The decision followed a series of developments that signaled the University community’s desire to fight climate change.

Fossil Fuel Investments Growing Riskier for Insurers

May 26, 2016 Zahra Hirji, www.insideclimatenews.org , ,
By Zahra Hirji for Inside Climate News - The 40 largest insurance companies in the United States have $237 billion invested in electric and gas utilities, $221 billion tied to oil and gas companies and nearly $2 billion locked into coal, a new report reveals. With nearly a half-trillion dollars in bonds, equity and other holdings tied to the fossil fuel industry, an analysis published Tuesday by the sustainability group Ceres says insurers should be evaluating their investment exposure to climate change risks.

Watching The Rails: One Community’s Quest For Safety

May 23, 2016 Kathleen Sutcliffe, www.earthjustice.org ,
By Kathleen Sutcliffe for Earth Justice - WHEN FOSSIL FUEL POLLUTERS NEED A PLACE TO DO THEIR DIRTIEST AND MOST DANGEROUS WORK, they tend to locate their operations in places where they believe people have less power, often in low-income communities or communities of color. Faced with a deadly new threat, residents in one predominately African-American community are organizing their neighbors and allies from far and wide—building the power to take on a Fortune 500 company and complacent regulators.

Why The Leap Manifesto Is Common Sense

May 22, 2016 Joanna Kerr, www.greenpeace.org , , ,
By Joanna Kerr for Green Peace. The response from politicians and commentators to the Leap Manifesto, a policy proposal to government from Canadian civil society, has been surprising. Much of the proposals contained in the manifesto flow from an acceptance of things we know to be true: that climate change is real and threatens our society and economy, that some groups of Canadians are more disadvantaged than others, and that dirty energy affects Indigenous communities on the frontlines of industrial sites foremost, to name a few. Far from being an elite and far-fetched radical proposal, the Leap Manifesto, with its roots in the country’s diverse civil society and the latest scientific research, reveals the zeitgeist of how Canadians want to live and do business with one another.

Activists Vow To Keep Fossil Fuel Industry On Notice

May 19, 2016 Martha Baskin, www.truth-out.org , ,
By Martha Baskin for Truthout - They call it a tipping point. It began with the "Shell No" mobilization last spring, when activists in Portland and Seattle thwarted the oil giant's Arctic drilling plans. Now, after days of successful mass actions with the Break Free From Fossil Fuels campaign, in which thousands of protesters on six continents took defiant action earlier this month to keep fossil fuels in the ground, from the coal fields of Germany to the oil wells in Nigeria, a cross-regional campaign that's taken root in the Pacific Northwest is vowing to continue the momentum.

Climate Activists Block Port Of Albany ‘Bomb Trains’ In New York

May 17, 2016 John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us , ,
By John Zangas for DC Media Group - Albany NY — Over 2,000 climate activists took part in a mass demonstration and blockade of a rail yard leading to a crude oil site run by Global Partners at the Port of Albany on Saturday. The action was a protest of so-called “bomb trains” which transport a volatile form of crude oil. It was organized with a coalition of over 100 groups, including Climate Disobedience Center, AVillage, and 350.org. The blockade was also coordinated with over 20 other protests being held over two weeks on six continents, named “Break Free From Fossil Fuels,” to demand rapid transition to renewable energy.

Civil Disobedience Is Only Way Left To Fight Climate Change

May 14, 2016 Kara Moses, www.theguardian.com , ,
By Kara Moses for The Guardian - Right now, thousands of people are taking direct action as part of a global wave of protests against the biggest fossil fuel infrastructure projects across the world. We kicked off earlier this month by shutting down the UK’s largest opencast coal mine in south Wales. Last Sunday, around 1,000 people closed the world’s largest coal-exporting port in Newcastle, Australia and other bold actions are happening at power stations, oil refineries, pipelines and mines everywhere from the Philippines, Brazil and the US, to Nigeria, Germany and India.

The Coal Vs. Fracking Canard

May 14, 2016 Mitch Jones, www.foodandwaterwatch.org , , ,
By Mitch Jones for Food & Water Watch - Following a recent report from the Department of Energy that 66 percent of natural gas produced in the United States comes from fracked wells and news that March was the third straight “hottest month ever,” Mother Jones has published a piece – for a second time this year – that argues that fracking for natural gas is a valuable, even necessary, tool in the fight against climate change because it displaces coal. Both pieces were written by ClimateDesk Associate Producer Tim McDonnell.

Break Free Protest Escalates Fight Against Fossil Fuels

May 13, 2016 Deirdre Fulton, www.commondreams.org ,
By Deirdre Fulton for Common Dreams - Days after the Colorado Supreme Court denied two cities local authority to regulate fracking, hundreds of climate activists descended Thursday on a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction in Lakewood, just outside Denver, kicking off four days of major direct actions against fossil fuels across the United States. In addition to the Lakewood demonstration and a larger mobilization elsewhere in Colorado on Saturday, protests and civil disobedience actions are scheduled to take place between Thursday and Sunday in and around Anacortes, Washington...

Fight World’s Dirtiest Energy, Corporate Coups & How East Was Lost

May 12, 2016 Eleanor Goldfield, www.occupy.com , , ,
By Eleanor Goldfield for Occupy - This week: Break Free from fossil fuels, rebel against the fracking infrastructure, glean some inspiration from our European anti-corporate coup comrades and join the fight against lame ducks and their sneaky deals. Finally, Raed Jarrar has lived our Middle East policy and is now working to change it. But first, lunacy's loop: god and war.

Break Free From Fossil Fuels Worldwide Momentum

May 10, 2016 Break Free Team, www.PopularResistance.org , , ,
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.

Turning Up Heat On Those Who Are Wrecking Planet Earth

May 6, 2016 Bill McKibben, www.theguardian.com ,
By Bill McKibben for The Guardian - The moment when, oh, marine biologists across the Pacific begin weeping in their scuba masks as they dive on reefs bleached of life in a matter of days. The moment when drought in India gets deep enough that there are armed guards on dams to prevent the theft of water. The moment when we record the hottest month ever measured on the planet, and then smash that record the next month,and then smash that record the next month? The moment when scientists reassessing the stability of the Antarctic ice sheet have what one calls an ‘OMG moment’ and start talking about massive sea level rise in the next 30 years?

The Leap Manifesto Is A Path To Jobs And Justice

April 28, 2016 Crystal Lameman, www.theglobeandmail.com , ,
By Crystal Lameman for The Globe and Mail - You might find that strange if you’ve read the media reports calling its authors latte-sipping Toronto elites. I’m not exactly part of that class: I’m an indigenous mother of two from the Beaver Lake Cree Nation, in the heart of Alberta’s oil industry. From where I stand, the Leap Manifesto isn’t an attack on Albertans or its workers. It’s a gift, offering us a pathway to a more humane, healthy and livable province, one that honours the treaty rights of indigenous peoples and meets the needs of all its inhabitants.

Using “Public Trust” To Frame “Break Free From Fossil Fuels” Actions

April 28, 2016 Staff, www.usa.breakfree2016.org , ,
By Staff of Break Free 2016 - Fundamental principles embodied in the laws and constitutions of countries around the world provide strong bases for such a claim. Basic human and constitutional rights include the unalienable rights to life and liberty. Under the “public trust doctrine,” governments must manage the vital natural resources on which human well-being depends for the benefit of all present and future generations. Governments have no right to authorize their destruction to the detriment of constitutional rights to life, liberty and property. These legal rights can serve as an important frame for the public messaging and legal strategy of climate-protecting civil disobedience.

‘Neutral Is Not Acceptable’:Protests For Colleges To Go Fossil Free

April 28, 2016 Nika Knight, www.commondreams.org , , ,
By Nika Knight for Common Dreams - A series of sit-ins and protests urging universities to divest their endowments from fossil fuels gained new strength this week, as students at the University of Montana, Vassar College, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison launched their own actions to combat climate change. Two nights in a row, on Monday and Tuesday multiple students at Northern Arizona University (NAU) were arrested for taking part in a nonviolent action demanding their school divest from oil and gas companies.
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