Years of Climate Activism Bring Three Huge Victories

Years of Climate Activism Bring Three Huge Victories

 “Tears of Joy! We Won!”: Friends of the Earth Europe Celebrates the Shell Ruling Climate activists just scored three historic victories against Big Oil that show the tide is slowly but surely turning in the fight to address the climate crisis.  On the...
350Marin and Allies Protest Novato Costco Mega-Gas Plan

350Marin and Allies Protest Novato Costco Mega-Gas Plan

Silke Valentine, 350Marin Steering Committee member and Marin Sierra Club Board member speaks at the rally On Saturday, 2/20/21, a crowd organized by Novato citizens and environmental allies 350Marin, 350 Bay Area, the Sierra Club, Green Novato and Sustainable Novato...
2nd Largest Solar Farm in World Goes Online in China

2nd Largest Solar Farm in World Goes Online in China

2.2 Gigawatt Longyangxia Solar Park in China.  Image courtesy Sungrown Press Release Massive solar arrays are starting to spring up around the world, particularly in Asia.  That’s because the lifetime cost per megawatt hour of PV Solar has been plummeting,...
Big Oil Uses Virus as Cover to Build XL Pipeline

Big Oil Uses Virus as Cover to Build XL Pipeline

Worker coats the Keystone XL pipeline after welding From the Guardian:   Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline The oil industry saw its opening and moved with breathtaking speed to take advantage of this moment Bill...
NYC and London Mayors Call On All Cities to Divest

NYC and London Mayors Call On All Cities to Divest

 ‘We are calling on other cities to stand with us.’ New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and London mayor Sadiq Kahn (right). Photograph: Pacific Press/LightRocket  From Guardian UK by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and London mayor Sadiq Kahn:   “It’s clear...
Climate Protesters Halt Harvard-Yale Game

Climate Protesters Halt Harvard-Yale Game

File photo of Yale/Harvard game From CNN:   The Harvard-Yale football game was delayed Saturday after more than a hundred students and alumni flooded the field to protest against the schools’ endowments from fossil fuel companies.   “Nobody wins. Yale...