The International Tar Sands Resistance Summit begins one week from today near Missoula, Montana. Organized by Indigenous Environmental Network and Northern Rockies Rising Tide, the summit has the goal of building an international movement to effectively resist the most destructive industrial project on the planet, the Alberta Tar Sands. Concerned citizens and individuals representing tar [...]
Archive for the ‘Energy’ Category
4 Nov
The Climate Trial We Should Be having
If you don’t know Tim DeChristopher, or Bidder #70, this Friday is your chance to learn more about him and why he is facing many years in federal prison. His trial has been delayed eight times now, perhaps in an attempt to keep the public eye off contentious issues: the hawking of pristine public lands [...]
30 Oct
Help Wanted: Energy Vampire Slayers
In the spirit of Halloween, as we depart into that space between the living and the dead to fight werewolves and suck blood, we must beware of the Energy Vampires lurking in our homes. Here’s a note from Energy Secretary (Energy Vampire Slayer-in-Chief?) Steven Chu: “To date, there is no scientific evidence about the existence [...]
26 Oct
Joel Francis Offers Prop 23 Challenge: Explain Yourself Mr. Koch
I’m imagining the scenario in my mind’s eye: Joel Francis, the Cal State senior who challenged billionaire Charles Koch to meet him “anytime, anywhere in the state before election day” to debate Prop 23, shows up tomorrow afternoon at the office of Koch Industries in Wichita, Kansas. Ding-dong. “Hello?” “Yes, this is Joel Francis, California [...]
16 Oct
Live from the Bioneers Conference
I’m live tweeting from the Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, CA all weekend. You can follow along at @vanlenning, @Ecolocalizer or get the ecolocalizer Twitter widget Box. Founder Kenny Ausubel coined the word bioneers in 1990 to describe “an emerging culture of social and scientific innovators who are mimicking nature’s operating instructions to serve human [...]
14 Oct
Crush Dirty Energy Prop 23 Video Round Up
With just over two weeks left until election day, more and more Californians are pledging to vote no on Prop 23, the deceptive dirty energy prop funded by out-of-state Texas oil companies and the billionaire tea-party funding Koch brothers. Several awesome videos have come out recently–some serious, some funny–but all getting the message out about [...]
