The People vs. Big Oil – 24 hours to speak out against Keystone XL
It’s been one month since the State Department opened the last official public comment period on the Keystone XL pipeline. There are only 24 hours left till the closing bell!…
Boston Tells Obama & Kerry: “Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline”
This morning, I’m in Boston. This is one of my favorite U.S. cities, perhaps because Boston is one of the birthplaces of American civil disobedience. Not far from here, in…
The No Keystone XL Movement Needs You!
Two weeks, a group of courageous people were arrested in the belly of the beast: TransCanada’s U.S. headquarters in Houston, Texas. These were mothers, fathers, grandfathers, great grandmothers, scientists, and…
RAN Board Chair Arrested in front of White House
As you read this, I am being arrested in Washington D.C. in front of the White House. I am here with more than 40 others—including environmental luminaries, a Texas landowner,…
TransCanada Ordered Texas Police To Use Brutal Tactics Against Peaceful Protesters
Yesterday, we learned that Texas police applied sustained chokeholds, violent arm-twisting, pepper spray, and multiple uses of tasers to move two peaceful protesters—all at the behest of TransCanada employees. On…
The Spectra Showdown in NYC
The “Spectra Showdown” is a chain of demonstrations against the Spectra Pipeline in New York. Day and night, activists have been keeping vigil, awaiting shipments of equipment to arrive at…
The Climate Movement Just Delivered Over 800,000 Petition Signatures To The Senate
Update 02/16/12 01:32PM PT: 350.org just sent out the following update: Here’s where we stand: at the beginning of last week our opponents were confident and a Senate vote on…
Oil Pipeline And Husker Football Don’t Mix
Yesterday, the University of Nebraska severed ties with TransCanada after a massive outcry from Husker football fans upset that the developer of the Keystone Pipeline was running ads on the…
VIDEO: The Tar Sands Action Was Just Phase One
The Tar Sands Action wrapped up last Saturday, and I have to say it was a truly amazing thing to watch transpire. In all, 1,253 people were arrested protesting the…
This Week In DC, The Outcry For Climate Solutions Has Become An Uproar
Last fall, Bill McKibben, Phil Radford and I issued a letter calling on people of conscience to take direct action to amplify the demands of the climate movement. Of course,…