Tag: Energy
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Live Forum: Economics is the Achilles Heel of Fracking
On Monday, Dec. 16 at 5 p.m. Pacific/8 p.m. Eastern, EcoWatch will feature a live briefing and conversation with Richard Heinberg and Deborah Rogers as they explore how the anti-fracking community can turn the fracking industry’s biggest weapon into their greatest vulnerability. Hosted by Americans Against Fracking, Energy Policy Forum, Post Carbon Institute and Stop the Frack Attack,…
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11 Arrested Protesting Tar Sands and Fracking
On Friday, two activists with Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance and Cross Timbers Earth First! locked themselves inside a revolving door at the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City, OK in protest of Devon’s involvement in tar sands extraction and plans to increase fracking in Eagle Ford Shale. [caption id="attachment_315415" align="alignnone" width="395"] Two activists locked themselves in a…
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Report Chronicles International Grassroots Fight Against Coal in 2013
The Sierra Club’s International Climate Program released a report yesterday detailing international victories against coal and in favor of clean energy in 2013. The report points to a worldwide movement demanding a move beyond dirty coal. The 24-page report includes grassroots success stories from the U.S., Germany, China, Australia, India, Indonesia and Bangladesh that spotlight the defeat…
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Groups Challenge World Bank Funding of Destructive Mega-Dams
By Peter Bosshard As the World Bank makes an effort to raise billions of dollars from donor governments for its International Development Association (IDA) fund, civil society groups are calling on governments to shift support for energy projects from the Bank to institutions that prioritize clean, local energy sources for the poor. The World Bank is asking donor governments…
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Students Escalate Divestment Campaign After Universities Refuse to Sell Fossil Fuel Stocks
Students across the country are escalating their campaigns for fossil fuel divestment after a number of high profile colleges and universities have rejected measures demanding they sell their stocks. Schools that have rejected requests for divestment include Harvard University, Cornell University, Middlebury College, Boston College, Vassar College, the City University of New York, Brown University and…