Some days it is quite nice to read the good news, providing a buoyant sigh in the midst of everything else. This week, the good news is that 31 US Greenpeace activists are now free of felony charges that they faced after a peaceful protest in Texas last year.
The complete list of laws broken by eco-rapper Dephree as he preached his anti-pollution message to commuters on the oldest highway in America this morning is still not final. His white privilege shone through as the LAPD didn’t just shoot him down, and let him enjoy a happy ending fit for any Hollywood stunt performer.
There is no question that the President-elect and his appointees are waging war on climate change, women’s rights, racial justice, and so many other important progressive values. While we here at CleanTechnica usually focus on the climate change aspect, I think it’s important to focus on the convergence of these topics and the connection between climate change and gender equality, between conservation and racial justice. If you care about climate change, you must also care about these other topics too.
Students from Vassar College’s Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign began a peaceful sit-in protest on Monday, calling for full divestment from fossil fuel companies. Only a few days after student protesters at Columbia University ceased their own occupation of the University President’s offices, students from Vassar College in New York have … [continued]
The New York University Divest campaign has secured a meeting with the school’s Board of Trustees after a sit-in demonstration in the administrative offices. On Wednesday, the NYU Divest campaign, made up of a coalition of students, faculty, and alumni, who are all calling on the New York University (NYU) … [continued]
Over one hundred and fifty Columbia University students continue their civil disobedience protest in an attempt to force the university to fully divest from fossil fuel investments. As part of a number of actions that took place on October 14 under the banner of People’s Climate Movement, over one hundred … [continued]
Speaker at Chicago petcoke protest, May 17, 2014 (Cliff Zimmerman) Saturday marked the second rally of the week in Chicago against petcoke dumping. Last Monday, registered nurses and Southeast Side community activists backed by the Alliance for Community Services, the Chicago chapter of Progressive Democrats of America, the Southeast Side … [continued]
I’ve just been to a protest here in Adelaide against the current Australian Government’s response to climate change. This rally and 129 others like it across the nation was organised by a group called GetUp! which I’m only just learning about, even though it is quite large and well organised. … [continued]
Japan has long had strong feelings on the subject of nuclear energy, only heightened by the tsunami and subsequent meltdown in Fukushima last spring. The prospect of returning to nuclear power sparked a show of public opposition on Monday in Tokyo, with at least 20,000 participants (according to the police) and perhaps as many as 60,000 (according to various media reports).
The ongoing protest against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project is picking up momentum, and serious star power. In an exclusive interview, actress and environmental advocate Daryl Hannah told energyNOW! that she’s joining the protest outside the White House this week.
More than 200 people have been arrested since the protest began on August 20, and sit-ins are planned to run through September 3rd, the day a decision is expected on the proposal from the U.S. State Department.
