While the rest of the country marched for the climate in general, Los Angeles county marched for a very specific climate problem. Tesoro has been planning to expand their refinery in Wilmington, CA to start refining tar sands oil shipped in from Canada. Well, the citizens of Wilmington and surrounding cities have had enough.
Appalachian Energy Summit Helps Jumpstart Higher-Education Transformation Originally published on RMI Outlet by Ged Moody & Marty Pickett What if we told you your favorite university could save millions of dollars in energy costs? And we had proof? At this summer’s Appalachian Energy Summit, the annual meeting of the University … [continued]
The efforts to pressure Harvard University into divesting from fossil fuels continues to heat up, as Harvard Heat Week kicks off later this year in April, and some of Harvard’s big-name alumni pen an open letter to the University in support of divestment. The last we had heard of the … [continued]
This article was originally published on RenewEconomy: In January, RenewEconomy had the opportunity to do an exclusive interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr – son of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, veteran environmental activist, lawyer, and renewable energy advocate. Robert F. Kennedy Jr is head of the Riverkeepers (which has 17 groups … [continued]
