News Stories February 18, 2013 Will Obama Listen to Growing Movement to Stop Tar Sands Pipeline? Washington DC climate change rally brings 35,000 protestors together, but activists question if real change in Obama’s policies will spring from non- disruptive protest Go to story | Go to homepage Correa wins re-election …
SolarReserve’s CEO Weighs in on CSP, Policy, Jobs, Election
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 LATEST NEWS: News | Technology ——————————————————————————– SolarReserve’s CEO Weighs in on CSP, Policy, Jobs, Election Herman K. Trabish – August 27, 2012 Solar Power Towers and the DOE Loan Program News | Policy ——————————————————————————– The Unintended Consequences of Solar’s Net Metering Fight Herman K. Trabish – …
SunPower and Total: With Friends Like These…
GTM SunPower and Total: With Friends Like These… CEO says Total will “turn around” SunPower. Green Jobs: Where Do Solyndra PR Pros End Up? Answer: at LSI. Plus, personnel moves at Rockport Capital, Soladigm, Cisco, and Impress Labs. Germany Installed More Than 2 GW of Solar in December The annual …
A Push to Cut Down on Antibiotics in Livestock
A Push to Cut Down on Antibiotics in Livestock The overuse of antibiotics in livestock is a growing concern in the wake of evolving drug-resistant “superbugs” like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and the ST131 strain of Escherichia coli (E. Coli). According to… Continue Reading » BPA’s Long …
Entirely Surrounded: Protesters Encircle White House, Close in on Tar Sands Industry
Entirely Surrounded: Protesters Encircle White House, Close in on Tar Sands Industry by Bryan Farrell Published on Monday, November 7, 2011 by Waging Nonviolence “We don’t know how many people it takes to encircle the White House, but we’re about to find out,” Bill McKibben told a crowd of over …
U.S. Gasoline Use Declining, Keystone XL Pipeline Not Needed
U.S. Gasoline Use Declining: Keystone XL Pipeline Not Needed Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2011/update100 Earth Policy Release Plan B Update October 6, 2011 For Immediate Release As the debate unfolds about whether to build a 1,711-mile pipeline to carry crude oil from the tar sands in Canada to refineries in Texas, …
What comes next.
Dear Friends— I’m writing this from the lawn in front of the White House. In front of me there’s a sprawling rally underway, with speakers ranging from indigenous elders to the great Canadian writer Naomi Klein. In back of me, another 243 courageous people are being hauled away to jail …
Arrested, but not stopping
By the time you read this, I will be on my way to jail. I have never been arrested before. It’s not a decision to make lightly. In the last week, 706 people have been arrested in front of the White House calling on President Obama to reject an outright …
Hundreds Arrested in Sustained Tar Sands Protests at White House | Speculation Drives Up Coffee Prices
Hundreds Arrested in Sustained Tar Sands Protests at White House Protests demand Obama use veto power to halt proposed expansion of Keystone XL pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico Go to story | Go to homepage Speculation Drives Up Coffee Prices Kevin …
A Call for Civil Disobedience on the Keystone XL Pipeline
DEMAND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE! A Call for Civil Disobedience on the Keystone XL Pipeline FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2011 Contact: [email protected] Washington — Eleven veteran environmentalists on both sides of the border today called for demonstrations outside the White House later this summer to block the proposed Keystone XL pipeline …