Help Wanted: New FCC Chair

[REPOST from Free Press] Any moment now, President-elect Barack Obama will announce his choice to lead the Federal Communications Commission. We need to be sure the person he chooses lives up to Obama’s campaign pledges to reform the media in America. To help, Free Press just placed a help wanted ad in four influential Washington [...]

The election is over- let’s take action

[REPOST from 1Sky] One world, one sky, and one future.  We’re all in this together and we have a window of opportunity to take action on climate change and stimulate our economy.  We are being called upon to speak up and make our voices heard.   We can’t wait – Join the thousands of voices throughout [...]

Event: Protest Prop 8 Saturday, Nov. 15

From SLOG: Seattle, as part of a national day of action, is planning one big protest of Proposition 8 and the bigoted Utah church behind the measure: Festivities begin in Volunteer Park on Saturday at 10:30 a.m., a rally begins at noon, the march leaves at 1 p.m. and then heads down to Westlake Park [...]

National Day of Protest Against Prop 8

[REPOST from SLOG] Building on the momentum of this weekend’s amazing protests, Saturday November 15 will bring a national day of protest against the denial of equal marriage rights to all Americans. Best of all, the national day of protest corrects the too-narrow focus of some of this past weekend’s protests (the Mormon Church is [...]

Event: Protest Against Prop 8

From Slog: Tomorrow Morning: Seattle Protest Against Prop 8 posted by David Schmader on November 8 at 4:30 PM From Slog tipper Matthew: I am writing today to alert you of a protest taking place at 8:00 am this Sunday, November 9, in front of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at [...]

Event: E-rally for oil independence Oct. 7

Join T. Boone Pickens and me in an e-rally for oil independence on Tuesday October 7 at 10:00pm eastern, following the second Presidential Debate. RSVP for the e-rally here: http://action.pickensplan.com/rally Pickens and I will participate via live video from Dallas and take questions about shifting to clean, renewable energy and using compressed natural gas to [...]

Event: Local Green Jobs Now Day of Action

[REPOST from Climate Solutions] Green Jobs Now:  Join us this Saturday! This Saturday, is the Green Jobs Now National Day of Action!  We’re READY to send a clear message to policymakers that Americans are ready for the green economy and want to see action.   Tens of thousands of Americans are taking part in hundreds of [...]

Event: Celebrate National Park(ing) Day This Friday

[REPOST from Trust for Public Lands] Each September, volunteers in cities across America celebrate TPL-sponsored National Park(ing) Day* by converting public parking spaces into temporary parks. On September 19, an estimated 400 temporary parks will sprout in 70 cities nationwide. Visit a Park(ing) Day Park near you to celebrate the need for parks in cities. [...]

Action: Call Congress and demand Clean Energy

[REPOST from Climate Solutions] It’s back to work for our congressional leaders, but still no commitments in Congress to make sure our clean tech work force will have jobs at the turn of the year. But, the debate has begun.  You can help win the debate in favor of a clean energy future!  Make a call [...]

Action: Don’t Let Comcast Overrule the FCC

[REPOST from Free Press] Late last week, Comcast filed a lawsuit to overturn the landmark Federal Communications Commission order to stop blocking users’ access to the free and open Internet. With its army of lawyers and billions of dollars, Comcast is betting it can dismantle the protections that you and hundreds of thousands of other [...]