A breakthrough moment from 350.org

From 350.org Dear friends, For once, this email isn’t asking you to do anything at all. It’s merely sharing the news–the amazing news–that arrived about 45 minutes ago at 350 headquarters.  Rajendra Pachauri is the U.N.’s top climate scientist. He leads the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which every five years produces the authoritative [...]

Will our legislatures lead on climate?

From Climate Solutions: As the year began, this looked like a truly historic year for progress on climate change policy and growing the clean-energy economy. President Obama, Washington Governor Chris Gregoire and Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski all made the issues top-level priorities and proposed ambitious action plans. But, a strange thing happened on the way [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 03/19/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Multi-Tasking On Climate Change Solutions The Pacific Northwest can reduce greenhouse gases that are warming the earth while preserving endangered salmon threatened by the changing climate a report released today says. The report, “Bright Future,” says the region will need [...]

Game On – Federal Climate and Clean Energy Policy

From Climate Solutions and 1Sky By now, you must be ready!…. After waiting decades for serious federal action on climate and clean energy, the first important vote in Congress is fast approaching.  President Obama provided Congress with his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2010, which assumes Congress will pass climate legislation and includes revenues from [...]

Save Initiative 937! Contact your legislator today

REPOST from Climate Solutions,  photo credit In 2006, the voters of Washington approved Initiative 937 and chose a renewable, clean-energy future for our state. Now opponents of I-937, the historic initiative you passed in 2006, have jumped at the chance to whittle away its clean-energy standards. The 2009 legislative session is the first in which [...]

Support a climate leader in your neighborhood

[REPOST from 1Sky.org] Imagine this: A well-trained and active community leader working for green jobs, clean energy, and bold climate solutions in virtually every neighborhood and voting precinct across the country. Well that’s exactly what we’re setting out to create with your help, along with more than 100,000 dedicated citizens covering every state in the [...]

Video: Help take over YouTube

REPOST from 350.org It’s 3 in the morning in Poland and I need your help with an experiment.  Can you take 2 minutes watch an animation and help take over YouTube? A little background: starting a week ago, a few members of the international 350.org team have converged for the annual UN Climate Conference.  It’s [...]

Ready for Change?

[REPOST from Climate Solutions] Change has come to America. And with your help, change will come to our nation’s stance on solving the climate crisis. The presidential elections have transformed a small side window of opportunity to make real change into a huge picture window.  We need you now more than ever before. For the [...]

What’s on TV after Election Day? It’s up to you.

[REPOST from 1Sky] Election Day is only five days away, but we have to lay the groundwork well before then to hold our leaders accountable on climate after November 4th. Here’s what you can do right now: Put a climate ad on TV after the election It used to be that only political campaigns and [...]

Invite Obama and McCain to a Party

[REPOST from Climate Solutions] I’m not kidding. I need you to invite the candidates to a party–more specifically, to “The Conference of the Parties.”  Don’t let the name fool you–”The Conference of the Parties” isn’t all fun and games.  It’s the huge UN Meeting coming up in December, when the nations of the world come [...]