This is a picture of the mouth of a 7-year-old boy named Ryan Massey who has the misfortune of living in a coal mining area in West Virginia. In case you missed Sunday’s New York Times article “Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering:” [Ryan’s] entire family tries to avoid any contact […]
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Why civil disobedience may be necessary on climate change
A couple of days ago, I posted an invitation from environmental activists Bill McKibben and Wendell Berry to participate in the occupation of the Capital Power Plant in March. Some commenters on this blog responded favorably. Some were concerned. Susan Och wrote: Civil disobedience is supposed to be a last resort, after you have exhausted […]
Calling on the President-Elect Obama to make climate an immediate priority
From a blog post by Gillian Caldwell, executive director of 1Sky, about how we can help the President-Elect and our other newly-elected representatives do the right thing on the climate crisis: The results of yesterday’s election are encouraging for our economy and our planet’s future, but we’ll only achieve the change we need by pressing […]
We changed the world! We made a difference! We did this! Let’s do more!
I’m going to ask you to take what may well be your first political action at the end of this post. THIS MEANS YOU, TOO, MOM!!! It’s going to mean a phone call. It’s going to take less than two minutes. And then I’m going to ask that you come back here to the blog […]
We can really make a difference. TODAY. But I need your help. Plus I have some free Reverend Billy DVDs to give away.
I really, really need support from all of you today (and I’m unashamedly bribing you with the offer of free Reverend Billy DVDs). But first I have to give you some background. Just read the bits in bold if you’re in hurry. Next Friday, May 30, Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York’s Eight Congressional District […]
Visit your senator and representative and tell them what counts!
Talk about fun! 1Sky.org is giving us the chance to work together to show that each of us make a difference, and that we make even more of a difference if we work together. You see, in just a few weeks, from March 14 to March 31, our senators and representatives will be heading home […]