An Array of Utopian Flowers
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The Underworld, Rebirth and Renewal with Ceres and Proserpina
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Cinematic Cultural Change in West Africa with Idrissa Ouédraogo
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Mild Satire, Outrage and Hostility, with Philip Roth
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Big Noise from Big Band Drummer Gene Krupa
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Loose Nuts: Edison Reveals Huge Gap in Safety at San Onofre
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fossil fuel Archive
Recapturing Our Air Pollution Agency from the Fossil Fuel Lobby
Posted on May 20, 2016 | 2 CommentsOn May 14, thousands of people from across California came to Los Angeles to call for us to Break Free from Fossil Fuels. Jack Eidt argues the only way to do this is to reform our regulatory agencies recently captured by industry, in particular the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Break Free Los Angeles – Action to End Neighborhood Drilling – May 14
Posted on April 6, 2016 | 4 CommentsOn May 14, 2016 Californians will convene in Downtown L.A. for a mass action to stop oil and gas drilling in our neighborhoods. Los Angeles is home to the nation’s largest urban oil field in the United States—ground zero of California’s climate fight.
Hands Across the Harbor: LA Residents Protest Dirty Fossil Fuels in Port and Beyond
Posted on May 14, 2014 | 1 CommentOn May 17, over 100 residents from across Los Angeles joined hands at Hands Across the Harbor in the Port of LA as part of the National Day of Action Against the Keystone XL Pipeline and Hands Across the Sand/Land. It was one of hundreds of synchronized events to raise awareness about the dangers of dirty fuels including tar sands and hydraulic fracturing or fracking, active threats to Harbor area residents.
Coast-to-Coast Climate March: Why Launch from LA Harbor?
Posted on February 24, 2014 | 6 CommentsThe 3,000-mile Great March for Climate Action will launch March 1st from the Los Angeles Harbor Area. Sherry Lear, San Pedro soccer mom, writes on the history of the community that has experienced debilitating effects from fossil fuel development, explaining why it's a perfect place to march en masse for clean energy solutions. More Information: http://j.mp/GreatMarchWU
Climate Warming Catastrophe, Mass Extinctions Underway
Posted on December 27, 2013 | 3 CommentsDahr Jamail's essay illustrates how scientists are starting to acknowledge that the startling environmental changes happening worldwide, including massive ice melts, extreme weather such as super typhoons, wildfire, heat waves, and droughts, as well as the growing acidification of ocean waters, could result in massive species extinctions, including us.
Sacramento March: Separation of Oil and State – July 11
Posted on June 30, 2013 | No CommentsPart of 350.org's Summer Heat campaign, "Separation of Oil & State: Follow the Money" is a July 11th march on the capitol in Sacramento that exposes the connections between government and oil lobbyists. Organizers from 350 Sacramento and Stop Fooling CA will create a human oil slick to raise awareness about the impact of the oil lobby on government.
Media Resources: Forward on Climate Los Angeles
Posted on May 31, 2013 | 1 CommentThe Forward on Climate LA Solidarity March and Rally took place on February 17th, 2013, where more than 1,200 people supported by 101 Southern California organizations and businesses told Mr. Obama: "Solve the Climate Crisis, Take a stand, Mr. President!" Following is a media resource list from the event, including press, photography and videos. Let's keep it moving forward to heal the climate and our planet!
End Corporate Personhood: LA Joins National Movement to Repeal Citizens United
Posted on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsWe, the People of the USA, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and other related cases, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights. Join the National Day of Action on May 10th with two marches in Los Angeles.
A Word With My Congressman on Keystone – By Peter Jefferson Nichols
Posted on April 17, 2013 | No CommentsDear Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, I received your letter in response to my earlier note imploring you to do all you can to prevent the completion of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Your words express your intent to do exactly the opposite of what I had asked. And to be frank, your words piss me off.
Peter Jefferson Nichols: Sorry Slate, No Keystone, Big Problem for Tar Sands
Posted on February 28, 2013 | 2 Comments“Blocking a pipeline, isn’t the same as blocking the flow of oil.” Hell yeah it ain’t! Diversity of targets! Diversity of tactics! If I am going to stop the single most profitable and destructive commodity on the planet from permanently spoiling our finite commons, the market place, I’ve got to do more than merely hold rallies and get arrested. I’ve got to organize. And that’s exactly what I’m doing, along with my siblings in solidarity.
Morey Wolfson: Addressing Climate Change in a World of Denialism
Posted on January 31, 2013 | 1 CommentTaking action on the proven science of climate change requires overcoming obfuscation from the fossil fuel polluters lobby in order to implement a policy of increased efficiency and conservation, coupled with a clean, renewable energy plan. A CO2 fee and dividend system could help level the relative cost of renewables, creating the political will to kick the fossil fuel habit.
Jan Freed: Mother Nature’s Climate Wrath Will Be Costly
Posted on December 28, 2012 | No CommentsThe US has been through hell with unprecedented drought, fires and floods, the most costly in history. Chance variation? The pattern of disasters and extreme weather evens beat the odds of your neighbor winning the lottery twice in a row.
Ecuador: Battle Between Living Systems and Oil at Yasuní National Park
Posted on September 4, 2012 | 2 CommentsEcuador abandons a plan to preserve the most biodiverse region on Earth from oil exploitation, putting Yasuni national park at the frontline of a global battle between living systems and fossil fuels. Unable to raise sufficient financing, President Correa plans to move forward with oil drilling in this wild Amazonian region, putting wildlife and willfully uncontacted tribes at risk.
Bryan Killett: Jumpstart a Clean Energy Economy and Cool the Climate
Posted on September 2, 2012 | 2 CommentsRising CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels has resulted in extreme weather and economic danger. A revenue neutral fee and dividend plan could spur a clean energy industrial revolution and reduce global warming.
Extreme Weather Disasters: Last Call at Club Fossil Fuel – By Mark Reynolds
Posted on July 13, 2012 | 4 CommentsExtreme weather events, drought, wildfire, torrential rains, tornadoes, hurricanes, attributable to human-caused global warming, are costing society and insurers bilions of dollars worldwide. Mark Reynolds from Citizens Climate Lobby argues it is time for a carbon fee and dividend to even the market for fossil fuels and encourage clean renewable energy alternatives.
Amory Lovins: Efficiency and Renewable Energy will Reinvent Fire
Posted on November 23, 2011 | 5 CommentsReinventing Fire maps pathways for running a 158%-bigger U.S. economy in 2050 but needing no oil, no coal, no nuclear energy, one-third less natural gas, and no new inventions.
ProPublica: EPA to Study Pollution from Natural Gas Fracking
Posted on February 12, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe EPA wants to study impacts on drinking water of each stage involved in hydraulic fracturing, where drillers mix water with chemicals and sand and inject the fluid into wells to release oil or natural gas.
