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Posted by in Climate Action on 28th February, 2009 | No Comments

Blogging from an Amtrak train has taken me in some directions I didn’t really anticipate.  The blog entries are starting to turn into an unusual combination of climate activism, travel blog and climate change effect inventory.  That’s turning out to be educational and enjoyable for me and I hope it’s working for you.  But I »
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Ruby Canyon

Posted by in Climate Action on 28th February, 2009 | No Comments

That’s the view from our Amtrak California Zephyr lounge car as it travels through Ruby Canyon, just outside of Grand Junction, Colorado.  And that’s the Colorado River flowing through the canyon. I should be honest here and admit that I was hoping for a photo of the white “Utah | Colorado” state boundary marker hand-painted »
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3am in Salt Lake City

Posted by in Climate Action on 27th February, 2009 | No Comments

It’s 3am on the California Zephyr and we’re stopped in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The California Zephyr is the Amtrak train we are on for the first leg of our cross-country trip to the Capitol Climate Action.  It originated in the San Francisco Bay area and has so far passed through Sacramento, Truckee, Reno, Winnemucca, »
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Headed for the Capitol Climate Action

Posted by in Climate Action on 26th February, 2009 | No Comments

We’re on our way to Washington, DC for the Capitol Climate Action.  We met up at the Emeryville station, just across the Bay from San Francisco and are now in the Sacramento River Delta lowlands between San Francisco and Sacramento.  Although we’ve left the San Francisco Bay Area, you can still meet up with us »
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Capitol Climate Action

Posted by in Climate Action on 17th February, 2009 | No Comments

We’re about to witness what could become the most encouraging events in the history of the struggle to address climate change. This weekend and early next week, February 27th through March 2nd, more than 10,000 youth will travel to Washington, DC for the largest youth climate event in US history – Power Shift ’09.  On »
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