Posted by Carleen Pickard in End Dirty Energy, Featured, World News & Events on 10th November, 2011 | 2 Comments
The Obama administration announced today that the Presidential approval of the Keystone XL pipeline will be delayed until 2013 due to concerns about the proposed routing of the pipeline through Nebraska and the Ogallala Aquifer. Less than a week after 12,000 people surrounded the White House at a mass day of action, the news is a step in the right direction to cancel the project entirely.
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Posted by Kevin Danaher in End Dirty Energy, Featured, World News & Events on 8th November, 2011 | No Comments
The Occupy demonstrations have raised a central issue that we must confront: how does capital get invested and who is controlling the process? The new video “The Story of Broke” by Annie Leonard addresses this issue in a powerful and convincing way.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in End Dirty Energy, Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, World News & Events on 6th November, 2011 | 2 Comments
We know what happened today – it’s been decades since an issue has brought these numbers to Washington to demonstrate such strong support for a President to stand up against corporate interests and be held accountable to his own campaign promises. We demonstrated the very best of our people power. We just need to hear from the President that he was listening. Read a report back from the day!
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Community Rights, Economic Activism for Palestine, End Dirty Energy, Fair Trade, Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 1st November, 2011 | No Comments
On November 2, 2011, Global Exchange will stand in solidarity with the Occupy Oakland (#OO) movement and the broader Occupy Wall Street (#OWS) movement to participate in the General Strike/Day of Action. Here’s info about the action and how you can keep your finger on the pulse of this people’s movement.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in End Dirty Energy, Fair Trade, Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Midwest Green Economy on 21st October, 2011 | No Comments
President Obama will be in San Francisco at a $7500 per plate lunch with his biggest donors at the W Hotel and I’ll be outside with the good folks at CREDO Action telling President Obama that the Keystone XL pipeline is not the kind of change I was expecting from his administration. And as he contemplates green lighting the pipeline, on November 6th I’ll join thousands of others in front of the White House to tell Obama that he’s got the support he needs to say No to the Keystone XL pipeline, and say NO to EXPANDING the largest and most destructive industrial project in human history.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in End Dirty Energy, World News & Events on 28th September, 2011 | 1 Comment
On Sunday November 6 the Tar Sands Action will return to Washington DC to send an unmistakable message to the President.
Find out more about the upcoming action & how you can get involved.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in End Dirty Energy, Global Exchange News & Events on 14th July, 2011 | 1 Comment
A while back we announced that Global Exchange had teamed up with Sungevity, an innovative solar company, to encourage you to Go Solar, reduce impacts on the climate and support Global Exchange. All with no money down and no installation costs. Well, this just in…Sungevity has just sweetened the pot! Now when you go solar with Sungevity before August 31st, Sungevity will give you a $1,000 cash gift card while donating another $1,000 to Global Exchange.
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Posted by Kevin Danaher in End Dirty Energy, Featured on 20th June, 2011 | 1 Comment
Happy summer solstice! What better way to celebrate the start of summer (and the longest day of the year) than by deciding to go solar? Find out about an easy, affordable and efficient way to go solar with Sungevity’s innovative Solar Lease Program.
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Posted by Admin in End Dirty Energy, Global Exchange News & Events on 6th May, 2011 | No Comments
A broad partnership of business, community and environmental groups has come together to accelerate the development of California’s clean energy economy. Global Exchange is a partner of the Clean Coalition which this week announced the launch of the CLEAN California Campaign. The CLEAN (Clean Local Energy Access Now) Campaign is promoting policies that will accelerate the implementation of clean energy projects by removing barriers to selling clean local energy to utilities and connecting these projects to the grid.
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Posted by Admin in End Dirty Energy, Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, World News & Events on 12th April, 2011 | No Comments
Antonia Juhasz, Global Exchange’s Energy Program Director and author of the forthcoming book BLACK TIDE: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill is in London now through April 15 participating in the BP annual shareholder meeting. Find out who she is joined by, along with info about the BLACK TIDE book launch.
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