Posted by Carleen Pickard in End Dirty Energy, Featured, World News & Events on 15th February, 2012 | 1 Comment
Friends, the response was rapid, fierce and overwhelming. When we joined the effort to gather 500,000 signatures in 24 hours, it seemed ambitious. Thanks to your help, representatives from the coalition delivered over 800,000 signatures directly to Senator Reid and Senator McConnell in DC.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in End Dirty Energy, Featured, World News & Events on 18th January, 2012 | 1 Comment
The Obama administration has rejected the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. Following months of activism and pressure – from both advocates and opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to carry heavy crude 1,700 miles from northern Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico – President Obama made the right decision to deny the permit application from TransCanada.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 13th January, 2012 | No Comments
Wait a minute! Hang on! Didn’t we celebrate that Obama announced that the Keystone XL permit decision (whether or not approve TransCanada’s application to build a mega pipeline to transport dirty tar sands oil from northern Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico) was off the agenda until 2013? Yes, we did.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Featured, World News & Events on 17th November, 2011 | 2 Comments
This post was originally sent to our News and Action e-mail list. Be the first to get the latest news and alerts from Global Exchange by signing up to our e-mail lists. Our rising voices are being heard! The Mass Day of Action called this week from #OWS is happening, thousands are on the streets today to say enough is »
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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 Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, World News & Events on 26th October, 2011 | No Comments
Over a thousand people gathered in front of President Obama’s fundraiser in San Francisco on Tuesday to keep the pressure on him to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline. It was said to be biggest protest yet in front of an Obama fundraiser.
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