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U.S. Climate Emergency Council |
The U.S. Climate Emergency Council is a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous grassroots action in the fight to stop global warming and promote a clean energy future.
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Strike Out Exxon at Nationals Park! |
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Protest ExxonMobil's dominance at DC's new "green" ball park
The Washington Nationals ballpark is the first stadium to be LEED Silver Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Yet the Nationals continue to accept millions of advertising dollars from Exxon, by far one of the world’s biggest contributors to global warming.
Nationals executives need to hear: "Exxon = $4 gas + Global Warming. NOT baseball!"
Check out the video:
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The U.S. Climate Emergency Council and its sister
organization, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, are active and committed
members of the 1Sky campaign. 1Sky was created in 2007 to focus
the power of millions of concerned Americans on a single goal: bold federal
action that reverses global warming. The 1Sky Solutions are grounded in
scientific necessity—, they are the baseline of what's needed to dramatically
reduce carbon emissions while maximizing energy efficiency, renewable energy and
breakthrough technologies. They also represent the promise of significant economic stimulation. By
pivoting toward a clean energy economy, we can relieve our dependence on foreign
oil, unlock the potential of sustainable industry and usher in a new era of
prosperity and green jobs.
USCEC and CCAN have actively supported several 1Sky
national campaigns and CCAN is working in Maryland and Virginia to build broad
support for the 1Sky Solutions over the coming months. Every person running for federal office in the USA, from
whatever party, must hear again and again, at forums, events, via email and
letters, in every possible way, a cascading demand that the voting public wants
strong action NEXT YEAR, in the first 100 days of the new administration, on
climate. Those candidates who get it on this issue have an obligation to speak
out clearly and consistently.
Together, we can convince our leaders to chart a new direction—away from the
catastrophes of global warming and toward a new era of economic prosperity. This
is our chance to change the course of history; let's make it happen!
The 1Sky Solutions:
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No War, No Warming – No Mas, No More - Stop the RNC! |
Come to the Twin Cities, Minnesota To Take Action at the Republican National Convention
Sept. 1-4, 2008. Come Early!
With the occupation of and war in Iraq continuing and escalating—with more Iraqis and US soldiers dying—with the suicide rate of vets hitting record numbers—and with the costs of war spiraling out of control with hundreds of millions being spent in Iraq every day that is badly needed here at home for housing, jobs, schools, health care and clean energy--we must resist!
We are also experiencing climate disruption on a major scale as carbon emissions keep going up and up. People all over the world, especially low-income people and people of color, are feeling the global warming impacts in the form of super-destructive tornadoes, cyclones, hurricanes and drought. Our climate is spiraling out of control because of the power of the oil, coal and automobile companies who have put their profits before human lives and our threatened ecosystem.
The US drive toward empire and global domination of all people in order to control and exploit the earth’s resources is being led by the violent neoconservatives who dominate the Republican Party.
This drive toward death must stop! We must let the country know that large numbers of us reject their plans to keep wrecking our ecosystem, wage wars for oil and make a mockery of democracy. We must rise up and put our bodies in their way.
No War, No Warming is calling for people to join in nonviolent direct action to disrupt the opening proceedings of the RNC.
We will be working in coordination with Twin Cities activists and progressive groups who are organizing RNC actions to successfully implement a diverse action strategy. No War, No Warming’s plan is to establish public assembly sites to help facilitate mass participation in marches to the Xcel convention center where the RNC is meeting in order to reclaim strategic areas around it. Our intention is to occupy that space—to swarm, sieze and stay--using creative acts of direct action and nonviolent civil disobedience.
This is an open cluster and we encourage people to start organizing affinity groups now. We will be participating in spokescouncil meetings in the days before the convention and hold cluster meetings and trainings as well!
There are many action camps this summer and NWNW will be hosting one in Washington DC July 20-25. The camp –an Urban Action Training – will focus on mobile tactics including marches, blockades, swarms and more!
We urge support of the actions at the RNC. We must stop the RNC’s drive for permanent war and deeper and deeper climate disruption!
For information contact:
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, or go to www.nowarnowarming.org.
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New Energy Monday
“What we do in the next two to three years will determine our
future. This is the defining moment."
With these words in late 2007 Rajendra Pauchari, chair of the United
Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, underlined the urgency of
our work to fundamentally change U.S. climate and energy policy.
With this in mind, the U.S. Climate Emergency Council is launching a “New
Energy Monday” campaign. Each Monday in 2008 we are calling upon people to take
action that steps up their personal commitment to being part of the solution.
What could you do each Monday?
- You could join USCEC director Mike Tidwell and coordinator Ted Glick on an every-Monday fast.
- You could skip a meal.
- You could bicycle to work.
- If you eat meat, you could forego it on this day.
- You could commit to do volunteer work for a local climate group.
- You could call your local, state and federal elected officials to prod
them to take action (see below for one action to take).
- You could call five of your friends to talk with them about this campaign
and encourage them to join it.
- You could pledge to make a donation each week to a group working on
climate issues.
- You could join with others in your area and organize a “Clean Energy Now”
vigil at a busy intersection in your town or city.
- Or you could take another form of action.
The U.S. needs to lead a rapid transition away from fossil fuels and onto
the path of energy conservation, efficiency and renewables. 2008 is a critical
year to advance this cause. All of us need to think seriously about how we can
step up our activism and commitment.
Register now to be part of the “New Energy Monday” campaign>>
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