Tag: 350
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Summer Heat Action in Maine
Remember Summer Heat? It’s 350.org’s initiative to mobilize people around the country to take action during the hottest days of the summer. As we’re sweltering and feeling the effects of climate change, we are also organizing in our communities and building a mass climate movement. I’m working with 350Maine this summer, and we are organizing…
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Summer Heat
Are you ready for the summer? Ready for the hot temperatures? And ready to take the climate movement to the next level? It’s SUMMER HEAT! 350.org just announced their summer initiative, and it’s going to be exciting. http://joinsummerheat.org PS: Almost finished with school for the semester. Then more substantive blog posts resume!
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Do The Math: The Movie
In case you haven’t seen this!
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CALL YOU SENATOR NOW: They’re voting on Keystone XL!
The Senate is voting today on Keystone XL! Put democracy to work and call your Senator! Find your Senators’ contact info here. Report your call to 350 here!
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Why Divestment is Changing the Climate Movement
I just wrote this piece for The Nation about why divestment is changing the climate movement. I would love to hear your thoughts! Why Divestment is Changing the Climate Movement Chloe Maxmin A new movement to convince colleges and universities to divest from fossil fuel companies that own the majority of global carbon reserves has…
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Legislation For Maine Divestment
Members of 350 Maine have introduced LR 730 in the Maine Legislature, “An Act To Require the State To Divest Itself of Funds from Fossil Fuel Companies.” The official ask is: “We ask you to support LR 730 which will guarantee that no new investments are made in the top 200 publicly traded fossil fuel…
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Mark Your Calendar: Tar Sands Action On January 26th
As some of you know, I spent the summer interning for the Maine Sierra Club on the Tar Sands Free Northeast campaign. There is a plan to pump tar sands through an existing pipeline from Canada through New England and down to Portland, ME. It would run through communities, under homes, under rivers, around lakes, and…
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Key Messaging For Fossil Fuel Divestment
I’ve been working on fossil fuel divestment for going on 5 months now, and I wanted to share three key messaging points that I have found to be effective. I’ll keep updating this list as time goes on, but these points have been crucial. 1) This is a moral movement. It is wrong for our…
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Divestment In The Senate
Yes, that’s right. Yesterday, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) mentioned the fossil fuel divestment movement yesterday as he was talking on the Senate Floor. This the best part: “The public is ready for us to take action, but we’re not. We are, as I’ve said previous speeches, sleepwalking. As Congress sleepwalks, Americans actually are taking action on…
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Divest Harvard on WBUR and Take Part
What an amazing day! I had the opportunity to speak on WBUR Radio Boston with Bill McKibben and Bob Massie. I was very honored to have that opportunity. The fossil fuel divestment movement is spreading like wildfire, and people are looking to Harvard for leadership on climate change. Check out the radio interview here! I…