Student Strike for Climate Action — The Event of the Decade Noless

September 21, 2019

‘I want a future’: Global youth protests urge climate action From an Article by Jennifer Peltz & Frank Jordans, Associated Press, September 20, 2019 NEW YORK (AP) — Young people afraid for their futures protested around the globe Friday to implore leaders to tackle climate change, turning out by the hundreds of thousands to insist [...]

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UN Report: “The Future is Now: Science to Achieve Sustainable Development“

September 20, 2019

Cornell Professor, et al., delivers sustainability report to UN secretary-general From an Article by Blaine Friedlander, Cornell Chronicle, September 17, 2019 The first quadrennial report of the United Nations’ Global Sustainable Development Goals – prepared by a small group of independent scientists, including Cornell’s Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue – was released and delivered September 10th in [...]

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Many Students Doing Climate Strike: “It’s our future that’s at stake”

September 19, 2019

US students plan to skip school Friday to fight climate ‘emergency’ From an Article by Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, Sept. 19, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands of high school students in cities nationwide plan to skip classes Friday to attend Global Climate Strike marches calling for immediate action to end climate change. They [...]

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McKibben Explains the “Global Climate Strike” via an In-depth Essay

September 18, 2019

To All Our Citizens, September 17, 2019 We’re all deep in planning for the global climate strikes coming up on Friday (I’ve been with Greta Thunberg in DC the last couple of days, and it is thrilling to see the excitement building). But we need to march and to think at the same time, so [...]

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CLIMATE WARNING$ — Pay $ Now OR Pay Really Much More Later

September 17, 2019

New Climate Crisis Report: Invest $1.8 Trillion Now or Pay Heavier Price Later From an Article by Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch.com, September 11, 2019 PHOTO — Aerial view of Maldives. Low-lying atoll nations are especially threatened by climate change. The images of the climate crisis are devastating. People around the world, especially the world’s poor, are [...]

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Global Climate Strike on September 20th Plus

September 16, 2019

Back to School, to Strike for Climate! School-age children are protesting for new policies Article by Meenal Raval, The Grid (Philly), September 10, 2019 It’s September. With summer vacations almost over, children are getting ready to go back to school. And this year, back to school means back to an event called, “School Strike for [...]

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Petition Deadline 9/16/19 on MVP Southgate Extension Gas Pipeline

September 15, 2019

Reject the MVP Southgate Project & Sign the petition! From Friends of Buckingham County VA, September 10, 2019 The deadline is Monday September 16. Send your message to FERC today! The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is facing mounting legal setbacks and construction of the project is harming land, people, and animals. Instead of abandoning this [...]

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West Virginia Action on the Global Climate Strike

September 14, 2019

Join the GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE by taking a Local Action in West Virginia “Week of West Virginia Climate Action,” Comes to Morgantown Sept. 20-27, 2019 MORGANTOWN, WV – Inspired by the “Fridays For The Future” movement in Europe and across America, a group of WV citizens is planning local events to highlight the need for [...]

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“The Environment” from the Fracking Gas Industry Perspective

September 13, 2019

Green breakthroughs coming from an unexpected source From an Article by Lowman S. Henry, The Mercury, Pottstown, PA, September 9, 2019 Environmentalists just got some great news. America’s power plants will emit 2.3 percent less carbon dioxide this year compared to 2018. Even better, emissions will continue falling next year, according to a new report [...]

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The Fight for the Future of the Ohio River Valley

September 12, 2019

Stand Up, Speak Out, Support: September, ASH, and Climate Crisis From an Article by Vivian Stockman, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, September 4, 2019 OVEC is working hard to help raise awareness about and build resistance to a massive petrochemical/plastic build-out proposed for our region called the “Appalachian Storage Hub.” If built as envisioned by its [...]

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