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"https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src="http://itsgettinghotinhere.org//" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var wpcomPageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-52447-2");wpcomPageTracker._setDomainName("none");wpcomPageTracker._setAllowLinker(true);wpcomPageTracker._initData();wpcomPageTracker._trackPageview(); /**/  I just got back from seven days that reminded me why youth are gonna save the world. I had the privilege of helping train and learn from 200 brilliant young organizers in Minneapolis Minnesota at the Energy Action Coalition Power Vote camp.It was the most fluid and well organized training I had ever been a part of. More striking than the hard organizing skills, the web2.0 tech saavy, the smart message, strategic approach or visionary ideas, was the overwhelming sense of being called to duty.Over and over again I heard college students telling stories about how something deep inside of them is telling us that our planet - our ecosystems, our economic, and social systems - is on the brink of collapse, and that it’s our generational challenge to steer our society and world back to sanity.One of the most enduring metaphors of the week was shared by a young organizer: when a caterpillar is about to encase itself in a cocoon it becomes over-consumptive. It eats more than its share of leaves on the tree and grows fat and sluggish. At the moment of its developmental excess, a group of specialized cells called “imaginal cells” gravitate toward one another and find each other. Even though they are in the minority, they flow through the “nutritive soup” that has become of the rest of the caterpillar, and then they steer the caterpillar’s development until it eventually breaks through its cocoon as a butterfly. Continue reading ‘On Mega-camps and Imaginal Cells’ The Boardman Coal Plant: Don’t “Clean it Up” - Shut it Down! Published by nickengelfried, August 20th, 2008 Cascade Region , Coal , Dirty Energy , Political Participation , Renewable Energy , global warming 1 Comment Burying a “take action” link at the very bottom of a blog post is a horrible way to generate Internet activism. So instead of having you read this whole post before you finally find out how to email the Oregon DEQ and tell them to shut down the Boardman coal plant, I’ll give you the email address now: bartcomments@deq.state.or.us Details on the issue are, of course, below.  I’m sitting in a non-air conditioned building in a Portland suburb, on the third day of the Portland area’s worst heat wave since 1994; in other words, global warming is sounding even less attractive than usual. More importantly, though, on the desk beside me is an Oregonian editorial about the Boardman Coal Plant - the only major coal plant in Oregon, and our state’s largest stationary source of greenhouse emissions.I have to admit, I’m disappointed. The editorial, “Finally, a plan to clean up the coal plant,” applauds an Oregon Department of Environmental Quality proposal to “clean up” certain pollutants from the Boardman plant over the course of ten years. The Oregonian editors seem to feel the DEQ is standing up to big polluters and doing what it should to reduce pollution from coal; what they fail to grasp is that the DEQ plan calls for a reduction in mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrous oxides from Boardman, but seems to do nothing to address the most important greenhouse gas of all: carbon dioxide itself. If you believe, as I do, that “carbon sequestration” at coal plants is an expensive farce, then we’re left with only one alternative: it’s not enough to “clean up” Boardman - the coal plant must be completely shut down. Continue reading ‘The Boardman Coal Plant: Don’t “Clean it Up” - Shut it Down!’ Clean Energy Not Clean Coal, Citi’s Robert Rubin Shows up at the Wrong Conference Published by Sparki, August 20th, 2008 global warming 1 Comment In Las Vega$ yesterday, Citibank Mucky Muck and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin showed up at the National Clean Energy Summit to give a keynote speech on our floundering economy and how a good energy policy can help alleviate the problems.The only problem was that Citi is not the best representative of a true clean energy economy. They fund twice the amount of coal as their next closest competitor. The biggest funder of coal from the cradle to the grave etc etc. you hear me say it all the time. But after his greenwash friendly speech, Mr. Rubin opted to take few questions.Bad move. In the audience, Rainforest Action Network’s Global Finance Campaign Director, Rebecca Tarbotton asked the first question.“How do you reconcile that Citi is the largest funder of coal plants around the world?“And Rubin, the very solid one-time master of the universe, stuttered and looked completely exposed.“It’s a commercial institution. We have to have energy.” He then spun on about Citi’s efforts to raise standards and create a new regime and blah blah. According to David Roberts at Grist, it did not look good.She then followed up with- “Can we expect to see a quick drop-off in Citi’s investments in coal?“Rubin replied “No.“More questions pressed Rubin on similar issues.I guess the corporations think if they talk green they will be in safe spaces. Obviously not. Support Wind, Save a Mountain! Published by danawv, August 20th, 2008 global warming 1 Comment You have the amazing opportunity to be part of a totally radical, but just plain practical new project: Getting wind farms on potential Mountaintop Removal sites. After a mountain has been blown to hell, well, it’s not so good for wind. But if we can prevent the destruction of the mountain, we can fuel our country while stopping dirty coal. This wind farm would power 150,000 homes, provide 200 construction and more than 50 permanent jobs, and prevent 6,600 acres of mountaintop removal coal mining destruction.The only thing cooler would be to find a way to harvest the hot air put out by coal companies trying to convince us that coal is chock full of “Clean.”Go to www.coalriverwind.org to sign the petition and learn how you can help more, and then email all your friends. Continue reading ‘Support Wind, Save a Mountain!’ Mark Twain Joins Focus the Nation Published by Alexander M. Tinker, August 19th, 2008 global warming 0 Comments  “James Ross Clemens, a cousin of mine, was seriously ill two or three weeks ago in London, but is well now. The report of my illness grew out of his illness, the report of my death was an exaggeration.” - Mark Twain, May 1897Some of you may have been confused by rumors and emails lately about developments at Focus the Nation. We want to assure you, like Mark Twain, that the report of our death was an exaggeration.Focus the Nation is very much alive, going forward as a project of the Green House Network, its nonprofit sponsor. We have a great new office in downtown Portland, Oregon - if you’re in the neighborhood, come visit!Following the success of Focus the Nation on more than 1,900 campuses and other locations around the country last January 31, we sought feedback from campus organizers and leaders of the youth climate movement, and based on what we heard from you, we are building a program of sustained engagement with the young leaders, on campus and off, who are shaping our generation’s response to the climate crisis and the opportunities to build a clean energy future. Continue reading ‘Mark Twain Joins Focus the Nation’ Swing Semester - Go Get Some Action! Published by Richard Graves, August 19th, 2008 global warming 1 Comment A guest post by Amalie Malochée for Swing Semester.Derrick Ashong is a social media entrepreneur, musician, and voice for a generation of young people who achieved YouTube fame during this interview. He’s back with a call to action because he understands we have an opportunity to define not just this moment, but our generation.If you’re reading this, you’re part of the wave of young people expected to make 2008 the largest youth turnout in decades. As you know, the election season itself provides an opportunity far beyond showing up at the polls. Swing Semester is not just mobilizing the Millennial generation to lead up to one November day—we harness that energy and give it direction for a lifetime. You can read more about the program here: check it out. Continue reading ‘Swing Semester - Go Get Some Action!’ Take Charge: Energy for Everyone Published by Morgan, August 18th, 2008 Act Locally , Efficiency , Jobs , Power Vote , Summer of Climate Solutions , Youth Leaders , global warming 3 Comments  Hello, I want to update you all on what I’ve been doing this summer. I created my own green job and got hired by a community non-profit in North Adams, MA, to create a campaign based on the ideas of a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty, and re-thinking energy as an opportunity to improve our quality of life. My town is predominantly working class, with high unemployment. We had no town-level group working on any sort of environmental issue and ‘green’ is regarded by some as a dirty word.Our common concern si the price of energy, especially home heating oil. People are worried about the home heating crisis. Many people on fixed incomes need to choose between paying for food or medication, but this winter heat has been added to the list. I talked with many people to develop energy saving points that were most effective, most understandable, least intrusive and not tied to any income bracket (i.e. solar panels). Then we looked at how information spreads - how do we reach thousands of people (as high as 50% or more of the population) instead of the social circles connected to environmentalists?The result is Take Charge: The North Adams Campaign to Save Energy: Continue reading ‘Take Charge: Energy for Everyone’ Putting Green-Collar Jobs on the Map Published by joshlynch, August 16th, 2008 Climate Justice , Direct Action , Impacted Communities , Jobs , Political Participation , Poverty , Video , green for all 0 Comments Green Jobs Now - 9.27.08 Tribes Building New Coal Plants Published by Teryn Norris, August 15th, 2008 global warming 2 Comments  “As the nation searches for new sources of energy, tribes are at a crossroads,” Climate Wire reported today in an article titled “Tribes Gamble on Coal, Despite Climate Risks” (subscription required). “They hold 30 percent of the nation’s coal reserves and have an abundant supply of oil and natural gas, but also face a growing climate change movement determined to stop development of fossil fuels and spur renewable energy.”Last week, the Crow Nation announced plans to build a coal-to-liquids plant in Montana that may provide fuel for the Air Force. That followed news of a potential coal-fired power plant on Navajo Nation land in New Mexico.Now, as many as six coal projects, including some that would produce liquid fuel, are “under consideration” in Montana either on reservations or in nearby locations that could make use of tribal labor and resources, according to Chantel McCormick, an energy development officer for the state. Her remarks echoed a Bush administration official who said Tuesday that several tribes had “expressed interest” recently in building plants that convert coal to diesel or jet fuel.“With an upswing in energy prices, tribes are looking at their resources more and hearing from industry wanting to work on reservation land,” said Robert Middleton, director of the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development at the Interior Department.”Groups like Energy Action Coalition have long argued (EAC statement of environmental justice principles) that tribes are some of the greatest victims to climate change, oil drilling, and coal mining. As the article reports: Continue reading ‘Tribes Building New Coal Plants’ An Action on Climate Change: Lebanon Takes a Stand Published by Shadia Wood, August 15th, 2008 Climate Justice , Government , News and Media , Youth Leaders , global warming 1 Comment It’s been a while since I wrote a post on itsgettinghotinhere and it’s also been a bit of time since this action in Lebanon has happened. But none-the-less it’s an important action that happened a little over a month ago, in a little country that I call home, with an organization close to my heart.So on July 8th, 2008 IndyAct, the League of Independent Activists, took to the beach in Beirut at six in the evening to demand their newly elected government do something about climate change. The event is apart of IndyAct’s Arab Climate Campaign, dedicated to pressuring their neighboring Arab countries take action. 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