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On Thursday, March 23rd, executive deputy secretary of the PA Department of Environmental Protection, John Hines, hit send on an unanticipated and regressive email memo ordering all Pennsylvania gas inspectors to stop issuing violations against drillers without prior approval from political appointee Michael Krancer. The dramatic policy change will effectively suppress “Notice of Violations” (NOV)…

Power Shift is happening April 1-4 in DC this year! Sign up to be a coordinator for your school or community and learn more below! Please visit: http://energyactioncoalition.org/powershift2011/organize Or don’t be shy and just shoot me an email at: ljubica@energyjustice.net Power Shift 2011 Lets talk about Power Shift 2011. Power Shift is the name of an annual youth summit…

That was the campaign tagline someone suggested in the “How to Keep Them Out” strategy session of the 2010 National People’s Oil and Gas Summit in Pittsbugh, PA (Nov. 19 and 20, 2010).  I jotted it down because I thought it would be a fitting slogan to allude to a campaign to slow, stop, and antagonize the…

For those of you who haven’t watched Gasland, I would strongly recommend checking it out. Besides the cool shots and excellent banjo accompaniments, the story at the heart of the film is extremely compelling and well told. There are honest and admirable protagonists in the movie, as well as shadowy corporations. The movie was created by Josh…

Newsletter Edition – Thursday, June 18th, 2010 Join Energy Justice Network at the US Social Forum 2010 in Detroit! ——————————————————– Workshop #1 Mapping for Justice: Open Source, Dirty Energy and Waste Facilities ——————————————————– http://organize.ussf2010.org/ws/mapping-justice-open-source-dirty-energ… Wed, 06/23/2010 – 10:00am – 12:00pm Woodward Academy Room 1449 Energy Justice Network is creating a space to share critical information…

We can meet all of our electricity needs with wind and solar. But what about when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining? Coal, nuclear and natural gas make up 88% of the U.S. electricity mix. There are several answers to the myth that intermittent energy sources like wind and solar can’t replace…

Maryland’s state legislators are at it for a four year in a row, pushing bills that would increase trash and biomass incineration in their state and region. In 2011, the state became the first, and only, to put trash burning in competition with wind power in its renewable energy mandate. Now, over half of the energy used to meet…

by Alex Lotorto This morning, I was sipping coffee and watching Sunday morning talk shows with my parents. We talked about the presidential election when my dad muted the commercial breaks that consistently included fossil fuel industry commercials. My mom put it simply, “I made phone calls, put up posters, and worked at the [Obama]…

This Earth Day, like so many others, we’ll be invited to pick up litter, plant trees, be reminded to recycle, and countless other personal habits we can adopt to save the earth. Corporations pitching “green” products will bust out their “Lorax-approved” logos and encourage our “green” consumption. This will be the first Earth Day since…

After a year of work with numerous grassroots leaders throughout the U.S., our network of activists fighting “biomass” incinerators has put together a bold and comprehensive platform to guide and unite our work. Since so-called “biomass” incineration cuts across many issues, including energy and waste policy as well as agriculture and forestry issues, it makes sense that…