Climate and Environmental Justice
Human beings are consuming global resources at a higher rate than the planet can sustain. From fossil fuel consumption, to water pollution, to destruction of essential rainforests, human activity has so damaged the environment that humanity is facing catastrophe. Paramount is global warming. The U.S. emits more greenhouse gases per capita than any other nation, and the Department of Defense alone would rank as the 55th worst polluter in the world if it were a separate country. Everyone will feel the impact of the climate crisis, but the burdens will fall most heavily on parts of the world that did not create the climate crisis in the first place and on poorer communities within all nations. UFPJ supports efforts to halt and reverse global warming and to promote justice for the most severely impacted communities.
Occupy and the Next Big Thing
“This is no winter now. The frozen misery Of centuries breaks, cracks, begins to move; The thunder is the thunder of the floes, The thaw, the flood, the upstart Spring. Thank God our time is now when wrong Comes up to face us everywhere, Never to leave until we take...
Make Climate Change a Presidential Election Issue.
Just Two Weeks Left To Sign The Presidential Candidate Climate Emergency Petition! Do you think the next President of the United States should acknowledge and have a plan for addressing climate disruption for the sake of the American people, future...
Bank of America Stadium Renamed “Bank of Coal”
As the largest financier of the U.S. coal industry, Bank of America should be called the “Bank of Coal.” So we decided to rename it. Today, five RAN activists scaled Bank of America Stadium and dropped a 70′ x 25′ banner reading “Bank of America Coal.” What better...
Confronting Corporate Power: Bank of America
Converge for Justice Occupy Wall Street, South Break Up BOA’s Business as Usual! May 6-9, Charlotte, NC On May 6-9 people from across the country and world will be converging in Charlotte, NC, home of Bank of America’s Headquarters and their annual Shareholder...
Keystone XL Rejected (Again)
(originally posted on 350.0rg link here) Bill McKibben just sent this email to 350.org supporters in the United States and Canada Dear Friends We wanted to share with you the news: this afternoon the Obama Administration announced that they are denying the permit for...