Climate Change and the Power of One Written By: Michelle Haimoff 2008-10-03 12:22:21 A recent Wall Street Journal article cites a McKinsey & Co study claiming that American consumers influence 65% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. (Consumers in the rest of the world only influence 43% of emissions.) The findings demonstrate that it is the individual and not industry that has power over climate control.
Coal Moratorium Gaining Steam Written By: Michelle Haimoff 2008-01-23 17:07:41 Rainforest Action Network (RAN) reports that 59 proposed coal-fired power plants have been cancelled or shelved in the past year. Both RAN and Coal Moratorium NOW! have been calling for a moratorium on the construction of new coal-fired power plants through education, grass roots organizing and non-violent direct action, such as the National Global Warming Teach-In on January 31, 2008.
