Climate Technofix: Weaving Carbon into Gold and Other Myths of “negative emissions”
By Rachel Smolker, PhD![Sandakan_Sabah_Biomass-Power-Plant-300x200[1]](http://world.350.org/vermont/files/2015/12/Sandakan_Sabah_Biomass-Power-Plant-300x2001.jpg)
When the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) published their most recent fifth assessment report, something surprising and deeply disturbing was lurking in the small print in chapter three on “mitigation”.
The IPCC revealed that to …
Fossil Fuel Investments Cost the Vermont Pension Fund Millions
New analysis of the Vermont pension funds and other large funds shows high costs of not divesting from fossil fuels
Investments in fossil fuel companies have severely hurt the financial performance of pensions for Vermont’s teachers, state and municipal employees, …
Vermont : Explain Yourself
By Gideon Commey
I entered Reagan National Airport like a cow in a china shop, guileless. The airport is small but so choked with travellers that I was literally dehydrated after the long check-in which was a mission indeed. But …
Stop the Oil Trains!
Stop Oil Trains Week of Action, Burlington, VT 7-6-15 and Ticonderoga, NY 7-7-15
Blog post, photos and video (link at bottom of post) by Arthur Hynes
On July 6, the 2nd anniversary of the Lac Mégantic Disaster, a group from …
Summer of Solidarity Week of Action
by Taylor Cook and Sarah Vukelich
Many roadblocks on the path to justice share the same underlying systemic causes. A just future is a future free from racism, sexism, classism, environmental destruction, patriarchy, white supremacy, transphobia, ableism, heterosexism, and all …