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Young Americans Won't Let Obama Waste Copenhagen Opportunity

Jessy Tolkan | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Energy Action Coalition, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change, Green Energy, Copenhagen, Shanghai, Barack Obama, Green News
Jessy Tolkan

Watching President Obama take questions from students in Shanghai, I couldn't help but feel disappointed that he has yet to engage with young Americans in the youth climate movement.

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Power Shift Youth Summits For Clean Energy

Posted 10.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Youth Summits, Energy Action Coalition, Power Shift, Activism, Impact News

Energy Action Coalition is kicking off itsPower Shift youth summits beginning today, October 9. The summits will gather young people to exercise their...

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Just in Time: Youth Journalists Take On Climate with 'Project Survival Media'

Celia Alario | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Youth Radio, Energy-Action-Coalition, Climate Change, Energy Action Coalition, Climate Crisis, Youth Activism, Independent Media, Climate Bill, Green News
Celia Alario

The youth reporters are focusing on the voices of those who are already being disproportionately impacted, and those who have found successful global and local solutions for a better future.

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Power Shift '09 - Youth Event of the Year

Jason Pollock | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Jason-Pollock, Santogold, Election Day, Green, Washington DC, The Roots, Nic Clark, Leigh Arsenault, Millennial Generation, Green Energy, Milennial Politics, Jessy Tolkan, The Youth Movement, Hayley Zachary, The-Youngest-Candidate, Power Shift 2009, Energy Action Coalition, The Youngest Candidate, Power Shift, Green Technology, Millennials, Jason Pollock, Green News, Santigold, Green News
Jason Pollock

To describe the feeling of seeing 12,000 politically active college students from around America is not really possible for me to do in words. It's like taking a picture of a sunset.

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What the Press Didn't Tell You About the Largest Youth Movement in Decades (Part One)

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 04.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Power Shift 2009, Green Jobs, Youth, Youth Vote, Energy Action Coalition, Obama Youth Vote, Activism, Green News, Global Warming, Youth Activism, Energy, Climate Change, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

Part One: A Growing Movement Comes of Age By Jesse Jenkins, reporting for the Energy Collective and WattHead - Energy News and Commentary This is th...

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What the Press Didn't Tell You About the Largest Youth Movement in Decades (Introduction)

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 04.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Power Shift 2009, Climate Change, Green Jobs, Energy Action Coalition, Activism, Global Warming, Youth, Green News, Youth Activism, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

On March 2nd, fueled by a fiery passion no snowstorm could chill, thousands stormed Capitol Hill to rally, lobby and even risk arrest in their efforts to ignite a clean and just energy future.

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The Youth Storm Washington

Benjamin Bronfman | Posted 03.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Green-Owl-Records, Energy Action Coalition, Economic Stimulus Package, Powershift, Economic Crisis, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Green Living, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Green-Youth, Benjamin Bronfman., Green News
Benjamin Bronfman

This weekend, 10,000 environmentally activated young people from around the country will amass in Washington, DC to urge our government to get serious about clean energy and the economy.

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Power Shift 09: Young People Lead on Climate Action

Frances Beinecke | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Wendell Berry, Energy Action Coalition, Billy Parish, Power Shift, Bill Mckibben, Capitol Power Plant, Global Warming, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Young people have a variety of ways to generate noise about climate solutions right now, from organizing their campuses to putting boots on the ground in Washington.

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Powershift09 to Capitol Power Action: Follow the Young

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Coal, President Barack Obama, Washington DC, Capitol Climate Action, Green, Global Warming, Students, Climate Change, Young Voters, Dirty Coal, Carol Browner, Wendell Berry, Steven Chu, Green Energy, Green Movement, Energy Action Coalition, powershift09, Bill Mckibben, Green News
Jeff Biggers

As the first massive act of civil disobedience, thousands will cross the line to demand an end to our nation's denial of the spiraling impact of dirty coal and old coal-fired plants.

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Hope Is Not a Strategy

Jake Brewer | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Power Shift 2009, Energy Action Coalition, Power Shift, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Jessy Tolkan, Politics News
Jake Brewer

The question clearly and powerfully before us is not what we hope for, but rather, what are we going to do to make our hopes actually happen. We need to act. Now.

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Climate Change Policy: The Good News and the Challenge Ahead

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: 111th Congress, Energy Efficiency, United Nations Climate Change, Green Jobs, Energy Action Coalition, Clean Coal, 350.Org, Ipcc, S Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Conservation, Climate Change, Green Business, Coal, Global Warming, Barack Obama, 1sky, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

30 national organizations working to combat global warming came together on a set of recommendations delivered to President-elect Obama earlier this month.

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Penn State: 1000 Youth in Line to Vote at 7am

Jake Brewer | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Rock the Vote, Pennsylvania, Energy Action Coalition, Youth Vote, New Hampshire Polls, Voter Turnout, New Hampshire, Powervote, Penn State University, 2008 Election, Voting, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Presidential Election, Youth Voters, Voting Lines, Pennsylvania Vote, Green Vote, Green News
Jake Brewer

The youth vote is likely to make up 25% of the electorate today and is a powerful national voice that is demanding green jobs and clean energy to reinvigorate and re-power our economy.

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My Co-Worker is a Terrorist

Jake Brewer | Posted 11.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Aclu, Maryland State Police, Energy Action Coalition, Domestic Surveillance, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Powervote, Domestic Terrorism, Green Energy, Maryland, Domestic Spying, Green News
Jake Brewer

My co-worker, Josh's, most terrorizing activities? Helping pass landmark legislation like the Maryland Healthy Air Act and the Clean Car Bill.

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Green Economy. Green Jobs. Now.

Jake Brewer | Posted 10.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs Now, Clean Energy, Energy Action Coalition, Van Jones, Green Jobs, Green for All, Economic Crisis, Green News
Jake Brewer

These are the most uncertain times young Americans my age have ever known, and many are downright panicked. Frankly, they have good reason.

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Obama and McCain: Silent on Climate Change

Betsy Taylor | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

Read More: John McCain, Energy Action Coalition, Antarctic Ice Shelf, North Pole, Climate Change, Powervote, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Offshore Drilling, 1sky, Arctic, Drill Baby Drill, Green News
Betsy Taylor

If McCain and Obama don't address the scale and urgency of global warming, on what basis will we insist that they live up to their campaign commitments and to take bold action next year?

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