This weekend, over 400 youth leaders from across the Midwest converged in Cleveland, Ohio to do some political organizing. Ohio is a critical swing state in the 2012 election, but these activists weren't coming to knock on doors for Mitt Romney or phone-bank for Barack Obama.

Instead, their mission...

Record-breaking temperatures. Political gridlock. Environmental legislation under attack.

How are young people responding? Well this weekend, in 14 cities, young people took action to cool things down. They're going out in the blistering heat, working on community...

This Tax Day, there's a new message in town: It's time to "Make Big Polluters Pay."

5,000 young voters rallied at the White House to call on President Obama to stand up to Big Polluters and make them pay their fair share. For too long Big Oil...

In an election that's been characterized by record corporate spending, capitulation to moderation, and a lack of leadership behind visionary ideas, the youth clean energy vote is showing the leadership it demands. In hundreds of locations, thousands of young voters are standing up to Big Oil, challenging special interests, and...

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Cal State Los Angeles Senior Joel Francis issued a debate challenge to billionaire CEO Charles Koch of Koch Industries today. Joel's a former student body president, a Marine Corps veteran, and is...

Cross-posted from EnergyActionCoalition.org

St. Louis, Missouri is ground zero for corporate dirty energy. Two of the nation's largest coal companies, Peabody Energy and Arch Coal have been running the town for decades, but there's about to be a showdown...

These corporations have been using Washington University in St....

Last week, we got a glimmer of President Obama's commitment to a clean energy future, and tonight we are ready to see it shine through. Last week at Carnegie Mellon, a university that stands for the next wave of innovation, he began to lay out his response to the BP...

If you are like me, it's easy to be cynical on Earth Day. For one day the public's attention is turned to the environment, but largely what they see is advertisements for superficial eco-products, greenwash from some of the biggest and dirtiest corporations, and talking points from politicians - there...

It's the day after MLK Day, and the eve of Obama's inauguration.

Putting people to work building a clean energy economy has the potential to secure our generation's future, simultaneously solving both our economic and environmental crises. In light of insufficient progress on national policy to spur this sort of...

Last night I live blogged an incredible sit-in at the Copenhagen climate negotiations. Young people sat-in and refused to leave until they had read the names of 11 million people who have called for a fair, ambitious and binding climate agreement, and until their demands had been met. Read below...