Comments on: The Future Within Our Grasp http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/10/16/the-future-within-our-grasp/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: In Oregon, Student Governments Call for a Future Beyond Coal « Oregon Sierra Club Blog http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/10/16/the-future-within-our-grasp/#comment-90678 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:18:53 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=13754#comment-90678 [...] and OSPIRG met to forge our strategy for calling PGE out on its claims.  Though students had provided critical input on decisions regarding coal in Oregon over the last several months, we knew what would be needed [...]

]]> By: In Oregon, Student Governments Call for a Future Beyond Coal « It’s Getting Hot In Here http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/10/16/the-future-within-our-grasp/#comment-90651 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:20:33 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=13754#comment-90651 [...] and OSPIRG met to forge our strategy for calling PGE out on its claims.  Though students had provided critical input on decisions regarding coal in Oregon over the last several months, we knew what would be needed [...]

]]> By: Conflict of Interest Exposed as Oregon Utility Attempts to Undermine Student Activism « It’s Getting Hot In Here http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/10/16/the-future-within-our-grasp/#comment-89691 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:58:13 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=13754#comment-89691 [...] Linfield College on campaigns designed to take on fossil fuels in Oregon.  Students at Linfield turned out to a major hearing on the Northwest’s energy future last fall, and this month organized a bike ride protest against liquefied natural gas.  This spring [...]

]]> By: PGE Acknowledges Coal Plant’s a Problem – But Proposed Date for Shutdown Falls Short « It’s Getting Hot In Here http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/10/16/the-future-within-our-grasp/#comment-85948 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:44:20 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=13754#comment-85948 [...] would not have happened without the work of hundreds of people who sent their comments to PGE, testified at hearings this past fall, and turned up the heat on PGE in other ways.  But our work isn’t over yet.  2020 is still [...]

]]> By: Juliana Williams http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/10/16/the-future-within-our-grasp/#comment-82074 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:30:31 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=13754#comment-82074 Nick, it is so exciting to see this happen. And I love the point that one of the major technology centers in the country that has developed so many cutting edge technologies (including space travel and solar panels) can figure out a way to wean the region from coal.

What caught me is the line from the Cascade Climate Declaration. It is so important to reminds ourselves of our commitment to tackling this problem. Thank you for that reminder.

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