It’s Getting Hot In Here

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In this episode we laugh at “clean coal” again, introduce Obama’s energy team, check in on the youth action at the UN Conference on Climate Change, and go over a top ten list of stuff you can do over break.

Transcript and links available at http://powershift09.org/blog/vlog

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CALL the Secretary of Interior & Office of Surface Mining - Support Indigenous Peoples!

Navajo and Hopi communities face threat of more coal mining in Black Mesa, Arizona.

The U.S. Office of Surface Mining (OSM) will soon determine whether to allow Peabody Coal, the world’s largest coal company, to strip mine coal on Navajo and Hopi lands in Black Mesa. Watch Videos - Links Below

The Black Mesa region is sacred to the Navajo people and is key to the cultural survival of both Navajo and Hopi peoples. More coal mining will devastate these communities - potentially displacing families and impacting all forms of life in the area. The OSM has ignored the concerns of Black Mesa residents, who are preparing to take action.

TODAY - Monday December 8th: Hopi and Navajo activists are taking their concerns to the federal agency’s regional headquarters in Denver, CO.

Your help is needed to ensure the voices and concerns from Black Mesa are heard loud and clear.
YOU can Support the Hopi and Navajo peoples of Black Mesa: Continue reading ‘From Indigenous Environmental Network Newsletter’

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We want to let you know about an exciting opportunity for college students, the Clinton Global Initiative University. This event challenges college students and universities to tackle global problems with practical, innovative solutions. It will be taking place from February 13-15th, 2009 at the University of Texas at Austin, but the final application deadline is December 12th, 2008.

The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) is a non-partisan catalyst for action that brings together a community of global leaders from various backgrounds to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

The Energy Action Coalition was featured at the 2008 CGI annual meeting in September and is excited to see the push to include the future (college youths) in their internationally acclaimed program.

Apply Now for CGI U 2009

http://www.cgiu.org

- deadline is December 12, 2008 -

Space is filling up quickly for the second Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University being held at The University of Texas at Austin, February 13-15, 2009. Visit http://www.cgiu.org today to apply to attend CGI U 2009.

The 2009 meeting-hosted jointly by President Clinton and The University of Texas at Austin-will focus on issues related to education, energy & climate change, global health, peace & human rights, and poverty alleviation. All attendees are required to make a Commitment to Action-a concrete measure to make a difference within any of these five areas.

Attending CGI U is free, and travel assistance is available for those who qualify. The final application deadline is December 12, 2008. However, applications are being processed on a rolling basis so please apply as soon as possible. We hope to see you there!

Power Shift 2009 is our opportunity to bring a clear message to Washington, “We want clean and just energy now!”. In February, 2009 over 10,000 young people will converge on DC for three days of training, strategy and action. We will unite as a movement and hold our elected officials accountable.

Over 350,000 people have signed the Power Vote pledge stating their wish to have alternative sources of energy be considered at the highest levels.

From the beginning of this Power Vote Campaign until the election our sole goal was to make the youth climate vote massive. The numbers available to us show that the youth block represented over 18% of the total electorate.

Our push was not partisan, but rather open and intelligent. Taking a close minded view of the options in favor of the status quo is what has brought the system to such a breaking point. The economy is in turmoil, wars rage on nearly every continent, and climate change is no longer a debate. It is real and the increase in devastating hurricanes, drought, and loss of the stabilizing polar ice caps are affecting millions everywhere.

None of these issues are isolated and dealing with one naturally has an affect on the others. We are excited that so many people have chosen to not take any option off the table and through cooperation and honest dialogue decide to figure out what the next steps are.

Our work is not done. We need to hold these newly elected officials to their word. Power Vote has established the need for politicians to take young people and the climate serious. No longer will they pander solely to big money, but instead to the people who elect them - just as it should be. Stay tuned on powervote.org for all the developments. Somethings to watch out for:

- Unveiling of Powershift ’09 registration (later this week)

- New weekly Power Vlog (video blog, name yet to be finalized) highlighting everything going on in the youth climate movement across the country

- Announcement of speakers and performers at Powershift’09
and so much more

Stay tuned…

Join Al Gore and Power Vote
for a live webcast:

8:30 pm (EST)

TONIGHT

The buzz around massive climate voter turnout this election is bigger than ever, and we’re beyond excited for you to join us tonight at 8:30pm Eastern for our webcast with Al Gore to turn it up yet another notch.

http://www.powervote.org/GoreWebcast

Vice President Gore will speak about the role of young people in RePowering America and why it’s so important that we get as many climate voters as possible to turn out on November 4th at our country’s most important battle ground: the ballot box.

The webcast feed will go live at 8pm Eastern - 30 minutes before Mr. Gore begins speaking - so that if you are hosting a viewing party you will be able to set up and test your equipment. Again, the web address for the webcast will be:

http://www.powervote.org/GoreWebcast

Now, we’ve written a lot of emails and blog posts this week about the webcast with Mr. Gore and about our call to get out the climate vote over the next six days - and it’s been incredible to see your response.

Our field teams have been spreading the word on the ground at campuses nationwide, and our great friends and partners like the Alliance for Climate Protection, 1Sky, and Green for All have been doing the same on all fronts.

It’s been a truly extraordinary week, and the best is yet to come! In the midst of the excitement though, we also want to ensure the reason for it is not lost:

We need our elected officials to know there are millions of people for whom green jobs, a clean energy economy, and the securing of our climate is a top priority.

We’re so very thankful you’ll be joining us to make sure they know just that.

http://www.powervote.org/GoreWebcast

PS -Before the webcast, check out what the Power Vote campaign has been up to over the last 6 weeks at the Presidential Debates. Pretty awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELu_HaD6IW0

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