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We Have Better Energy Choices

This is the creepiest ad. The 'drill baby, drill' chants from the crowd make me imagine a blood-thirsty crowd of Romans awaiting a gladiator fight. This creates once again an opportunity to mention how important it is to demand clean energy and climate change action from our elected officials. Call your Senators. And please tell them, you don't want a bill full of giveaways to big polluters and more offshore drilling. Have you visited the Repower America Wall? Add your voice today. ...

End the Cycle of Collective Destruction: No More Offshore Oil Drilling

Oil is a non-renewable resource. That means the supply of oil on planet Earth is finite. Oil production in the United States peaked around 1970 and since has been declining. Globally we are at or near Peak Oil right now. Our modern civilization runs on oil. Everything in our daily lives is dependent on oil, from the gas we put in our cars, to fertilizers, to plastics, synthetic fabrics, lubricants, paints, cosmetics, the list goes on and on. So do we just keep the party going, drill baby drill a...

Repower America With Clean Energy

Image by Earthprints via Flickr America faces unparalleled  economic, national security and environmental challenges. The solution seems simple- make a  transition to clean, renewable energy. A majority of Americans support a clean energy future, but powerful special interests block our path, and are spending millions of dollars to protect their interests. What can you do?  Call your  US Senators today and tell them you want a clean energy future and real comprehensive climate change ...