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Power Shift 2013
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Community Highlights

Bobcat Environmentalism: Bates' Student Body's Demands for Fossil Fuel Divestment

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Posted on May 4, 2013
by Bo Ra Kim, Sierra Student Coalition, Bates Energy Action Movement
BEAM constantly reminding Bates College trustees of the Divestment movement.

Yesterday, Friday May 3rd, 2013, nine Bates College students from the Bates Environmental Action Movement (BEAM) met with six members of the Board of Trustees to discuss Divestment. We had high hopes for this meeting and created an agenda that would show these trustees why divestment was an urgent matter and the need for Bates College to be a leader in this movement.

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SSC Celebrating Earth Day

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Posted on April 11, 2013
by Quentin James, National Director, Sierra Student Coalition

If you're in Washington, DC on April 21st, join the SSC and the Sierra Club at the 2013 Broccoli City Fest! This year's fest will feature over 15 live acts including headliner Big Krit, tons of vendors, yoga and zumba instructions, and live art! 

Tickets can be purchased now at www.BCFestival.com using purchase code "Earth Day" for a discount!

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Minnesota Rising- Youth Take Action!

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Posted on February 24, 2013
by Alexis Boxer

After three years working in the Crossroads of America I have made my way up to the Land of 10,000 Lakes. As someone who is new to Minnesota there is a bit of a learning curve for me when it comes to working in a new state. I'm not new to the youth climate movement however and I know that when opportunity knocks, you answer. Right now in Minnesota, opportunity is knocking hard. 

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PHOTOS: #ForwardOnClimate - The Largest Climate Rally in US History

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Posted on February 18, 2013
by Jeff Mann, Online Director, Energy Action Coalition

Yesterday was truly incredible — starting with the inspring Youth Convergence where 500+ young people gathered to continue building this movement and talk about the incredible work students are doing to push their colleges to divest from fossil fuels and move to 100% clean energy — and ending with the 50,000 strong #ForwardOnClimate rally, the largest rally in US history calling for climate action!

We’d love to hear from those of you who were at the rally or the convergence, so please share your experience on the blog! In the meantime, we wanted to share some of our favorite photos of the day.


500+ young people gather before the #ForwardOnClimate rally — Photo Credit: Energy Action Coalition

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Arrested, but not stopping

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Posted on February 13, 2013
by Maura Cowley, Executive Director, Energy Action Coalition

This morning I was arrested in front of the White House.

I sat down and got arrested to show that we are determined to see President Obama take decisive action on climate change by rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline.

As one of the youth leaders participating in this demonstration, today I stood for our generation.

Never before have the stakes been higher to take action on climate change. In 2012, extreme weather events took a harrowing toll on people across the United States and the world. If we fail to take action, millions of people around the world will suffer. There simply is not an option to sit on the sidelines and let this moment pass.

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77% of UNC-Chapel Hill students vote YES to divest from coal

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Posted on February 13, 2013
by Jasmine Ruddy
Posted in UNC Chapel Hill Power Vote

On Tuesday, more than 4,200 students at UNC Chapel Hill demonstrated overwhelming support for divesting the university’s $2.1 billion endowment from the dirty coal industry. The referendum passed by a huge margin with 77% of UNC students voting in favor of coal divestment.

The campaign has gathered endorsements from The Daily Tar Heel, Campus Y, Sierra Student Coalition, Roosevelt Institute, UNC Young Democrats, UNC Residence Hall Association and Student Power UNC and all five student body president candidates. The weeks leading up to the election proved how powerful and important it is to build broad support and meaningful coalition partners across campus to get things done.

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