Friday reading:
Where does our power originate?
Phew, what a week it’s been. From stopping coal trains to occupying a proposed opencast site it seems like the ’summer of discontent’ is here - coal protest is alive, well and kicking in the UK. And, if you’d like to back up action with a bit of theory, here’s some interesting reading from the states, where coal action is similarly alive, well, and shutting down the polluters.
For environmentalists and the small but growing percentage of Americans who have come to accept that the world as we know it is crashing down around us and who know that nothing serious is being done about it, the most rational response is to take to the streets. To continue our present strategy of downplaying climate change risk and making joint alliance with the chief architects of the massive ramp-up in global fossil fuel use is irrational.
Where Does Our Power Originate? - from Gristmill.
Have a good weekend.
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