'Calling climate justice, it's about time
'Cause our Black people on the frontline
Ain't you seeing what I'm seeing
Hurricanes and fires blazing, flooding in Savannah basin'
Check out Fossil Free University grad Louis VI on NPR for his new climate mixtape npr.org/2024/04/22/124…

Increasingly sophisticated fossil fuel PR campaigns are making climate disinfo more difficult for journalists and the public to spot. This explainer looks at 5 of the industry’s go-to disinfo tactics. By Amy Westervelt and Kyle Pope for The Guardian… theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

The fossil fuel industry's propaganda tactics are well-funded and becoming more sophisticated, but the stories don’t change much from year to year. Must read on how to spot their top five narratives in order to better combat them.
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Read our latest Dispatch from the Frontlines by
Jamie Henn of Fossil Free Media as he reflects on the importance of changing the narrative and spotlighting different storytellers to help mobilize strong movements to take on the fossil fuel industry. equationcampaign.org/dispatches/shi…

Thank you The Outside for interviewing our Executive Director Katie Redford and Deputy Director Annie Plotkin Madrigal to share why there is an urgent need to change our collective approach to climate philanthropy.
Listen to the full episode: findtheoutside.com/blog/2024/02/2…

Our grantee partner, the Descendants Project, recently won a lawsuit to protect their historic Black community and ancestral gravesites in Louisiana from a massive industrial scheme.

Listen to a recent interview with their co-founder Joy Banner on NPR : lnkd.in/eD3RtR3s

Our sister organization, Global Climate Legal Defense (CliDef), has announced a #COP28 Legal Protection Center to offer legal resources to coalitions and climate activists planning to attend COP28 this month.

Download the guide before you go: climatelegaldefense.org/cop28

In this Dispatch from the Frontlines, Nebraska farmer Art Tanderup reflects on unlikely alliances across generations & identities, working together to build movement power to defeat KXL, & the challenges ahead for communities now fighting carbon pipelines equationcampaign.org/dispatches/bui…

Congrats, Jane Kleeb👢🪧🗳️! 🥳🥳🥳

'Every new coal, natural gas and oil project collides with the scientific reality that the world needs to cut its greenhouse gas emissions..But for people on the ground, these projects aren’t symbols of global battles — they have tangible impacts...' bloomberg.com/features/2023-…

'There is just this continuous pattern that Indigenous communities and communities of color bear all the risk when we have these extractive projects.' –Bay Mills Indian Community President Whitney Gravelle #ShutDownLine5 #EndFossilFuels #NoGreenColonialism theguardian.com/us-news/2023/s…

A must read. Capital B reports on how 'A new data set outlines the threats in 70,000 U.S. census tracts.
Black neighborhoods make up some of the most at risk.'
Read the whole article from Capital B here: capitalbnews.org/climate-risk-m…

'We need rapid & transformat'l change to address the climate crisis, & the only way in history that has ever happened w/ the scale & speed that the science says is necessary, is thru mass mobilization and movements led by organizers where the harms are most directly experienced.'

Our Katie Redford spoke with The Rockefeller Foundation on the tools that have the power to disrupt & dismantle the fossil fuel industry, but are under-the-radar in mainstream climate funding strategies.

Read the full interview: rockfound.link/468AhLy #RFBellagio #BellagioPerspectives

'The work I do at the frontlines tells an entirely different story — one where everyone, regardless of race, religion or politics, understands that if we are to survive, we all need safe water, clean air, and land to live on.' Dr. Crystal Cavalier #StopMVP #StopMVP Southgate

“People often can’t even believe there is a pipeline going through the Great Lakes. It seems crazy that we just have this heart attack waiting to happen.”

-President Whitney Gravelle of our grantee partner of Bay Mills Indian Community in The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2023/s…

BREAKING: International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Emissions scenario reaffirms that governments must stop approving new fossil fuels – and close some fields early – to protect a livable planet.

iea.org/reports/net-ze…

#EndFossilFuels #KeepItInTheGround