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Oil Bad. Freedom Good.

Fri, 24 Jun 2005 23:21:48 -0700

Oil surrounds our daily lives. Whether in the form of the millions of different plastics we have, heating our homes or fueling our transportation, oil remains a key piece of our energy requirements. What people don't always realize is that this is actually an oil addiction. We've grown accustomed to having it, a lot of it, at our fingertips. Whats the bad news here? Well, where shall we start? For one, the price of oil just recently topped $59 a barrel and gasoline in the San Francisco Bay Area is hitting upwards of $2.79 a gallon. Secondly, according to many different scientists Peak Oil is now officially a "threat" to the United States economy and way of life in that it will force us to change our ways and look more closely at alternative energy sources much sooner than we had hoped. Thirdly, the majority of our oil consumption occurs on the U.S. highways in the tanks of our SUVs a trucks. So, what are automakers doing to help us ditch oil? Making more gas guzzlers. Ford Motors is the worst as they have racked up the worst fuel efficiency ratings of any of the top 5 automakers over the last 5 years.

Mother's Get Activated

Tue, 10 May 2005 14:30:44 -0700

The topic of getting our nation's mothers more involved in the environmental movement has been touched on in numerous blogs recently. Many feel that the green movement has failed to link mothers into the message of conservation, ecology and overall planet health. How could we have been so blind as to miss the connection between our mothers and our own Mother Earth?

With that in mind the Rainforest Action Network recently launched a year long campaign asking mothers and grandmothers around the world to mobilize and use their voices to help bring about change. And whats the message this growing assembly of motherly voices is communicating? It's time for Ford Motor Co. to turn itself around and start manufacturing zero-emssions vehicles. As part of RAN's Jumpstart Ford Campaign mothers from around the U.S. will be sending letters to Bill Ford Junior asking him to get back on track and commit his company to creating a safer, healthier and cleaner environment by building zero-emission vehicles. Ford Motor Company, is America's biggest gas guzzler, possessing the worst gas mileage of any American automaker for five straight years. And nearly seventy percent of the oil used in America today is used for transportation. How do we get off this addiction to oil? We bring change to the one of the largest auto companies in the world.

JP Morgan Will Lobby Gov't to Adopt Global Warming Strategy

Sat, 30 Apr 2005 00:44:44 -0700

(From the user blogs. Welcome, Japhet! -chris)

Perhaps you heard the huge news coming out of the financial sector last week: JP Morgan Adopts Green Policies. Why is this a big deal? I digress...

Rainforest Action Network and other environmental groups have been so successful in their campaigns over the past 5 years that corporations have become fearful of becoming a target of the group.