To get truly serious about addressing climate change, Washington must end the billions in subsidies going to the industry and move to
keep fossil fuels in the ground by banning drilling offshore and ending the fossil fuel leasing program on public lands.
The plan is to bring together a powerful student - led escalated action in Ottawa, ON to stop the Kinder Morgan pipeline and
keep fossil fuels in the ground on October 24th, 2016.
The climate alarmists maintain that continued burning of fossil fuels will bring about catastrophic global warming / climate change and the world should not only greatly decrease CO2 emissions but recently that the world should
even keep fossil fuels in the ground.
... Ultimately, if we are going prevent large parts of this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, we are going to have to
keep some fossil fuels in the ground rather than burn them...
Any other solution that doesn't really talks
about keeping fossil fuels in the ground is a false solution and gives us this fake sense that we are tackling the crisis when we are actually exacerbating it.
Nov. 2017: When challenged during a speech in Bonn at a side event of the United Nations climate talks, California Gov. Brown responds to indigenous protestors interrupting his speech with chants about the imperative to
keep fossil fuels in the ground by telling them that someone «should put you in the ground.»
The campaign quickly spread to many parts of the world, and by 2015 thousands of divestment campaigns were underway, helping shift public opinion in favour
of keeping fossil fuels in the ground and highlighting the moral urgency of climate action.
The initiative, known as Yasuní - ITT, failed to raise the necessary funds as northern Annex 1 countries balked at contributing to
keeping fossil fuels in the ground — a strategy that is now a scientific imperative if the world is to meet its declared goal of avoiding a 2 °C rise in temperature.
Our panel will explore various financial strategies for how we can
keep fossil fuels in the ground to prevent catastrophic climate change.
Economics is one rubric that works to
keep fossil fuels in the ground.
It's a place for people to connect, share personal stories and find new ways for the growing movement to
keep fossil fuels in the ground and build a just, 100 % renewable economy that works for all.
Protecting our climate means we must
keep fossil fuels in the ground.»
That will look like a number of things, first, continuing fights around the world to
keep fossil fuel in the ground, and second, continuing to follow the money and expose the corporations and industries that stand in the way of progress.
Keeping fossil fuels in the ground is a matter of survival for communities around the world — we need to stand in solidarity with them, and fight for climate justice.
Let's keep this momentum going to
keep all fossil fuels in the ground!
Stopping tar sands expansion and projects like Keystone XL pipeline reinforces need to
keep fossil fuels in the ground and move to clean energy, NRDC says
Trudeau and his colleagues have a choice, either go down in history as government that sacrificed climate action and Indigenous reconciliation for a pipeline, or recognize that thousands of people in Canada are ready to support real climate action that respects Indigenous rights and
keeps fossil fuels in the ground.
In 2016, our fellowship provided 6 students and 3 team leads in New Hampshire, Colorado and Virginia to organize youth and students on state ballot initiatives and on elections that will
keep fossil fuels in the ground and ensure a just transition to 100 % renewable energy.
Interestingly, the landmark international accord draws a big fat highlight (and maybe a circle and some stars in the margin) across the work that activists and leaders are doing in the Pacific Northwest: not just the work to
keep fossil fuels in the ground and make polluters pay for their pollution, but also our work to reduce the influence of money in politics and reform broken North American democratic institutions.
As communities in our region stand up to Big Oil and Coal export projects, we are rejecting the status quo and
keeping the fossil fuels in the ground.
It seems these can only be mitigated by
keeping fossil fuels in the ground and out of the air.
Keeping fossil fuels in the ground is the best way to protect important habitats and livelihoods.
Keeping fossil fuels in the ground is the best way to protect people from untold destruction.
The difference we can make now by
keeping fossil fuels in the ground is astounding: if we act now, we can keep the Antarctic ice sheet largely intact.
Public policy options range from setting a carbon price (with a tax or «cap and trade» program) to «command and control» laws and regulation to
keep fossil fuels in the ground.
It may take a strong, coordinated, and global effort to
keep fossil fuels in the ground and spread renewable energy, but we can do it.
Keeping fossil fuels in the ground is the most important step we can take to prevent further climate change.
The best way to stop it is by
keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
But action now to
keep fossil fuels in the ground can still save many glaciers.
At this point we can not stop sea level rise, but if we act now to
keep fossil fuels in the ground, we can limit the extent of sea level rise for centuries into the future.
If
we keep fossil fuels in the ground and limit warming to less than 2 °C, it can mean the difference between a sea level increase of 50 cm and an increase of 10 metres or more.
It showed that we can pull together and make common cause with diverse coalitions to protect indigenous sovereignty and land rights while working to
keep fossil fuels in the ground.
We know our calls to
keep fossil fuels in the ground were heard loud and clear — by world leaders here in Bonn and by people like you all over the world who pledged to take local action.
These groups run effective grassroots campaigns focused on
keeping fossil fuels in the ground and creating a rapid and just transition to 100 % clean energy for all.
There's a reason that coal has been singled out in the fight to
keep fossil fuels in the ground.
The only real way to prevent CO2 release is sequestration or better yet
keep the fossil fuels in the ground (good luck with that!).
We're going to keep growing the global movement to win climate action and
keep fossil fuels in the ground.
«Today's decision is a victory for the Arctic and demonstrates the growing strength of the movement to
keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Pushing Canada to take real #climate leadership by freezing #tarsands and
keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
We have to show them that all across Canada people are read for real climate action that respects Indigenous rights and
keeps fossil fuels in the ground.