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Youth Climate Coalition Announces Next Major Convergence, Power Shift 2013, Oct 18-21 in Pittsburgh

Power Shift 2013 hosted in Pittsburgh to focus on fracking, stopping Keystone XL, and building the student movement for climate action

Washington, DC -- Energy Action Coalition announced today that Power Shift 2013 will be hosted in Pittsburgh, PA October 18-21. Over 10,000 youth leaders from hundreds of college campuses will converge in Pittsburgh for the largest activist summit in the country, and to continue to build a movement to divest from fossil fuels, take on fracking, and stop Keystone XL.

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Youth Climate Coalition Outraged that Keystone XL SEIS Does Not Consider Climate Impacts

Statement from Maura Cowley, Executive Director of Energy Action Coalition on the release of the State Department’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) on Keystone XL:

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New Ad Demands Candidates Break Silence on Global Climate Crisis

Young Florida Voters Ask Candidates: “What Will Your Administration Do to Address Our Generation’s Greatest Challenge—The Global Climate Crisis?”
Dozens of Youth Vote Leaders to March in Boca Raton before Final Presidential Debate, Demanding Candidates Lay Out Comprehensive Plan on Climate At Home and Abroad

** View the Video Ad: http://www.powervote.org/tv **

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200 Youth Vote Activists March In Tallahassee To Demand Presidential Candidates Stop Ignoring Climate Change

Student Activists Call On President Obama and Governor Romney to Lay Out Plans To Address The Climate Crisis With Clean Energy

Tallahassee, FL -- 200 young voters marched through the streets of Tallahassee, FL today to demand President Obama and Mitt Romney take leadership on the climate crisis. The march and rally come in response to the fact that neither President Obama, nor Governor Mitt Romney have laid out plans to address the climate crisis, one of the top issues for youth voters in this election.

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Groups Accuse Duke Energy of Funding Voter Suppression, Demand Duke Dump ALEC in Run Up to DNC

Energy Action Coalition, Greenpeace, Common Cause, CREDO Action, Public Citizen, and Others Launch Petitions, Send Open Letter to Duke CEO Jim Rogers Demanding He Dump ALEC

**To read the full letter to Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, go to: http://www.wearepowershift.org/blogs/open-letter-duke-energy-dump-alec-and-stop-funding-voter-suppression **

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As Romney Releases Dirty Energy Plan, Young Voters Rally at Obama Campaign HQ To Demand Candidates Address Climate Change

Youth Climate Activists Launch ‘Power Vote’ Campaign to Call on Candidates to Address Climate Change, And Counter Billions in Dirty Campaign Contributions with Major Youth Vote Mobilizations

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Police Brutality Reports Prompt Call from West Virginians, Environmental Activists for Investigation by US Attorney Booth Goodwin

National, Local Groups Petition US Attorney for the Southern District of WV Booth Goodwin and Attorney General Darrell McGraw to Investigate Police Maltreatment of Mountaintop Removal Protesters

**Dustin Steele, a West Virginia native abused by police while in custody, is available for interviews. To schedule, contact Molly at 907-750-1999 or Rachel at 202-746-1507**

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Artists and Activists Launch Youth “Power Vote” Campaign at Bonnaroo to Turn Out Climate and Clean Energy Voters in 8 Key States

Thousands of Young Bonnaroo Attendees Join Bands to Demand Candidates Stop Taking Dirty Money and Stand up for Clean Energy and Climate
**High Resolution Photos Available Here**

Manchester, TN — Over the weekend, musicians and activists joined together at Bonnaroo to launch Power Vote, a national campaign to turn out young voters in key states to demand candidates stand up for clean energy and stop taking money from the fossil fuel industry.

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Youth Vote Leaders March to Governor Cuomo, Deliver Letter from National Supporters Demanding He Ban Fracking

March Concludes With Delivery of Letter from Alliance of National Youth Vote Organizations “The National Youth Vote Is Watching For Your Leadership”
Demonstration Is Conclusion of Power Shift New York, Weekend-Long Training for 150 Youth Leaders Working To Ban Fracking

Albany NY-- On Monday morning, youth vote leaders and organizations from across the state will march and demonstrate to call on Governor Cuomo to ban fracking and lead ambitiously towards a clean energy economy.

Activists are hosting a “mock wedding” and other theatrics to expose the big money relationships and back door dealings between gas corporations and politicians, and then marching to the Capitol Building to demand Governor Cuomo reign in the gas industry, ban fracking, and lead towards a clean energy economy.

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2000 Students Pledge to Not Do Business With Bank of America For Investing In Coal & Bankrupting Future

Students and youth organizations organize Day of Action against Bank of America and student debt in run-up to Bank of America’s May 9th Shareholders Meeting
Energy Action Coalition joins nationwide campaign to demand Bank of America stop financing coal and bankrupting our future

Washington, DC -- Just weeks before Bank of America’s May 9th shareholders meetings, thousands of students are pledging to move their money and take to the streets to demand Bank of America stop financing dirty coal and bankrupting our future with predatory lending and student debt. Energy Action Coalition, along with student and youth organizations across the country are organizing a day of action against Bank of America in 7 cities Wednesday, the day students debt will rise to $1 trillion.

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Fossil Fools Week of Action Urges Universities to Divest from Risky Coal Industry

Student call on universities move millions of dollars out of coal in new campaign to distance schools from dangerous, dirty fossil fuels investments

Students from North Carolina to Illinois are uniting in a call to move millions of dollars in university endowment funds out of the risky and dirty coal industry. Through actions including street art, twitter campaigns, photo petitions and interactive movie screenings, students are aiming to make universities put their money where their mouth is on sustainability and send a clear signal to the coal industry that this generation of activists means business.

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Energy Action Coalition Names Russ Girling, CEO of TransCanada, Top Fossil Fool for Dirty & Disastrous Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

Grassroots leadership votes to take action against TransCanada, Chesapeake Energy & Bank of America
**For more information visit: http://FossilFoolsDay.com**

Energy Action Coalition, a coalition of 40 youth-led social and environmental justice organizations, named Russ Girling, CEO of TransCanada the top Fossil Fool for attempting to develop its Keystone XL pipeline.

Thousands of grassroots leaders voted in an online contest for Fossil Fools Day to decide the targets for nationwide actions launching this month to expose these corporate polluters.

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President Obama’s capitulation to TransCanada on the southern leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline is a slap in the face to young voters

Statement from Maura Cowley, Executive Director, Energy Action Coalition on President Obama's Keystone XL Announcement

Washington, DC— President Obama’s capitulation to TransCanada on the southern leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline is a slap in the face to young climate voters across the country. In 2008, we mobilized in record numbers for a President who promised to free us from the tyranny of oil, but now he’s committing to ‘drill everywhere he can,’ and is expediting pipeline approval for a foreign oil company.

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Twenge Youth Study on Environment is Total Sham

Methodology is flawed, and reputable polls counter results
Energy Action Coalition, the largest youth advocacy coalition in the country, refutes claims citing unprecedented youth environmental activism

Energy Action Coalition, the largest youth advocacy coalition in the country, is challenging the findings of a recent study undercutting youth commitment to the environment because of major issues with the study’s methodology, opposing polls with polar opposite results, and actual youth involvement in climate, energy, and environmental issues.

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Energy Action Coalition Thanks President Obama For Standing Strong Against Big Oil and Rejecting Keystone XL

Young Voters Vow To Keep Up Fight Against Big Oil and Their Cronies
**Statement from Maura Cowley, Energy Action Coalition Executive Director**

Washington, DC— Young voters are thrilled that President Obama decisively stood up to big oil for its recklessness and rejected the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

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Press Releases

Youth Climate Coalition Announces Next Major Convergence, Power Shift 2013, Oct 18-21 in Pittsburgh
March 11, 2013
Youth Climate Coalition Outraged that Keystone XL SEIS Does Not Consider Climate Impacts
March 1, 2013
New Ad Demands Candidates Break Silence on Global Climate Crisis
October 18, 2012
200 Youth Vote Activists March In Tallahassee To Demand Presidential Candidates Stop Ignoring Climate Change
October 7, 2012
Groups Accuse Duke Energy of Funding Voter Suppression, Demand Duke Dump ALEC in Run Up to DNC
August 29, 2012
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