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This report calls for a regional strategy centered on environmental protection, state-building, and community governance.

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More than 60 Maryland environmental and community groups sign letter opposing the Moore administration’s apparent plan to facilitate construction of a massive gas power plant and gas pipeline to power data centers owned by cryptocurrency company.   ANNAPOLIS, MD – Fearing a tidal wave of climate pollution and profound disruptions to Charles County communities and […]

The post Outpouring of Maryland Nonprofit Groups Tell Gov. Wes Moore to Drop All Support for Mega-Polluting Data Center in Charles County appeared first on Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

2026 Mutual Aid Captain Candidates August Smith (they/he) Are you a member of any DSA caucuses? If so, which? I’m a supporter of Groundwork but have not officially joined. Are you a member or employee of any other political or labor organizations? If so, please list them and your position within them. I also hold […]

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Through A Radical Guide's Mutual Aid General Fund, we are in financial solidarity with the Sacramento Valley Tenants Union

The post Mutual Aid General Fund: Sacramento Valley Tenants Union appeared first on A Radical Guide. by Jason Bayless

A picture is worth a thousand tears. That was what I felt traveling to Ecuadorian Amazon with Amazon Watch on a woman donors delegation last month where we traveled from the Andes to the Amazon and deep into the remote Kichwa community of Sarayaku.

The post Tireless Resistance for Mother Nature first appeared on Amazon Watch.

By Lindsey Disler and Mat Forth - Industrial Worker, April 16, 2026

Members who attend educational and organizing events share what they learned with the members whose dues funded their attendance. This model seeks to recognize and follow the “each one teach one” philosophical tradition rooted in the cooperative and agricultural work of George Washington Carver, who believed that practical knowledge shared freely was the foundation of community survival. With that in mind, here is what I brought home from the 2026 Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, or PASA.

PASA “supports sustainable farms and equitable food systems through farmer-driven education, research, and community.” I particularly admire their focus on online and in-person workshops and events grounded in research on sustainable environmental practices. I’ve attended classes and field days they’ve hosted, such as tractor safety and small engine repair, or walking through the basics of chicken tractors, rotational grazing, and other practices that benefit both soil health and the broader environment.

One of the best parts of PASA is their yearly gathering in Lancaster, PA, where people from throughout the food system come together to compare notes on what they saw and learned over the past year, sharing what’s working in sustainable agriculture and what’s helping build more equitable food systems in their communities. February, though, is mostly a time for planning and getting ready for the next season; things are at least a little slower, and that gathering becomes a rare chance to socialize with other workers you otherwise wouldn’t meet or barely get to see.

One of the reasons we’ve started our organizing in sustainable agriculture, cooperative, and food sovereignty spaces is not only because we care about non-extractive, even regenerative, practices for the environments in which we live, work, and grow, but also how that relates to non-extractive, even regenerative, practices in workplaces and communities. It’s not hard, in conversation with others in these spaces, to draw the same parallels of environmental sustainability toward labor sustainability: that the same principles calling us toward sustainable, non-extractive, even regenerative relationships with the land also apply to how we structure work and treat the people doing it.

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Virginians laced up at Bryan Park to celebrate community and progress towards clean energy solutions across the Commonwealth.   RICHMOND, VA – The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) hosted its second annual 5K for the Planet on Sunday, April 12, 2026, a community fun run and walk that brings Virginians together in support of bold […]

The post Over 100 Richmonders Step Up for Climate Action: CCAN’s 5K for the Planet Returns for Second Year appeared first on Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

Feel free to tune in below to a new conversation I had with the comrades at TOFUria! about Tolstoy’s Search for the Kingdom of God: Gender and Queer Anarchism (paperback edition on the horizon). Given that my interlocutors are broadcasting from Valencia, Spain, the discussion takes place in Castilian (Spanish). Publicitamos la XXIV Mostra del […]

Last week, Brazil’s capital Brasília was transformed into a center of Indigenous resistance. With more than 7,000 Indigenous people occupying the capital, the 2026 Free Land Camp (ATL) pressured Brazil’s government to uphold native land rights

The post Brasília Becomes Indigenous Territory first appeared on Amazon Watch.

More than 7,000 Indigenous people marched through the streets of Brasília yesterday under the banner “Demarcate, Lula! A sovereign Brazil is one with demarcated and protected Indigenous lands.”

The post In a Major March, Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples Demand Land Demarcation and the Cancellation of Ferrogrão first appeared on Amazon Watch.

Fossil fuels brought us modern life. Coal jumpstarted the industrial revolution. More recently, oil and gas greatly advanced mobility and revolutionized agriculture. But today, fossil fuels are at the center of wars, major environmental damage, income inequality, and a host of other ills. It’s way past time to retire them. We can start the process …

Continue reading "Driving on Sunshine: A Primer"

The solar industry’s rapid evolution is a story of innovation, fierce competition, and dramatic exits. As countries have moved toward decarbonization and grown the share of renewable energy in the total energy mix, the commercial solar panel sector has seen both meteoric rises and sudden declines among its most prominent brands. The major implication? Supporting …

Continue reading "The Evolution of Commercial Solar: Lessons from Discontinued Solar Brands"

If you ask ten solar professionals how to orient a rooftop array in the Northern Hemisphere, most will answer the same way: face it south. And for many projects, that remains a solid default. A south-facing array typically squeezes the most energy out of each panel. But on many commercial roofs, and especially on flat …

Continue reading "East–West vs. South-Facing Solar: When “More Panels” Beats “Perfect Direction”"

Over the past decade, one of the defining shifts in the solar industry has been the move toward a more geographically diverse supply chain. And while this transition has taken time, it has unlocked significant sustainability benefits – gains that are now shaping the industry’s long-term trajectory. Necessity, as the saying goes, is the mother …

Continue reading "The Power of Local"

As the solar and energy storage industries continue to evolve, new technologies are reshaping how homeowners generate, store, and utilize electricity. One of the most promising yet still unfamiliar solutions is vehicle-to-home (V2H), an idea that has existed for over a decade but is only now becoming practical. Electrical Vehicle (EV) adoption in the United …

Continue reading "V2H: Vehicle-to-Home Bi-Directional Charging"

A pioneering collaboration between UAB Sustainability and Huffman High School is giving students hands-on experience in solar technology while expanding Alabama’s model for resilient, off-grid communities. Students at Huffman High School in Birmingham are building a solar-powered tiny home — a first-of-its-kind collaboration for the University of Alabama at Birmingham aimed at preparing teens for …

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Thousands of Indigenous people marched in Brazil’s capital yesterday, during the second day of the 2026 Free Land Camp (ATL), the country’s largest Indigenous mobilization, to denounce land rights violations driven by large-scale mining, agribusiness, and logging projects.

The post Major Indigenous Protest in Brazil Targets Belo Sun Gold Mine Project first appeared on Amazon Watch.

Indigenous peoples have demanded for decades that governments come together and commit to getting off fossil fuels. The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, taking place later this month in Santa Marta, Colombia, is a manifestation of that demand.

The post This Month Governments Meet to Plan a Fossil Fuel Phaseout. The Amazon Must Be Heard. first appeared on Amazon Watch.