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Last week's national day of protest by Third Act members urging banks, including local branches of Wells Fargo and CHASE Bank, to stop lending to...

This week, Hispanic environmental advocates are heading to Washington, D.C., from around the country to engage lawmakers on issues affecting us all, like clean air, pristine waters, and the fight against climate change. In California, the third annual Latino Advocacy Week kicked off with a kayak trip for youth leaders in Morro Bay, part of the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, which would run from Santa Barbara to Cambria. Juan Rosas, conservation program associate for the H...

Recently a contributor suggested that the only significant climate action would have to come from the federal government and that other actions were essentially meaningless (“Commentary: Mainers are missing the climate change target,” Feb. 25). I agree with the urgent need for further federal climate legislation but do not share the writer’s views about state, […]

We have to sustain pressure on the major banks that continue to finance fossil fuel production – and maintain Maine’s focus on the climate crisis.

Why the failures of Signature and Silicon Valley Bank, and the swelling deposits at Bank of America and Citi, are bad for the planet

Older people like me need to start protesting for our planet | Bill McKibben

I’m proud to be part of Third Act, a climate activist organization for people over the age of 60

On March 21st, about 100 cities across 29 states saw people of all ages come out to protest the four largest banks in America.

Seniors with the retiree-focused climate group Third Act led protests against big banks’ investments in fossil fuels Tuesday at more than 100 demonstrations across the country.

UK Divest coalition leads latest round of action ramping up pressure on investors to stop backing fossil fuel projects