The Northampton rally made the news in a large article in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Read it here.
Betsy Krogh and 140+ others were arrested recently for protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, in the Tar Sands Action. Read about it in email Betsy sent.
Civil Disobedience in DC: Tar Sands Action, 8/20-9/3: Bill McKibben and others have called for Nonviolent Direct Action in DC, August 20 to September 3, to oppose the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, proposed to pipe tar sands oil from Canada to Texas, a truly terrible idea in many ways. Google “tar sands pipeline” for tons of reasons why, and tarsandsaction.org for info about the DC event. Folks from our area are considering a van going down to join in. If you are interested, try contacting Betsy Krogh (ecknpg.2812[at]verizon.net)
The first wave of Tar Sands activists have been arrested. See more
A Letter from Richard Stein includes mention of and links to several useful things: printed op-eds related to Mount Tom, references to useful books, information about biochar (“coal mining in reverse”), all of interest to Amherst350 people concerned about saving our atmosphere and environment.
Nobel Lecture 9/22; The Department of Economics at UMass Amherst is honored to have Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate, present the fifteenth annual Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture on Thursday, September 22 at 4:00 pm in the Bernie Dallas Room located in Goodell at UMass Amherst. Her talk is titled, “Thinking About Climate Change as a Commons.” We invite you to join us.
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from Richard S. (Dick) Stein, Goessmann Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, e-mail:stein[at]ecs.umass.edu