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The Roots and Shoots of Just Transition

by breakfreeadmin | Apr 19, 2016 | Uncategorized | 6 comments

By Laurie Dougherty From 1974-1991 I worked on assembly lines at General Electric Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky. I hired in right at the end of the post WWII economic boom. In 1974 there were over 24,000 people working at Appliance Park. By 1991 that number...

The climate hour is late – Time to rapidly Break Free from fossil fuels

by breakfreeadmin | Apr 12, 2016 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

Written By Patrick Mazza The climate hour is late, too late for anything but the most sweeping and fundamental efforts to break free from fossil fuels. Lying oil companies have skewed our political system, blocking effective response for over 25 years. Now the...

Seattle Draws The Red Line

by breakfreeadmin | Mar 16, 2016 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

December 12, 2015, around the world and in here Seattle people drew the red line. They pledged to take action against the fossil fuel empire. ‪#‎redlines‬ ‪#‎climategames‬ ‪#‎noneshallpass‬ and now...

Revealing Shell’s Recent PR Pitch to Anacortes, WA

by breakfreeadmin | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized | 3 comments

If you haven’t seen it yet Shell has been working hard to sell the expansion of its anacortes refinery — together with the tesoro plant close by its the largest point source of fossil fuel pollution in the Pacific...

What we are inspired by…Ende Gelände

by breakfreeadmin | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

On 15 August 1500 people took part in a daring act of civil disobedience to shut down Europe’s biggest source of CO2 emissions. Around 1000 people successfully entered the coal mine and all of the diggers in the pit were brought to a...
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March Point, Fidalgo Bay and Padilla Bay are home to the largest and most significant heron colony in the Salish Sea and to eagles, seals, salmon and a vast number of important species.

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