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Focus the Nation on Jobs and the Clean Energy Race

April 10, 2010 by WattHead Guest Contributor
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By Garett Brennan, executive director, Focus the Nation Youth-led Clean Energy Forums are underway across the country this spring as part of Focus the Nation’s fourth national civic engagement campaign. Focus the Nation has been working this with youth leaders to help ‘focus’ communities across the upper Midwest, Maine and Arkansas on... [read more]

COP15: From the streets to the meeting room with Todd Stern and Jonathan Pershing

December 14, 2009 by WattHead Guest Contributor
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Guest Post by Garett Brennan, Executive Director- Focus the Nation The other morning, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) released their AOSIS Text. The first proposal in the negotiations so far that is actually responding to what the science is demanding: 1. Fair – securing at least $200 billion by 2020 in climate financing... [read more]

COP15 Friday- Youth voices, US leadership, exhaustion and excitement

December 11, 2009 by WattHead Guest Contributor
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Guest post by Garett Brennan, Executive Director- Focus the Nation Hey folks, I wanted to share how things are going over here from our perspective at the COP15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen. On the day I arrived, I found it very reassuring that back at home, our country’s longest serving Senator, Robert Byrd from West Virginia,... [read more]

Join the Brita Climate Ride - Bike to Washington DC

July 29, 2009 by WattHead Guest Contributor
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This year’s 2nd annual Brita Climate Ride and “climate conference on wheels” will see 200 cyclists pedal 300 miles from New York City to the US Capitol in Washington DC to raise money and awareness to fight climate change. The ride takes place from September 26 to 30, 2009, and benefits critical projects at three climate and bike-... [read more]

Welcome to our Newest Blogger, Alex Tinker

May 13, 2009 by Robin Carey
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 Part of what we are trying to achieve here at The Energy Collective is to create a new conversation about energy and resources, distinct from the kinds of dogmatic, or stuck-in-position, dialogues that have shaped much of the past.  Toward that end we have opened our blogging platform to anyone who believes in scientific... [read more]

Don’t Turn Down the Heat

May 13, 2009 by Alex Tinker
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(Originally posted at Itsgettinghotinhere.org in November 2007)Riding your bike to work and changing your light bulbs may make you feel like you’re a part of the solution, but you’re not really making a difference. No matter how many of us stop driving gas guzzlers, swap out our incandescents and eat local, we still face the... [read more]

Youth Engage Members of Congress, Local Officials in 103 Town Halls Nationwide to Build Clean Energy Future

April 13, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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April 13, 2009 - Young leaders organized by Focus the Nation are holding an unprecedented 103 Town Halls across the country beginning today and throughout this week’s Congressional recess to engage Congressional representatives, mayors and other elected officials in accelerating America’s transition to a clean energy future.50 members... [read more]

Senator Lisa Murkowski Says Time to Focus the Nation on Energy Solutions

April 2, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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Ranking republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is just one of the many members of Congress addressing students and citizens as part of Focus the Nation's nationwide town halls on clean energy solutions, coming up April 18th, 2009. On April 18th, what will you be doing to focus... [read more]