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Youth Walkout for Climate Justice: March 31st, 2013

• CBS Boston, Students Stage Protest Against Fossil Fuels at State House
• EcoWatch, Hundreds of Students Participate in Walkout, Call for Gov. Patrick to Act on Climate Change
• The Harvard Crimson, More Important Deadlines
• Huffington Post, Hundreds Walk Out for Climate Justice, Call for Leadership from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
  
• The Nation, Student Activists to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick: Say No to Fossil Fuel Construction
• Popular Resistance, Students to Walk Out Over Fossil Fuel Plans
• State House News Service, Students Walk Out, Win Meeting with Governor

Summer Heat: Close Down Brayton Point! July 28th, 2013

• Associated Press, Protestors Arrested at Mass Coal-Fired Plant
• The Boston Globe, Protestors Target Somerset Power Plant
• New England Cable New, Protestors Arrested at Somerset, MA Coal Plant
• Providence Journal, Protestors Assail Brayton Point Power Station
• Rhode Island Public Radio, Dozens of Protestors Arrested at the Brayton Point Power Plant
• WBUR, Protestors Arrested at Brayton Point Power Plant
• WCVB, 44 Protestors Arrested at Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset

“Funeral for Our Future”: March 11th, 2013

• BostonInno, 3 Tufts Students Arrested Following Mock Funeral in Protest of the Keystone XL Pipeline - March 17, 2013
• Boston Phoenix, “Digging Us a Hole”: Student climate activists descend again on TransCanada in Westborough, protesting Keystone XL
• Climate Connection, BREAKING: 26 arrested at Transcanada office occupation outside Boston
• Crooks & Liars: Live: “Funeral for Our Future” at TransCanada Office Outside Boston
• Democracy Now!,  25 Arrested at Keystone XL Pipeline Protest in Massachusetts
• Dig Boston, First Hand: Funeral for the Future
• Huffington Post, “Funeral for Our Future” Results in More Arrests as Keystone XL Protests Escalate
• Interrocuppy.net, 26 ARRESTED FOR REFUSING TO LEAVE, AFTER LOCKING ARMS OUTSIDE WESTBOROUGH, MA TRANSCANADA OFFICE
• It’s Getting Hot In Here, Over 100 Youth March, 26 Arrested Escalating Fight Against Keystone XL Pipeline
• The MetroWest Daily News, “Very fair deal” for TransCanada protestors
• The Milford Daily News, 26 protesters arrested today at Westborough office
• Maddow Blog, [T]ar sands oil should be among the first fossil fuels we decide to leave alone
• Rolling Stone, Keystone XL: State Department Dodges the Big Questions
• Tar Sands Blockade, Over 100 Youth Hold a “Funeral For Our Future” at TransCanada Office Outside Boston
• Tufts Daily, Three arrested at TransCanada headquarters protest
• The Westborough Patch, 25 Arrested in TransCanada Protest

“Westborough 8″ Sit-In: January 7th, 2013

• The Boston Globe,  8 arrested for Keystone XL protest
• BostInno, Local Students Glue & Chain Themselves Together in TransCanada Office to Protest Keystone XL Pipeline
• The Boston Occupier, Statement From Arrested Keystone Pipeline Activists
• The Boston Phoenix,  The Westborough 8 vs. TransCanada: Anatomy of a peaceful protest
• The Boston Phoenix Blog: Front Line Pics & Dispatch: Boston Area College Students Lock And Glue Themselves Inside TransCanada Office To Protest Keystone XL
• Boston.com Protesters glue themselves together at Westborough office of the company building Keystone pipeline
• CampusProgress.org, Millennials Occupy TransCanada Offices Across the US
• EcoWatch, Protests Ignite Nationwide Targeting TransCanada’s Keystone XL
• Fenway-Kenmore Patch, BU Student, 7 Others Arrested For Protesting TransCanada Pipeline
• Grist.org,  Keystone Protestors Target TransCanada Offices
• Medford Patch, Two Tufts Students Arrested after TransCanada Protest
• MetroWest Daily News, 8 protesters chained together outside Westborough office
• MetroWest Daily News, Westborough Protestors Likely To Pay Restitution
• MetroWest Daily News, Pipeline Protestors Will Likely Pay Restitution in Westborough Case
• MetroWest Daily News, Environmental Protestors  in Westborough Say Arrests Were Worth It
• New England Cable News, College Students Protest TransCanada Pipeline
• “Students & Goliath”:  A Film
• Waltham Patch, Waltham College Student Arrested At TransCanada Protest
• Waltham Patch, Restitution Sought From TransCanada Protestors, Including 3 Brandeis Students
• WCVB (Channel 5) News, Chained, super glued protestors arrested in WestBorough
• Westborough Daily Voice, Protesters Arrested At Westborough’s TransCanada Office
• Westborough Daily Voice, “Considerable Restitution” Eyed In Westborough Protest
• WGBH, The Art of Civil Disobedience (11:05)
• WickedLocal Westborough, Environmental protesters in Westborough say arrests were worth it
• Worcester Charter TV-3, Oil Pipeline Protests
• Worcester Mag, Worcester Supporters Rally For XL Eight
• Westborough Daily Voice, Westborough TransCanada Protesters To Be Arraigned Wednesday
• Westborough Patch, Area Man Supports TransCanada Protest
• Westborough Patch, TransCanada Calls Sit-In “Publicity Stunt”
• Worcester Telegram, Pipeline protest in Westboro ends in 8 arrests
• 99% Boston, Super Glue action against TransCanada leads to 8 arrests in Massachusetts

Fossil Fuel Divestment

• Al Jazeera, 12-21-2012: Is the US Coal Industry in Trouble? (interview starts 11:20)
• Open Media Boston, 12-21-2012: Cambridge Activists Push Harvard to Ditch Fossil Fuel Investments
• The Guardian, 12-19-2012: Will US Colleges Kick Coal Out of their Endowments?
• Mother Jones, 12-19-2012: Will Colleges Kick Coal Out of Their Stockings?
• Boston Occupier, 12-19-2012: Students Demand Fossil Fuel Divestment
• Harvard Magazine, 12-14-2012: The Fight for Fossil Fuel Divestment
• The New York Times, 12-12-2012: Campus Divestment Fight Resonates in the East
• The Huffington Post, 12-11-2012: Fox News’ Advice on Fossil Fuel Divestment (and Your Sex Life)
• Time, 12-11-2012: The Next Frontier for Climate Activism: College Investments
• The Boston Globe, 12-8-2012: Harvard declines student group’s call to divest oil and gas stocks
• The Boston Globe, 12-7-2012: Harvard refuses climate change advocates’ call to divest its oil and gas stock
• The Harvard Crimson, 12-7-2012: University Leaders to Meet with Divestment Advocates
• The Harvard Crimson, 12-7-2012:  A Coalition of Responsibility
• WGBH, 12-6-2012: Gone Viral: Campus Campaigns to Divest
• InsideClimateNews, 12-6-2012: Spreading like Wildfire, Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Striking a Moral Chord
• WBUR, 12-5-2012: A New Wave of Campus Activism: Fossil Fuel Divestment
• The New York Times, 12-4-2012:  To Fight Climate Change, College Students Take Aim at the Endowment Portfolio
• WBUR, 12-3-2012:  Colleges Should Divest from Fossil Fuels.  That Means You, Harvard
• The Boston Globe, 12-2-2012:  Student activism is alive and well
• Seacoastonline, 12-2-2012:  Out of oil: eco-action at UNH echoes nationwide
• Daily Kos, 11-30-2012:  100 Campuses Join Divestment from Fossil Fuel Fight
• Treehugger, 11-30-2012: 100 More Colleges Join Fight to Divest from Fossil Fuel Companies
• The New Hampshire, 11-30-2012:  SEAC submits petition asking UNH to divest from fossil fuel companies
• The New Hampshire, 11-29-2012:  Investing in the Truth
• The Associated Press, 11-29-2012: Students want UNH to divest in fossil fuels
• Seacoastonline, 11-28-2012:  UNH group advocates to divest from oil stocks
• The Boston Phoenix, 11-27-2012:  Harvard students push for fossil fuel divestment
• AASHE Bulletin, 11-27-2012:  Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaigns on the Rise
• The Crimson, 11-27-2012:  As Other Colleges Discuss Divestment, Harvard Stays Mum
• The New Hampshire, 11-26-2012:  A Tale of Two Cities, Submerged
• The Daily Princetonian, 11-26-2012: Harvard does not plan to divest from fossil fuels despite student referendum
• The Crimson, 11-25-2012:  University “Not Considering” Divestment
• BusinessGreen, 11-21-2012: Harvard students vote to ditch fossil fuel investments
• The Boston Globe, 11-20-2012: Harvard students vote to support fossil fuel divestment
• The Nation, 11-20-2012: Harvard Students Vote 72% Support for Fossil Fuel Divestment
• Energywire, 11-20-2012:  Big Oil and coal top hit list of divestment campaigns at Boston-area colleges
• WRHU Radio, 11-20-2012: Morning Wake Up Call
• Treehugger, 11-20-2012:  72% of Harvard Students Vote to Divest School Endowment from Fossil Fuel Companies
• Forbes, 11-19-2012: Is It Time to Divest From Exxon?
• Earth Island Journal, 11-19-2012: Campus Environmentalists Are Pushing their Universities to Divest from the Fossil Fuel Industry
• The Nation, 11-14-2012: Students Call for Divestment From the Fossil Fuel Industry
• The Harvard Crimson, 11-14-2012: Vote to Divest
• The Boston Globe, 11-13-2012: Colleges Can Help Battle Global Warming
• The Boston Phoenix, 10-31-2012: A Convenient Excuse
• Living on Earth (Public Radio International), 10-26-2012: Students Demand Fossil Fuel Divestment
• The Daily Free Press, 10-23-2012: On Energy Use at BU and Other Universities
• The Tufts Daily, 10-22-2012: TCU Senate Update
• The Justice, 10-22-2012: Investing In Sustainability
• Perspective Magazine, 10-21-2012: Harvard: Divest for Our Future
• GreenConduct News, 10-20-2012: Students Advocating Divestment from Fossil Fuels
• SustainableBusiness.com News, 10-19-2012: Divestment Campaign Begins Against Fossil Fuel Industries
• ThinkProgress, 10-18-2012: Do the Math: McKibben Starts His Roadshow Taking on Big Oil
• Grist, 10-18-2012: Cue the Math: McKibben’s Roadshow Takes Aim at Big Oil
• The Tufts Daily, 10-18-2012: The Case for Divestment
• It’s Getting Hot in Here, 10-17-2012: Making History With Divestment
• The New Hampshire, 10-16-2012: The Scoop on Sustainability:  Take Back Your Future
• The Tufts Daily, 10-16-2012:  With First Steps, Divestment Advocacy Group Weighs Options
• Portsmouth Herald, 10-12-2012: Irving Oil President Visits University of New Hampshire
• Foster’s Daily Democrat, 10-12-2012: Irving Oil CEO’s Message Not Popular With Some at UNH
• Union Leader, 10-11-2012: Irving Oil President Speaks to Executives at UNH Forum
• The Tufts Daily, 10-10-2012: Students Campaign for Tufts Endowment to Prioritize Social Responsibility
• The Harvard Crimson, 10-02-2012:  Endowed With A Choice
• Harvard Political Review, 10-02-2012: Does Divestment Work?
• WHRB 95.3, 09-30-2012:  As We Know It (interview with Divest-Harvard starts at 23:33)
• The Harvard Crimson, 09-27-2012: The Logic of Divestment
• The New Hampshire, 09-21-2012:  Power in Numbers: UNH Student Groups Launch Sustainability Alliance

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Older Actions

• New England Clean Energy Council, 02-21-2012:  Manufacturing Cleantech in the Bay State
• The Harvard Crimson, 02-17-2012:  A Green Economy
• Channel 5, The Boston Channel, 05-14-2011: College Commencement Controversy
• The Justice, 05-05-2011: Environmentalists empowered in Washington, DC
• Huffington Post, 04-28-2011: University Vows to Lock Out Students Opposed to ExxonMobil
• Alternet, 04-28-2011: University Vows to Lock Out Students Opposed to ExxonMobil Exec’s Commencement Speech
• Daily Kos, 04-28-2011: ExxonMobil Doesn’t Speak For ME! Grads Protest “Fuelish” Commencement Speaker
• Huffington Post, 04-28-2011: University Vows to Lock Out Students Opposed to ExxonMobil
• Harvard Crimson: 04-26-2011: Earth Day Event Lobbies For Bills
• Worcester Mag, 04-13-2011: Oil and Water, WPI faculty and students launch separate dissenting campaigns
• Climate Mama, 04-08-2011: Franke James: Climate Mama Extraordinaire!
• Huffington Post, 03-31-2011: A Revolution in the Streets of Boston
• It’s Getting Hot In Here, 12-10-2010: Raising our voice for a Just and Stable Future
• Norwalk Community College, 12-9-2010: NCC Students for Clean Energy
• Boston Herald, 12-7-2010: New England students to present at UN climate talks
• The Herald News, 12-7-2010: Fall River, New England youth declare “Clean Energy” future in Cancun
• The New Hampshire, 12-6-2010: Nine UNH students attend conference, help with the Declaration of Clean Energy
• It’s Getting Hot In Here, 11-29-2010: No More Nonsense: New England Students Demand Clean Energy Future
• Daily Collegian, 11-28-2010: Students and Faculty fight for cuts in coal use
• emPower Brown, 11-22-2010: Wesleyan COP Conference!
• Carbon Pricing Conference, 11-21-2010: Conference Presentations
• Salem Gazette, 11-18-2010: Guest Column: Local residents roll against coal
• The Blog that Works, 11-18-2010: Rallying for a Cleaner Environment
• The environment, 11-18-2010: UMass students and faculty push to cut coal energy in Massachusetts
• Greenpeace USA, 11-17-2010: Gov. Patrick-Retire Salem Harbor Now
• The Wesleyan Argus, 11-16-10: Carbon Conference Brings Experts to Wes
• Wesleyan University’s Newsletter, 11-15-2010, Wesleyan to Host National Conference on Pricing Carbon Emissions
• The Wellesley News, 11-3-10: Wellesley women sleep out for sustainability
• The Justice, 10-12-10: Students for a Just and Stable Future organizes sleep out to promote clean electricity
• The Brandeis Hoot, 10-8-10: Students sleep out for clean energy initiative
• The University of Chicago-GCI blog, 9-24-10: New GCI Dvision-Students for a Just and Stable Future
• It’s Getting Hot In Here, 9-8-10: Boston Joins Call to Put Solar On It
• Boston Globe, 4-22-10: 16 Climate Activists Face Charges for Boston Common Campout
• WERS News, 4-23-10: Student Group Charged with Trespassing on the Common
• Worcester Telegram & Gazette, 4-22-10: Students Protest at Binienda’s Office
• It’s Getting Hot in Here, 4-22-10: Stand-in Ends with Phone Conversation with House Rules Chair
• The Harvard Crimson, 4-21-10: Camp Out, Save World
• The Wesleyan Argus, 4-20-10: SJSF Sleepout Gets In-Tents: Climate Change Group Not Deterred by Vandalism
• The Wesleyan Argus, 4-13-10: Wake up to Clean Energy
• The Wesleyan Argus, 4-13-10: Students Camp Out for Earth Month
• The Westfield Voice, 4-9-2010: Sleep out against climate change
• The Wonk Room, 3-31-10: The Leadership Campaign: It’s Up To Us
• The Cambridge Chronicle, 3-30-10: Activists Camp Out on Cambridge Common for Clean Energy
• The Harvard Crimson, 3-29-10: Activists Sleep Out To Support Clean Energy
• Waltham Daily News Tribune, 3-22-10: Brandeis Students Sleep-Out to Push for Clean Energy
• Brandeis Hoot, 3-19-10: Students Camp Out for Clean Energy
• Wicked Local, 3-19-10: Green Group to March, Sleep in the Cambridge Common
• It’s Getting Hot in Here, 3-18-10: Commonwealth Challenge: Will Massachusetts Lead the Next American Revolution?
• The Williams Record, 3-17-10: Do It Outside
• Boston Globe, 3-10-10: Commonwealth Challenge Kicks Off
• North Adams Transcript, 3-10-10: Williams Students Sleep-Out to Save Energy
• Mount Holyoke News, 2-25-10: Student Activists Urge Passing of New Climate Change Bill
• Mount Holyoke News, 2-25-10: Sleeping Our Way Towards A Sustainable Future
• The Republican, 2-22-10: 150 Rally for Clean Electricity
• Daily Collegian, 2-21-10: Amherst Sleeps Out to Protest Climate Change
• Valley Post, 2-21-10: Photos: Climate Activists Camp on Amherst Town Common
• Daily Hampshire Gazette, 2-20-10: Students Camp Out in Amherst Today to Boost Climate Bill
• Amherst Bulletin, 2-19-10: College Students to Sleep Out on Common for Climate
• Amherst Bulletin, 2-19-10: Sleep Out for Climate Change
• Weekly Dig, 2-11-10: Greening the Court
• Tufts Daily, 2-11-10: Students Paying for a Just and Stable Future
• It’s Getting Hot in Here, 2-8-10: MA Bill Leaves Committee as Court Hearings Continue
• The Harvard Crimson, 2-8-10: Charges Not Filed for Past Protests
• The Green Blog, 2-5-10: Climate Campers Pony Up Cash for Charges
• US Climate Network Blog, 2-4-10: More Sleep-Outs for Clean Energy Planned in Massachusetts
• It’s Getting Hot in Here, 2-1-10: 200 MA Citizen-Activists Start Facing Court; March to State House
• Amherst 350, 1-19-10: We Have Signed in Support of the Leadership Campaign!
• Church on the Hill, 12-09: Leadership Campaign Boston Common Sleep-Outs
• Attribute Magazine, 12-21-09: Protest and the Public on Boston Commons
• JSONS, Emerson College, 12-14-09: Citations issued to students sleeping, lobbying on Common
• US Climate Network Blog, 12-10-09: Boston Protesters Get Clean Energy Bill
• The Tufts Daily, 12-10-09: Bill introduced due to group’s efforts
• The Berkshire Environmental Action Team, 12-09-09: The BEAT News for December 9, 2009
• Episcopal Life Online, 12-09-09: Faith groups express hopes for Copenhagen Climate Change Conference
• Green Right Now, 12-9-09: Sleeping out in Boston pays off; protesters win clean energy proposal
• National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Blog, 12-09-09: Students refusing coal-funded ad coal-powered buildings
• US Climate Network Blog, 12-08-09: Final Boston Sleep-out This Weekend
• The Tufts Daily, 12-08-09: Copenhagen’s climate conundrum
• NPR, 12-8-09: Scientist: Urgency Needed On Climate Change Action
• Senator Eldridge, 12-07-09: The Leadership Campaign: Citizen Activism on Climate Change
• The Boston Globe, 12-07-09: “Sleepouts” draw to a close on eve of climate summit
• New England Cable News, 12-06-09: Camping out for clean electricity
• The Republican, 12-06-09: Sleepouts planned for clean energy
• The Huffington Post, 12-03-09: Why We Fight
• The Huntington News, 12-03-09: Students prep for climate summit
• UU Mass Action Network, 12-02-09: The grass on the Boston Common is not as soft as it looks.
• FlyByBlog, 12-01-09: Fight the Power!
• Environment Massachusetts, 12-01-09: The Leadership Campaign is Acting (and Camping!) Out to Fight Climate Change
• Grist, 11-29-09: State of the Climate Movement: Can fasting and asceticism save the world?
• United Methodist Church News Feed, 11-24-09: United Methodist Take “Going Green” to New Levels
• The Tufts Daily, 11-23-09: What’s up with the tents? An Explanation and a Call to Action
• The Green Scene at Williams College, 11-21-09: Join Massachusetts Youth and Sleep Out for Clean Energy!
• It’s Getting Hot In Here, 11-19-09: Turning the Tide: Principled Determination in a Time of Crisis
• Solveclimate.com, 11-18-09: World’s Youth Demand Fair, Effective Climate Action
• The WPI Towers, 11-17-09: Sleeping support of climate change regulation
• 350.org, 11-16-09: Last Night
• The Boston Globe, 11-16-09: Common Climate Campers Face Court Again
• Emerson Peace and Social Justice, 11-13-09: Sleep-out for Clean Energy with Bill McKibben
• Mount Holyoke News, 11-12-09: Cold Until Copenhagen
• US Climate Network Blog, 11-12-09: Massachusetts Sleep-Out Protests Enter Week Three
• Daily Hampshire Gazette, 11-12-09: Amherst Common sleepouts aim to awaken efforts on environment for climate change
• Grist, 11-11-09: The night I slept with Jim Hansen
• The Weekly Dig, 11-11-09: SLEEP OUT: cold college kids against climate change
• The Good Human, 11-10-09: Massachusetts College Students Sleep-Out For Their Future
• Daily Kos, 11-10-09: Climate Encampment on the Boston Common
• Tufts E-News, Green Briefs, 11-09-09: Protesting Climate Change
• The Boston Globe, 11-10-09: Activists camping on Boston Common run afoul of trespassing laws
• Futurism Now, 11-09-09: Climate Scientist James Hansen’s New Presentation and Activism
• Energy Collective, 11-09-09: James Hansen speaks
• The Boston Globe, 11-09-09: Climate campers on Common face charges
• CLF Scoop, 11-09-09: (Un)common courage in confronting the climate crisis
• Green Right Now, 11-09-09: Sleep-out protest in third week in Boston; Dr. Hansen testifies
• Boston IndyMedia, 11-06-09: Sleep-Out on Boston Common Continues Despite Police
• It’s Getting Hot in Here, 11-06-09: Hope and Action in Massachusetts
• The Brandeis Hoot, 11-06-09: SEA Camps Out to Pass MA Energy Law
• ABC 7 News, Los Angeles, 11-05-09: Climate expert James Hansen to join sleep outs in Boston
• Tufts Jumble, 11-02-09: The Leadership Campaign Flash Mob and Photos
• Mount Holyoke News: Students demand clean air and clean energy
• JSONS, Emerson College, 10-28-09: Students sleep-out on Common to lobby for clean energy
• The Amherst Student, 10-28-09: Green Amherst Project Marks International Day of Climate Action
• Tufts Daily, 10-28-09: Sleeping out to raise awareness of climate issues
• Its Getting Hot in Here, 10-27-09: MA Students Sleep-Out for 100% Clean Electricity Bill
• Buck is Green, 10-27-09: Students sleep out to push clean energy in Massachusetts
• ABC 7 News, Los Angeles, 10-27-09: Students sleep out to push clean energy in Massachusetts
• Watershed Blog, 10-26-09: Young activists begin sleep out at Boston Common
• Hot and Bothered, 10-26-09: Sleeping Out, Calling for Bold Climate Leadership
• Boston Globe, 10-26-09: Student-run group camps out for climate change legislation
• The Harvard Crimson, 10-26-09: Rally Calls for Climate Action
• Fenway News Online, 10-26-09: Student-run group camps out for climate change legislation
• ABC 5 News, Boston, 10-25-09: Staging a Sleepout
• NBC 7 News Boston, 10-25-09: Over 100 camping outside State House
• The Traveling Cube, 10-25-09: Current Event: The Leadership Campaign
• Boston Globe, 10-25-09: Activists turn up the heat on climate
• News 22 WWLP, 10-24-09: Students tent out for energy reform
• Boston Globe, 10-24-09: Many N.E. events planned in global warming demonstration
• Boston24.com, 10-23-09: Flash Mob Takes Government Center by Surprise!
• Boston Globe Green Blog, 10-23-09: The local spin on the International Day of Climate Action
• The Tufts Daily, 10-22-09: What does 350 mean to you?
• BC Heights,10-19-09:  Green Practices Planted at Harvest Fest
• National Student News Service, 10-08-09: Students Rally for Clean Energy in Massachusetts
• The Harvard Crimson, 10-02-09: Students Ask for Clean Energy
• It’s Getting Hot in Here, 9-28-09: Mass Power Shift and Mass Council of Churches Kick-off Leadership Campaign
• The Brandeis Hoot, 9-25-09: Finally, a a ten-year plan for Massachusetts
• Yes! Magazine, 9-09-09: Climate Activists Dream a New Future