Energy Action Coalition

Energy Action Coalition includes more than 40 youth and student organizations from the US and Canada to help support and strengthen the clean energy and climate movements in North America. It is formally allied with 350.org.

Jessy Tolkan - former Executive Director

Founding

The Coalition was formed in June 2004 when local and national groups came together concerned about our addiction to fossil fuels. The Coalition was a "way to increase coordination for national and international actions and to strengthen the growing climate movement. The coalition's founding meeting was held in Washington, DC and included representatives from almost twenty groups. Attendees quickly reached a consensus on forming an American and Canadian coalition with unified messaging and coordinated actions."

In January 2005, a second meeting was held which included Energy Action partners and students from Canada and the U.S.^[1]

Targeted coal plant proposals

Coalition partners

Partners include:^[2]

Campus Progress
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Green For All
Indigenous Environmental Network
National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology program
NJPIRG New Jersey Students Public Interest Research Group
Responsible Endowments Coalition
Student Environmental Action Coalition

Personnel

Accessed January 2011:^[3]

Courtney Hight, Executive Director
Adam Hlava, Operations Director
Anjali Helferty, Managing Director
Ethan Nuss, Co-Field Director
Lilian Molina, Environmental Justice Director
Whit Jones, Co-Field Director

Website

http://energyactioncoalition.org

Resources

Jeffrey St. Clair, The Post-Modern Protest Blues, Designer Protests and Vanity Arrests in DC, CounterPunch, April 12, 2013.

Related GEM.wiki articles

References

↑ The Story of Energy Action Coalition and 'The Challenge', Climate Challenge, accessed January 2011.
↑ Partners, Energy Action Coalition, accessed January 2011.
↑ Staff, Energy Action Coalition, accessed January 2011.

External resources

ClimateChallenge.org, a project of Energy Action Coalition.
VIDEO: State of the Union Question, Energy Action Coalition, accessed January 2011.
Georges Dyer, "Energy Action Coalition Launches Power Vote 2010", Advancing Education for Sustainability, July 12, 2010.

[1] The Story of Energy Action Coalition and 'The Challenge', Climate Challenge, accessed January 2011.

[2] Partners, Energy Action Coalition, accessed January 2011.

[3] Staff, Energy Action Coalition, accessed January 2011.

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