Executive Orders were issued recently aimed at reviving both Keystone XL and the Dakota Access Pipeline. Does it still make sense? What does make sense is the eruption of “alt” Twitter accounts for National Parks, the EPA and other agencies.

Read as well Bill McKibben’s  latest piece :

The zeitgeist can’t be rewritten by environmentalists alone. Though there’s no technical reason why environmental protection should be a “progressive” idea, it’s clear that in our day and age the Republican party and the conservative movement have chosen to go with the fossil fuel industry. (They’ve been bought, and they’ve stayed bought). That leaves those who care about the climate standing with those who care about the poor, about racial justice, about immigrants, about peace. And at bottom that’s the right fit: a renewably powered world would be far more localized, democratic, and fair. It’s the opposite of planet Koch in every way. 

Finally, what can Mahatma (The Great Soul) Gandhi teach us about how to resist the authoritarian police state we appear headed for? Listen in.

The reading list:

• The Dumpster's Executive Order on DAPL and KXL
• Brad Plumer on Vox on the EO
• Leave a comment for DAPL EIS
• Executive actions may be flawed
• BadHombrelandsNPS and other 'alt' sites
• SCOTUS picks
• REINS Act headed to Senate. Call while you can.
• Download this NPS report on cultural resources and climate change before it gets deleted
• Rachel Maddow explains the Russian spy abduction
• McKibben on the Zeitgeist
• Gandhi's Non-violence

Events

• April 29 march in DC
• HOW TO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre