Youth Rising to the Climate Challenge
ReEnergize Texas is a coalition of students who represent more than 20 university and high school campuses across the Lone Star State fighting
against climate change and
for the promise of a green economy. Check out some of our current campaigns, and find out how you can help bring change to your community today. Below are snippets of what you can find at our
blog, so be sure to check that out, as well!
May 6, 2011
Join us in the fight against the nuclear waste dump that threatens the Ogallala Aquifer, the United State’s largest freshwater aquifer. Public Citizen Texas, the Sierra Club and other community advocacy groups need your support to reverse the decision made by the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission in January, to allow other states [...]
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March 16, 2011
In 2007 over 6,000 young people from across the United States came together at the University of Maryland for the first national youth climate summit. These 6,000 students received training towards clean climate action and attended talks from House speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressman Ed Markey, Green For All’s Van Jones and other inspiring environmental leaders. [...]
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February 17, 2011
Other questions to consider: • Is dirty coal-powered energy more reliable than alternative energy? • What are the consequences of deregulation vs. regulation? • What’s wrong with Joe “BP” Barton’s view on building more power plants in Texas? There are several theories around about the cause of the rolling blackouts that occurred the week of [...]
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