From coast to coast, teams of young volunteers are organizing Clean Energy Forums.  As part of Focus the Nation's campaign Community and the Road to Copenhagen, young organizers are engaging their communities for a day of climate dialogue and reaching out to their senators to join the conversations.  Through this nationwide effort, we hope to distill the political will for a strong U.S. commitment at COP15, the U.N. climate conference that will take place in Copenhagen in December.   Out of each forum, Focus the Nation HQ will generate a Clean Energy Action List.  We will take these to COP15 …

On Saturday, more than one hundred climate and cycling activists began a 300-mile cycling journey from New York City to Washington, D.C. Enduring endless chafing, near collisions, and constant pedaling, they are riding for climate change awareness and strong legislation. Most importantly, they will represent the vanguard of the climate movement's fall of activism and engagement. After they ride into the District, in all their glory and spandex, they will rally en masse to the U.S. Capitol (I hope you'll join them). In the spirit of jump starting an engagement-packed fall, the following day, delegations of riders will lobby their …

Photo: 1SkyAside from all the immense negatives, the recent Van Jones character assassination has done one very important thing for the climate movement: catalyzed our passionate opposition to dirty energy and politics as usual, while cementing our determination to achieve clean energy solutions this fall.   It’s as if you can hear the collective fist-clenching of youth organizers and activists in communities and campuses across the country.  It is a signal that the battle for just and prosperous clean energy solutions has begun again.  The climate movement has been preparing for this moment, and whether we fail or succeed, the movement …