USA

The Indigenous Environmental Network and members of its Native grassroots
delegation attending the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York
City held a protest/rally on the morning of Friday, April 25th, in front of the
offices of Sithe Global Power, LLC to protest the company's plans to build a
coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Reservation.

Mountain Justice Summer Camp
May 17 - 23
Harlan County, Kentucky
Our 2008 Mountain Justice Summer camp will be at the base of beautiful
Pine Mountain, with an old-growth forest and incredible hiking just
above the camp - plus live mountain music, great food, films, workshops
on coal mining and Appalachian culture, skills training, and plenty of
time for fun and relaxing.
Best of all, the camp is extremely low-cost, only $20 plus $10 per
night. There are
cabins with bunk beds, plus tent spaces, a beautiful

We know that every day is Earth Day for you amazing youth climate activists, but
some of our wonderful Energy Action Coalition partners have some extra special tools
to help you celebrate.
National Wildlife Federation's Campus Chill Out
Tonight, April 16th at 7 pm EST you're invited to host a live broadcast featuring
positive, practical solutions to global warming being implemented by higher
education campuses around the country.
* Meet award-winning students and staff who are creating solutions
* Be a part of the conversation with the experts

Earth Day is fast approaching, and we wanted to share
with you a couple of important events planned for the 22nd.

The Earth Day Network is organizing a "Call for Climate"
campaign on April 22nd. They are aiming to generate hundreds of thousands of
calls to the Capitol that day.

From local media news:  http://www.channel3000.com/liveatfive/15763095/detail.html 

MADISON, Wis. -- An act of eco-vandalism timed to coincide with April Fools' Day backfires for one group in Madison.

VIDEO: Watch The Report

brekely action at: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/01/18490064.php

COAL PLANT BLOCKADE KICKS OFF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY IN THE US – 8 ARRESTED

April, 1st – Proclaiming April 1st “Fossil Fools Day,” climate change
activists with the international Rising Tide network and its allies in the US,
Canada, UK, and Australia targeted companies responsible for runaway carbon
dioxide emissions today.

North Carolina residents kicked off the day of action in the US at 6:30am by
locking themselves to bulldozers to stop the construction of Duke Energy’s