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Activists in Boston shape energy policy through new community-labor alliances.

The full extent of the damage from the BP disaster will not be known for years, but if we are to learn anything now, we must confront the question: What are the true costs of our energy needs?

The Senate climate bill has been defeated. But does this open a window for us to rally behind better solutions to global warming­­?

The BP disaster could be the catalyst for an invigorated environmental movement.

Noam Chomsky and environmentalist Bill McKibben discuss the numbers game the mainstream media is playing with climate change science.

Mother Jones's Mac McClelland reports on BP's disinformation campaign in the Gulf.

BP, Transocean and Halliburton elude blame one after the other when asked about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Katrina vanden Heuvel debates what Obama's reaction to the oil spill and offshore drilling should be.

At Bolivia's climate summit, the prevailing sentiment was rage against helplessness.

Forty years after the first Earth Day, Mark Hertsgaard talks about the environmental movement, the EPA and cap and trade legislation.

Blogs

Harvard tells students and alumni that it will only consider divestment in "extraordinarily rare circumstances." Well, let's see...

September 16, 2013

An inquiry into conflict-of-interest allegations will likely push the State Department’s decision on the pipeline to 2014. 

August 27, 2013

Chris Hayes responds with optimism to Wen Stephenson’s review of his documentary, The Politics of Power.

August 19, 2013

A reaction to Chris Hayes's MSNBC documentary on climate change, The Politics of Power.

August 19, 2013

This weekend, more than 200 people got arrested in a California city known for its heavy-handed oil-industry politics.

August 5, 2013

At Sunday’s march on the Brayton Point coal plant in Massachusetts, I was reminded of what it takes for a movement to win.

July 30, 2013

What does a concept like “climate justice” mean in communities already suffering the toxic impact of fossil fuels? An interview with Houston native and environmental-justice activist Bryan Parras of TEJAS.

July 25, 2013

Twenty-two protesters were arrested in front of the State Department office in Chicago.

June 18, 2013

Activists are opposing the construction of a pipeline beneath New York City that will carry the controversial highly pressurized gas.

May 6, 2013

Police in Burlington violently suppress an environmental protest by firing pepper spray and projectiles at activists.

July 30, 2012
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