The Case Against Closing Nuclear Power Plants The Case Against Closing Nuclear Power Plants
Existing plants like Diablo Canyon obviate the need to draw on fossil fuel generators and should remain in service.
Apr 4, 2022 / Charles Komanoff
War Is Not an Excuse to Ignore Climate Change War Is Not an Excuse to Ignore Climate Change
Don’t let the oil and gas companies fool you.
Apr 1, 2022 / Stan Cox
Coal Trains and Climate Protest: It’s Spring in New England Coal Trains and Climate Protest: It’s Spring in New England
What connects anti-war demonstrations in Russia with climate activists in the US? An opposition to fossil capital.
Mar 30, 2022 / Wen Stephenson
Climate Research Shouldn’t Be Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies Climate Research Shouldn’t Be Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies
The oil and gas industry uses universities to influence environmental policy. Here’s how we fight back.
Mar 29, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen and Jake Lowe
For the Sake of Humanity, Let’s Abandon American Exceptionalism For the Sake of Humanity, Let’s Abandon American Exceptionalism
It’s useless in the face of climate change.
Mar 29, 2022 / Aviva Chomsky
Starve the Putin War Machine—and Save the Climate Starve the Putin War Machine—and Save the Climate
Long overlooked, energy conservation is the best and fastest way to end the world’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels.
Mar 28, 2022 / Paul Hockenos
Who Drives the Climate Train? Who Drives the Climate Train?
As both its victims and its drivers, humans could, at least theoretically, apply the brakes on the locomotive.
Mar 23, 2022 / Jane Braxton Little
Big Oil in the Mackinac Straits Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen Big Oil in the Mackinac Straits Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
And recognizing Native American sovereignty—giving the tribes sworn to protect the waters a place in the negotiations determining their fate—is the best way to prevent it.
Mar 23, 2022 / Hadassah GreenSky
Fossil Fuels Beget Dictators Fossil Fuels Beget Dictators
Americans may think we are powerless as we bear witness to Putin’s war and the bravery of the Ukrainian resistance. We’re not.
Mar 16, 2022 / Matthew Miles Goodrich
Price-Gouging Oil Companies Need to Pay a Windfall Tax Price-Gouging Oil Companies Need to Pay a Windfall Tax
Prices at the pump are shooting up as oil companies turn massive profits. A windfall-profits tax could go a long way toward providing relief for working families.
Mar 11, 2022 / John Nichols