Let This Earth Day Be The Last Let This Earth Day Be The Last
“Environmentalism” has failed. The planet now needs a movement far more radical.
Apr 22, 2014 / Wen Stephenson
Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust
A large group of Harvard faculty release an open letter to President Drew Gilpin Faust calling forcefully for fossil-fuel divestment.
Apr 10, 2014 / Wen Stephenson
Deval Patrick, These Student Climate Activists Are Your Political Future Deval Patrick, These Student Climate Activists Are Your Political Future
Student climate activists in Massachusetts win a meeting with Governor Deval Patrick about banning new fossil-fuel infrastructure. But they need more than a meeting.
Apr 1, 2014 / Wen Stephenson
Why We Must Divest From Fossil Fuels: A Student’s Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust Why We Must Divest From Fossil Fuels: A Student’s Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust
Harvard graduate student Benjamin Franta implores President Drew Gilpin Faust to be honest about her opposition to divestment.
Mar 19, 2014 / Wen Stephenson
Nearly 400 Arrested at XL Dissent—the Largest White House Civil Disobedience Action in a Generation Nearly 400 Arrested at XL Dissent—the Largest White House Civil Disobedience Action in a Generation
The student-led protest was a dramatic demonstration of the youth climate movement’s growing resolve—and its sense of solidarity.
Mar 7, 2014 / Wen Stephenson
From Occupy to Climate Justice From Occupy to Climate Justice
There’s a growing effort to merge economic-justice and climate activism. Call it climate democracy.
Feb 6, 2014 / Feature / Wen Stephenson
Keystone XL and Tar Sands: Voices From the Front Lines Keystone XL and Tar Sands: Voices From the Front Lines
Eriel Deranger of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Alberta, and Maya Lemon from Nacogdoches, Texas, speak out on struggles of frontline communities fighting tar sands.
Feb 4, 2014 / Wen Stephenson
A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013 A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013
What would our national conversation on climate change sound like if this kind of honesty broke through with any regularity?
Dec 24, 2013 / Wen Stephenson
#WeStandWithYou: Young Activists Fast for the Climate #WeStandWithYou: Young Activists Fast for the Climate
At the UN climate conference in Warsaw, a youth-led fast in solidarity with the Philippines is spreading around the world.
Nov 19, 2013 / Wen Stephenson
The Grassroots Battle Against Big Oil The Grassroots Battle Against Big Oil
Activists in Texas are connecting the fight against the Keystone pipeline with the struggle for environmental justice.
Oct 9, 2013 / Feature / Wen Stephenson