Wen Stephenson

Contributing Writer

Wen Stephenson is the climate-justice correspondent for The Nation. An independent journalist, essayist, and activist, he is the author of, most recently, Learning to Live in the Dark: Essays in a Time of Catastrophe (Haymarket, 2025). His previous book, What We're Fighting for Now Is Each Other (Beacon, 2015), is a personal account of the pivotal early years of the US climate-justice movement.

The ‘Henry David T.’ Blocks a Coal Tanker at Brayton Point

The ‘Henry David T.’ Blocks a Coal Tanker at Brayton Point The ‘Henry David T.’ Blocks a Coal Tanker at Brayton Point

In a lobster boat, two climate activists put themselves in the path of a Massachusetts coal tanker, demanding the immediate closure of the largest coal plant in the Northeast.

May 15, 2013 / Wen Stephenson

Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry

Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry

What would it mean if we were to walk in his footsteps?

May 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Wen Stephenson

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