Locked Into a Climate Crisis Locked Into a Climate Crisis
We will continue to call for climate justice—because the arc of the moral universe bends towards justice, and because we have no other choice.
Jan 28, 2013 / StudentNation / Alli Welton and StudentNation
Colby Students Call for Divestment Colby Students Call for Divestment
Colby, with its biomass plant and its pledge to be carbon neutral by 2015, is a leader in sustainability. C.A.R.E. believes that Colby should divest from fossil fuels as part of it...
Jan 28, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
New Congressional Task Force on Climate Change Aims to ‘Break Through Barricades of Denial’ New Congressional Task Force on Climate Change Aims to ‘Break Through Barricades of Denial’
Obama now has allies in Congress for his new climate change push, who will also turn to the public for help.
Jan 24, 2013 / George Zornick
Why Divestment is Changing the Climate Movement Why Divestment is Changing the Climate Movement
Divestment is engaging more students than any similar campaign in the past twenty years. Why is it so successful?
Jan 24, 2013 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation
The White House Sends Troubling Signals About Its First Climate Test: Keystone XL The White House Sends Troubling Signals About Its First Climate Test: Keystone XL
Approving the Keystone XL pipeline would be a crippling blow to the idea the White House is serious about addressing climate change.
Jan 22, 2013 / George Zornick
Bill McKibben Webcast From Middlebury College Tonight Bill McKibben Webcast From Middlebury College Tonight
A debate over whether environmental and social concerns should influence investment policies of college and university endowments.
Jan 22, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Reflections on Mortality From a Land of Ice and Snow Reflections on Mortality From a Land of Ice and Snow
There is something eerily disquieting about Antarctica, where humanity isn’t capable of enduring long.
President Obama: Start the Climate Conversation Now President Obama: Start the Climate Conversation Now
Twenty twelve was the hottest year on record—and far past time for the president to lead on climate change.
Jan 9, 2013 / Mark Hertsgaard
Avoiding a Climate-Change Apocalypse Avoiding a Climate-Change Apocalypse
With Hurricane Sandy still on the public’s mind, Obama should take action on carbon emissions and disaster response.
Jan 8, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Wraps Up First Semester on 192 Campuses Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Wraps Up First Semester on 192 Campuses
A new campaign to push colleges and universities to divest from the fossil fuel industry spread like wildfire this past semester.
Jan 2, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation