Climate Change

Compassion Is Our New Currency Compassion Is Our New Currency

Notes on 2011’s preoccupied hearts and minds.

Dec 22, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit

The Four Occupations of Planet Earth The Four Occupations of Planet Earth

How the occupied became the occupiers.

Dec 19, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Durban: Where the Climate Deniers-in-Chief Ran the Show

Durban: Where the Climate Deniers-in-Chief Ran the Show Durban: Where the Climate Deniers-in-Chief Ran the Show

Thanks to a new and frightening breed of climate denier, our chances of avoiding catastrophe just got worse.

Dec 14, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard

Defeat of the XL Pipeline Is a Signal Achievement Defeat of the XL Pipeline Is a Signal Achievement

Anyone despairing over the immense power of the corporate sector to dominate world affairs should watch this video documenting the power that grassroots protest can still muster ...

Dec 14, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Naomi Klein in the ‘New York Times’: Inconvenient Climate Conclusions Naomi Klein in the ‘New York Times’: Inconvenient Climate Conclusions

Seriously confronting the warming of our planet would essentially spell the end for free market capitalism.

Dec 8, 2011 / Press Room

Kumi Naidoo: Environmental Activists Must ‘Name and Shame’ Uncooperative Corporations Kumi Naidoo: Environmental Activists Must ‘Name and Shame’ Uncooperative Corporations

Leading environmentalist Kumi Naidoo urges activists to “name and shame” uncooperative corporations and governments into entering a dialogue on climate change.

Dec 5, 2011 / Press Room

The Maldives Need Action at Durban Conference on Climate Change The Maldives Need Action at Durban Conference on Climate Change

The lowest country on the planet needs action at the UN world conference on climate change in Durban. But “Occupy COP17” is expecting much from governments.

Dec 1, 2011 / Laura Flanders

The Keystone Victory

The Keystone Victory The Keystone Victory

The moment couldn't have been more ripe for a real advance in the fight against climate change.

Nov 16, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard

Is Global Warming an Election Issue After All? Is Global Warming an Election Issue After All?

Climate change might be more important to voters than most politicians think.

Nov 15, 2011 / Bill McKibben

Drought

Capitalism vs. the Climate Capitalism vs. the Climate

Denialists are dead wrong about the science. But they understand something the left still doesn’t get about the revolutionary meaning of climate change.

Nov 9, 2011 / Feature / Naomi Klein

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