Energy

The Line 3 construction site

Should Environmental Activists Sabotage Fossil Fuel Infrastructure? Should Environmental Activists Sabotage Fossil Fuel Infrastructure?

Andreas Malm argues that property destruction can be inspiring, while Daniel Sherrell writes that it would reduce the climate movement’s ability to effect change.

Jan 27, 2022 / Editorial / Andreas Malm and Daniel Sherrell

The Supreme Court vs. the Earth

The Supreme Court vs. the Earth The Supreme Court vs. the Earth

The conservatives on the Supreme Court are increasingly inserting themselves into the climate fight—and you guess which side they’re on.

Jan 26, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Henry Cuellar

Henry Cuellar’s Corporate Ties Henry Cuellar’s Corporate Ties

The Texas Democrat and members of his staff have unsettling links to the oil and private prison industries.

Jan 24, 2022 / Aída Chávez

Bank of America Divestment

Why I Divested My Bank Account and You Should Too Why I Divested My Bank Account and You Should Too

I couldn’t accept doing business with one of the world’s greatest financiers of fossil fuels.

Jan 19, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

How Exxon Is Leveraging Texas Courts to Silence Its Climate Critics

How Exxon Is Leveraging Texas Courts to Silence Its Climate Critics How Exxon Is Leveraging Texas Courts to Silence Its Climate Critics

America’s largest oil firm claims its history of publicly denying the climate crisis is protected by the First Amendment.

Jan 18, 2022 / Covering Climate Now / Chris McGreal

Dakota Access Pipeline Protest

It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change

Students are boycotting Gibson Dunn for representing the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, undermining the Indian Child Welfare Act, and more.

Jan 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona and David Cremins

Striking Coal Miners

Why Alabama Coal Miners Are Still on Strike Why Alabama Coal Miners Are Still on Strike

Greg Pilkerton has been fighting for better pay and working conditions for 10 months. He explains why he and his union comrades aren’t giving up.

Jan 7, 2022 / Kim Kelly

West Virginians Give Manchin a Lump of Coal for Christmas

West Virginians Give Manchin a Lump of Coal for Christmas West Virginians Give Manchin a Lump of Coal for Christmas

Manchin claims his constituents are happy with his abandonment of Build Back Better. Miners and other residents say that just isn’t so.

Dec 23, 2021 / John Nichols

Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense

The progressive leader discusses her last call with Joe Manchin, her frustration with the idea that “the Squad” and Bernie Sanders were right and she was wrong, and her determinati...

Dec 22, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Ohio State Student Protest

How Students Seized The Year How Students Seized The Year

It’s been another tumultuous, traumatic year, but young people continue to organize.

Dec 22, 2021 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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