How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion
In the coming decades, two converging nightmares are likely to produce a tidal wave of unrest, rebellion, competition and conflict.
Apr 22, 2013 / Michael T. Klare
Austerity, Deregulation and the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Austerity, Deregulation and the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
While questions linger about how a fertilizer plant in Texas blew up, documents suggest the facility faced little regulatory oversight.
NYU Divest Meets With Senior Administrators, Calls For Climate Justice NYU Divest Meets With Senior Administrators, Calls For Climate Justice
NYU’s Divest campaign met with senior university administrators, providing a faint glimpse of hope for a movement that’s been spreading quickly at other unive...
Apr 18, 2013 / StudentNation / Melissa Cronin and StudentNation
An Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust An Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust
"It is intellectually inconsistent for Harvard to invest in fossil fuel companies while our faculty publicize the consequences of inaction on climate change and continued foss...
Apr 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Tell Secretary of State John Kerry: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline Tell Secretary of State John Kerry: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
Join Bill McKibben in signing The Nation's open letter urging Secretary Kerry to consider his legacy and to find the courage to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
Apr 12, 2013 / Take Action / NationAction
Harvard Vice President Reluctantly Accepts Signatures for Fossil Fuel Divestment Harvard Vice President Reluctantly Accepts Signatures for Fossil Fuel Divestment
The Divest Harvard campaign achieved a small but not insignificant victory this morning.
Apr 12, 2013 / StudentNation / Alli Welton and StudentNation
Do the Math: The Movie Do the Math: The Movie
The Do the Math Movie tells the story of the rising movement trying to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis and fight the fossil fuel industry.
Apr 10, 2013 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal
The committee has recommended divestment only three times in its entire history.
Apr 10, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
What is Student Power? What is Student Power?
Right now, Barnard Columbia Divest and 255 other college divestment campaigns across the country are building student power through work on one goal: destruction of the fossil fuel...
Apr 9, 2013 / StudentNation / Daniela Lapidous and StudentNation
Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the ‘Stonewall’ of the Climate Movement? Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the ‘Stonewall’ of the Climate Movement?
And if so, is that terrible news?
Apr 8, 2013 / Bill McKibben