Gar Alperovitz: The Environmental Movement’s Civil Disobedience Gar Alperovitz: The Environmental Movement’s Civil Disobedience
Civil disobedience is a transformation of consciousness, a sudden revelation that something new must be done.It is the knowledge that there are two options: disrupt and change the ...
Aug 29, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Lessons From Central Cell Block Lessons From Central Cell Block
Dan Choi got arrested for protesting Keystone XL, even though climate change isn't "his" issue. This is what solidarity looks like.
Aug 29, 2011 / Bill McKibben
State Department Issues Flawed Blessing of Keystone XL State Department Issues Flawed Blessing of Keystone XL
The State Department has issued an environmental assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline that contradicts many experts—and even the EPA.
Aug 26, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
Bill McKibben: Protesting a Pipeline Bill McKibben: Protesting a Pipeline
Bill McKibben and Chris Hayes discuss why it's essential for President Obama to block the construction of the Keystone pipeline.
Christian Parenti: Is the East Coast Prepared for a Big Earthquake? Christian Parenti: Is the East Coast Prepared for a Big Earthquake?
Christian Parenti and MSNBC's Martin Bashir discuss whether or not the US is prepared for future earthquakes.
Aug 25, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Civil Disobedience on Tar Sands Continues, Amid Ominous Signs From Administration Civil Disobedience on Tar Sands Continues, Amid Ominous Signs From Administration
Over 300 people have been arrested outside the White House in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline--but the administration is signaling the project is going to be approved.
Aug 25, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
Jailed Over Big Oil’s Attempt to Wreck a Planet Jailed Over Big Oil’s Attempt to Wreck a Planet
Ongoing nonviolent protests in front of the White House are urging President Obama to stop a prospective 1,700-mile-long tar-sands pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
Aug 25, 2011 / Bill McKibben
Keystone Cops Keystone Cops
The largest act of civil disobedience by environmentalists in decades began outside the White House on August 20, as more than seventy people were arrested during a protest against...
Aug 24, 2011 / Editorial / George Zornick
The Campaign to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline The Campaign to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
The hotly contested pipeline would be disastrous for ecosystems from Canada all the way through America's heartland to the waters of the Gulf.
Aug 21, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Civil Disobedience on Tar Sands Begins Outside the White House Civil Disobedience on Tar Sands Begins Outside the White House
More than seventy activists, including Bill McKibben, were arrested outside the White House in a protest against the potentially devastating Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Aug 20, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick