Environmental Activism

Stop the XL Pipeline Stop the XL Pipeline

We deserve an emergency response to an emergency.

Sep 20, 2011 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

Protesters to Obama: Stop the Tar Sands Pipeline Protesters to Obama: Stop the Tar Sands Pipeline

Hundreds of people continue their nonviolent protest outside the White House, urging the president to say no to the potentially environmentally disastrous Keystone XL pipeline.&nbs...

Sep 2, 2011 / Video / The Nation

Bill McKibben: Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline Bill McKibben: Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline

The proposed Keystone XL pipeline has become a national concern after almost two weeks of the largest civil disobedience that the environmental movement has seen in decades.

Aug 31, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

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

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.

Aug 26, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

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.

Aug 26, 2011 / Video / MSNBC

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

Why We’re Protesting: Tar Sands Pipeline Opponents In Their Own Words Why We’re Protesting: Tar Sands Pipeline Opponents In Their Own Words

Protesters continued gathering outside of the White House as part of a 15-day effort to convince Obama to halt construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Aug 23, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

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

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