Environmental Activism

23 Reasons to Climate Strike Today

23 Reasons to Climate Strike Today 23 Reasons to Climate Strike Today

Take to the streets.

Sep 19, 2019 / Covering Climate Now / Bill McKibben

Smokestack

We’re Fueling the Next Global Extinction We’re Fueling the Next Global Extinction

And it will wipe us out, too.

Sep 18, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

Green New Deal

The Environment Is in Trump’s Crosshairs. We Need to Fight Back. The Environment Is in Trump’s Crosshairs. We Need to Fight Back.

This isn’t scattershot; it is a well-planned effort to destroy environmental regulations and investments built up over decades.

Sep 17, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

‘The Silenced’: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump

‘The Silenced’: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump ‘The Silenced’: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump

Six former government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury the truth about climate change—and why they won’t stay quiet.

Sep 17, 2019 / Covering Climate Now / Oliver Milman

Greta Thunberg Wall Mural

Greta Thunberg Wall Mural Greta Thunberg Wall Mural

The portrait on a wall in Bristol, England, of 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who created awareness among her peers by launching a school boycott movement to ...

Sep 17, 2019 / OppArt / Jody Thomas

Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’

Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’ Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’

The No Logo author talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes, and how she finds hope.

Sep 15, 2019 / Natalie Hanman

Democrats Need a Feisty Fighter on Climate Change

Democrats Need a Feisty Fighter on Climate Change Democrats Need a Feisty Fighter on Climate Change

Democrats would be wise to ignore much of the punditry’s pearl-clutching about being too bold.

Sep 10, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

mexico zapatista expansion

The Zapatista Revolution Is Not Over The Zapatista Revolution Is Not Over

1994 saw one of the most significant indigenous rebellions of the 20th century. Today, their political experiment continues.

Sep 9, 2019 / Kurt Hackbarth and Colin Mooers

There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt

There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt

What Extinction Rebellion, the grassroots civil disobedience movement, teaches us about transforming hopelessness into action.

Sep 9, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Joe Biden 2020

Joe Biden Doesn’t Sound Very Serious About the Climate Crisis Joe Biden Doesn’t Sound Very Serious About the Climate Crisis

CNN’s climate change town hall was a good moment for activists—and a rough one for the Democratic front-runner.

Sep 5, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

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