Environmental Activism

Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now

Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now

Now that climate change is an undeniable reality around the world, the only option left requires not only reducing carbon emissions, but also adapting to the effects of man-made gl...

Apr 21, 2011 / The Nation

Obama to Thousands of Young Climate Activists: Push Me

Obama to Thousands of Young Climate Activists: Push Me Obama to Thousands of Young Climate Activists: Push Me

PowerShift's green organizers descended on Washington this weekend and gave Obama some tough love.

Apr 18, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard

Climate Change Deniers Aren’t ‘Skeptics,’ They’re Cranks Climate Change Deniers Aren’t ‘Skeptics,’ They’re Cranks

Climate change is happening and it's dangerous, so at this point, science deniers should have no say in the discussion.

Feb 28, 2011 / Press Room

Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining

A harmful coal extraction technique has sparked a growing movement across the central Appalachian region.

Feb 15, 2011 / Huffington Post

Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining

A harmful coal extraction technique has sparked a growing movement across the central Appalachian region.

Feb 15, 2011 / Press Room

Koch Brothers v. the Left in Palm Springs Koch Brothers v. the Left in Palm Springs

For years one of the Koch brothers’ greatest achievements was the fact that no one knew who they were or what influence they had. The counter-demonstration next to their secr...

Jan 30, 2011 / Nancy Goldstein

The Potomac Plunge Against Climate Change The Potomac Plunge Against Climate Change

Some 200 activists, including Rep. Donna Edwards, jumped into the icy Potomac River to urge government action on global warming.

Jan 24, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard

Nicole Foss: We Need Freedom of Action To Confront Peak Oil Nicole Foss: We Need Freedom of Action To Confront Peak Oil

In the third video in the series “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate,” Nicole Foss explains how energy relates to the economy and what our impending energy crisis will loo...

Jan 19, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Naomi Klein: The Search for BP’s Oil Naomi Klein: The Search for BP’s Oil

Klein reports from the Gulf of Mexico on how the very real effects of BP's Deepwater Horizon oilspill are still being felt.

Jan 13, 2011 / Big Noise Films and The Nation

The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth

How does the depletion of oil supplies threaten both our economy and our political system? Part two in a video series from The Nation and On the Earth productions.

Jan 11, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

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