Environmental Activism

Is Mexico’s ‘Mayan Train’ a Boondoggle?

Is Mexico’s ‘Mayan Train’ a Boondoggle? Is Mexico’s ‘Mayan Train’ a Boondoggle?

Opponents warn that it will not only devastate the Yucatán’s ecosystem but also trigger unsustainable development and further marginalize local communities.

May 22, 2020 / Meaghan Beatley and Sam Edwards

This Vermonter Is Attracting Support From Top Bernie Backers

This Vermonter Is Attracting Support From Top Bernie Backers This Vermonter Is Attracting Support From Top Bernie Backers

Sanders’s campaign has been suspended, but key supporters say David Zuckerman carries the movement forward.

May 19, 2020 / John Nichols

Bill McKibben Speaks.

Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Bill McKibben Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Bill McKibben

The award-winning author and environmental activist and Nation editor D.D. Guttenplan for our weekly virtual series.

Apr 30, 2020 / Conversations With ‘The Nation’ / The Nation

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

We’re cooked unless investors stop funding fossil fuel companies.

Apr 21, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Bill McKibben

Organizing on the Coasts Won’t Save the Planet

Organizing on the Coasts Won’t Save the Planet Organizing on the Coasts Won’t Save the Planet

Rural America has the land, the people, and the potential to flip the political equation on climate change.

Apr 20, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Jane Fleming Kleeb

Student Climate Strike

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Suffering Under the Coronavirus. Good. Fossil Fuel Companies Are Suffering Under the Coronavirus. Good.

If fossil fuel companies and their financial backers are scared now, then they should be terrified of what’s to come.

Apr 16, 2020 / no-paywall / Ilana Cohen

Rethinking Our Relationship to the Natural World After Covid-19

Rethinking Our Relationship to the Natural World After Covid-19 Rethinking Our Relationship to the Natural World After Covid-19

The only way to stop future disasters is to reconceptualize our political, economic, and social systems.

Apr 3, 2020 / no-paywall / Michael T. Klare

How a Human Rights Lawyer Went From Hero to House Arrest

How a Human Rights Lawyer Went From Hero to House Arrest How a Human Rights Lawyer Went From Hero to House Arrest

Lawyer Steven Donziger helped win a $9.5 billion judgment for rain forest cleanup. Then Chevron hit back.

Mar 31, 2020 / Feature / James North

Honduras’s Deadly Water Wars

Honduras’s Deadly Water Wars Honduras’s Deadly Water Wars

In the lush Bajo Aguán valley, successive land and water conflicts have left over 150 people dead. And the fight is not over yet.

Mar 24, 2020 / Jared Olson

The Fight to Keep the Mediterranean Free of Oil Drilling

The Fight to Keep the Mediterranean Free of Oil Drilling The Fight to Keep the Mediterranean Free of Oil Drilling

Activists are winning important fights against hydrocarbon exploration in the Mediterranean—but so much is still at stake.

Mar 24, 2020 / Feature / Eurydice Bersi

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