Environmental Activism

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There Can Be No Compromise on a Burning Planet There Can Be No Compromise on a Burning Planet

Business interests invaded the environmental policy realm even before climate change emerged as a key issue. It’s time to kick them out.

Oct 27, 2021 / Amy Westervelt

Climate Change Has Exposed the Decline of the American Empire

Climate Change Has Exposed the Decline of the American Empire Climate Change Has Exposed the Decline of the American Empire

Responding to the climate crisis has become a race against time, and our government still dawdles at the starting line.

Oct 26, 2021 / William deBuys

Steven Donziger

Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced

The environmentalist lawyer says Chevron has “to try and destroy what I represent.”

Oct 25, 2021 / James North

Bill McKibben and Akaya Windwood on Their New Initative, Third Act

Bill McKibben and Akaya Windwood on Their New Initative, Third Act Bill McKibben and Akaya Windwood on Their New Initative, Third Act

They spoke to The Nation about their generation—and how to get their peers back in the streets.

Oct 25, 2021 / Wen Stephenson

Climate Change Protest In Washington, D.C.

To Build a Beautiful World, You First Have to Imagine It To Build a Beautiful World, You First Have to Imagine It

Looking at the climate fight, it’s clear what we desperately need is more artists.

Oct 24, 2021 / Mary Annaïse Heglar

Oil Refinery

Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil

When both ends of the age spectrum come together, bankers had better pay attention.

Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Bill McKibben and Vidya Muthupillai

Harmony Cummings holds a sign outside the office of Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO) during a Time to Thrive rally organized by the Colorado Green New Deal coalition to demand support for the THRIVE act on March 31, 2021, in Denver.

This 5-Point Plan Will Fix Climate Coverage This 5-Point Plan Will Fix Climate Coverage

Number 1: It’s the planet, stupid.

Oct 20, 2021 / Amy Westervelt and Mary Annaïse Heglar

Art at the Border of Power and Ecology

Art at the Border of Power and Ecology Art at the Border of Power and Ecology

Miguel Fernández de Castro’s multimedia works reveal the ties between money, migration, and environmental disaster.

Oct 19, 2021 / Feature / Max Pearl

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg Is “Open” to Meeting Biden at the UN Climate Summit Greta Thunberg Is “Open” to Meeting Biden at the UN Climate Summit

In the lead-up to COP26, the Swedish activist talked about Biden’s climate plan, the media’s responsibility, and what gives her hope.

Oct 12, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

United Nations General Assembly

Biden Needs to Do More Than Sound the Alarm on Climate Biden Needs to Do More Than Sound the Alarm on Climate

A weeklong mobilization of climate activists called The People vs. Fossil Fuels aims to put the White House’s climate record to the test—right outside the White House.

Oct 11, 2021 / Wenonah Hauter

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