Environmental Activism

The Paris Climate Conference: Last Chance for Planet Earth?

The Paris Climate Conference: Last Chance for Planet Earth? The Paris Climate Conference: Last Chance for Planet Earth?

The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been—but the movement may be on the verge of a breakthrough in public consciousness.

Nov 3, 2015 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

Testing water in West Virginia.

What If Your Tap Water Was Too Polluted to Drink? What If Your Tap Water Was Too Polluted to Drink?

This sorry state of affairs is the daily reality for too many Americans.

Oct 30, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Mountaintop removal

Big Coal Makes Its Move Against the EPA’s Power Plant Rule Big Coal Makes Its Move Against the EPA’s Power Plant Rule

The coal industry and its allies wasted no time initiating legal challenges against the regulations, which were published last week.

Oct 27, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Think We Can’t Stabilize the Climate While Fostering Growth? Think Again.

Think We Can’t Stabilize the Climate While Fostering Growth? Think Again. Think We Can’t Stabilize the Climate While Fostering Growth? Think Again.

Long-term investments in clean energy would curb emissions and create millions of jobs around the globe.

Oct 27, 2015 / Feature / Robert Pollin

What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change?

What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change? What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change?

Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis, and Wen Stephenson discuss the truly transformative change that our climate crisis requires.

Oct 26, 2015 / Wen Stephenson, Naomi Klein, and Avi Lewis

What I Learned on a Luxury Cruise Through the Global-Warming Apocalypse

What I Learned on a Luxury Cruise Through the Global-Warming Apocalypse What I Learned on a Luxury Cruise Through the Global-Warming Apocalypse

To see the Arctic death spiral firsthand, and to see the Arctic before it melted, I took a 17-day “adventure cruise” and learned an inconvenient truth: We can’t make it stop.

Oct 21, 2015 / Feature / Roy Scranton

Exxon Knew Everything There Was to Know About Climate Change by the Mid-1980s—and Denied It

Exxon Knew Everything There Was to Know About Climate Change by the Mid-1980s—and Denied It Exxon Knew Everything There Was to Know About Climate Change by the Mid-1980s—and Denied It

And thanks to their willingness to sucker the world, the world is now a chaotic mess.

Oct 20, 2015 / Bill McKibben

How a Gentrification Scam Threatens New York’s Community Gardens

How a Gentrification Scam Threatens New York’s Community Gardens How a Gentrification Scam Threatens New York’s Community Gardens

Shady developers know one easy way to build luxury condos: Claim ownership of communal land.

Oct 20, 2015 / Feature / DW Gibson

The Day After Tomorrow

Are Disaster Movies Predicting Our Future? Are Disaster Movies Predicting Our Future?

The latest IPCC report suggests that sudden climate catastrophes with irreversible consequences may not be as improbable as we once thought.

Oct 8, 2015 / Michael T. Klare

Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Climate Justice Movement

Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Climate Justice Movement Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Climate Justice Movement

The new American radicals know that it’s time to fight like there’s nothing left to lose but our humanity.

Oct 8, 2015 / Feature / Wen Stephenson

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