Fossil fuels

Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman Is Facing Jail Time for Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline. That Should Scare Us All. Amy Goodman Is Facing Jail Time for Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline. That Should Scare Us All.

The charges against Goodman are a clear attack on journalism and freedom of the press.

Oct 15, 2016 / Lizzy Ratner

Second debate

What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Climate Change What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Climate Change

Years from now, historians will marvel at the absence of global warming in the 2016 campaign coverage and presidential debates.

Oct 14, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

Climate change protest

Here’s the 1 Thing Countries Have to Do to Meet the 2-Degree Climate Target Here’s the 1 Thing Countries Have to Do to Meet the 2-Degree Climate Target

Unless we stop developing new fossil-fuel reserves, the Paris agreement is a joke.

Oct 11, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Protest Fossil Fuel

When Schools Say No to Divestment When Schools Say No to Divestment

How do students find the power, passion, and courage to continue the climate fight after that emphatic “no”?

Sep 26, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism. What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

It’s going to take global solidarity to avoid a climate-change doomsday.

Sep 15, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

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Are You a Millennial? Congratulations! Climate Change Will Cost Your Generation $8.8 Trillion Are You a Millennial? Congratulations! Climate Change Will Cost Your Generation $8.8 Trillion

That is, unless real change comes to the economy, and fast.

Aug 31, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Opposition Motorcycles Venezuela

Why Is Venezuela in Crisis? Why Is Venezuela in Crisis?

Much of it is due to government blundering. But opposition protests, often violent, and destabilization from Washington have wreaked havoc as well.

Aug 17, 2016 / Gabriel Hetland

Greenhouse Gases

Bad News: We’re Actually Using More Fossil Fuels Than Ever Bad News: We’re Actually Using More Fossil Fuels Than Ever

Renewable forms of energy are growing far faster than anyone expected. But so is the use of oil, coal, and natural gas.

Jul 14, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

Protest Fossil Fuel

Are Universities Actively Thwarting Efforts to Combat Climate Change? Are Universities Actively Thwarting Efforts to Combat Climate Change?

Just as the world is starting to come to its senses about climate change, universities are strangely obstructing progress.

May 12, 2016 / StudentNation / Benjamin Franta

Big Coal Is Bankrupt. Who Will Pay to Clean Up Its Mess?

Big Coal Is Bankrupt. Who Will Pay to Clean Up Its Mess? Big Coal Is Bankrupt. Who Will Pay to Clean Up Its Mess?

Regulators treated the coal industry like it was “too big to fail.” Now taxpayers and the environment may pay the price.

Mar 22, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

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