Fossil fuels

Oil pump jack with sunset

Down With Petroleum Tyranny—or We Can Expect the Worst Down With Petroleum Tyranny—or We Can Expect the Worst

Overcoming a global phalanx of oil-industry defenders will require far more political muscle than the environmental camp has yet been able to muster.

Jul 27, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

Harvard University

Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money

The university’s recently announced Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability will need to ban oil and gas companies from funding its research.

Jul 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Aerial view image of the Pentagon.

More Money for the Pentagon Won’t Make Us Safe More Money for the Pentagon Won’t Make Us Safe

Spending $1.4 trillion to address a narrowly defined concept of national security should be considered budgetary malpractice on an immeasurably grand scale.

Jul 11, 2022 / William D. Hartung

A Peace Settlement in Ukraine

A Peace Settlement in Ukraine A Peace Settlement in Ukraine

If the war is to ever end, it will have to do so through some form of pragmatic compromise.

Jun 22, 2022 / Anatol Lieven

Two of the Trump Era’s Biggest Grifters Are Angling for a Comeback

Two of the Trump Era’s Biggest Grifters Are Angling for a Comeback Two of the Trump Era’s Biggest Grifters Are Angling for a Comeback

Scott Pruitt and Ryan Zinke both left D.C. under clouds of corruption. Now they’re both running for higher office.

Jun 7, 2022 / Thomas O. McGarity

Coal mining machine in Belchatow

Here in Poland, “Going Green” Means Burning Even More Coal Here in Poland, “Going Green” Means Burning Even More Coal

With parents and children struggling to breathe, climate activism is a matter of life and death.

May 27, 2022 / Kamila Kadzidłowska

People wearing fire suits and masks of world leaders stand around a sculpture of the Earth on a pyre.

Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand

The extraction of hydrocarbons tends to support despotism, whereas sun and wind are much closer to being democratic.

Apr 11, 2022 / Bill McKibben

Greenhouse Gases

War Is Not an Excuse to Ignore Climate Change War Is Not an Excuse to Ignore Climate Change

Don’t let the oil and gas companies fool you.

Apr 1, 2022 / Stan Cox

Harvard Yale Divest Protest

Climate Research Shouldn’t Be Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies Climate Research Shouldn’t Be Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies

The oil and gas industry uses universities to influence environmental policy. Here’s how we fight back.

Mar 29, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen and Jake Lowe

The Line 3 construction site

Should Environmental Activists Sabotage Fossil Fuel Infrastructure? Should Environmental Activists Sabotage Fossil Fuel Infrastructure?

Andreas Malm argues that property destruction can be inspiring, while Daniel Sherrell writes that it would reduce the climate movement’s ability to effect change.

Jan 27, 2022 / The Debate / Andreas Malm and Daniel Sherrell

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