Climate Change

Making the Paris Climate Talks Count

Making the Paris Climate Talks Count Making the Paris Climate Talks Count

At the bottom of all the jargon that will be thrown about this week’s climate conference are human lives.

Nov 29, 2015 / Naomi Klein

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Letters From the December 14, 2015, Issue Letters From the December 14, 2015, Issue

Sanders, Denmark, and Debs… tourists at the end of life… all that jive… food for the mind… one side of the story…

Nov 25, 2015 / Our Readers

A Lesson for Paris Climate Talks: Follow the Activists

A Lesson for Paris Climate Talks: Follow the Activists A Lesson for Paris Climate Talks: Follow the Activists

At home and abroad, the grassroots wing of the climate movement is disrupting politics as usual. We should pay attention.

Nov 19, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

WANTED: Political Power for Climate Justice

WANTED: Political Power for Climate Justice WANTED: Political Power for Climate Justice

Movement leaders identify their goals as political, but they don’t see the movement as having the political power to achieve those goals.

Nov 16, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

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‘Ne Vous Laissez Pas Manipuler’ AKA #StayWoke ‘Ne Vous Laissez Pas Manipuler’ AKA #StayWoke

To “stay woke” in the aftermath of the Paris attacks is an act of conscious resistance against an ugly tide.

Nov 15, 2015 / Dave Zirin

New York’s Attorney General Just Won a Settlement With a Coal Giant for Climate Deception. Is Exxon Next?

New York’s Attorney General Just Won a Settlement With a Coal Giant for Climate Deception. Is Exxon Next? New York’s Attorney General Just Won a Settlement With a Coal Giant for Climate Deception. Is Exxon Next?

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued a subpoena for nearly four decades’ worth of documents from ExxonMobil.

Nov 10, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

China drought

Splinterlands: The View From 2050 Splinterlands: The View From 2050

A dystopian fictional tour of the world that awaits us.

Nov 10, 2015 / John Feffer

President Obama Says No to Keystone XL

President Obama Says No to Keystone XL President Obama Says No to Keystone XL

The decision is a major victory for the climate movement, which transformed the dirty-energy project from an inevitability into a powerful organizing tool.

Nov 6, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

China drought

The Future of Climate Change Is Widespread Civil War The Future of Climate Change Is Widespread Civil War

Failure to cap carbon emissions will not only bring on climate shocks, but also worldwide instability, insurrection, and warfare.

Nov 3, 2015 / Michael T. Klare

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

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