Climate Change

#WeStandWithYou: Young Activists Fast for the Climate

#WeStandWithYou: Young Activists Fast for the Climate #WeStandWithYou: Young Activists Fast for the Climate

At the UN climate conference in Warsaw, a youth-led fast in solidarity with the Philippines is spreading around the world.

Nov 19, 2013 / Wen Stephenson

Brower Youth Award Winner Outlines New Responses to Climate Change Brower Youth Award Winner Outlines New Responses to Climate Change

The climate movement often seems like it’s fighting “against something”--against indifference and political gridlock. But this is a struggle “for everything...

Nov 18, 2013 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation

Are We on the Brink of a Green Revolution?

Are We on the Brink of a Green Revolution? Are We on the Brink of a Green Revolution?

Take a look and you will see that the assorted environmental protests that have long bedeviled politicians are gaining in strength and support.

Nov 18, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

LIVE: Democracy Now! at the UN Climate Summit in Warsaw

LIVE: Democracy Now! at the UN Climate Summit in Warsaw LIVE: Democracy Now! at the UN Climate Summit in Warsaw

On-the-ground coverage of the official UN negotiations, as well as interviews with journalists, scientists, policy makers, stakeholders and activists.

Nov 18, 2013 / The Nation

Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change

Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change

The super-typhoon that just hit the Philippines should be a wake-up call for climate-change negotiators in Warsaw.

Nov 11, 2013 / Foreign Policy In Focus and Walden Bello

Campaigning (and Winning) on Climate Change

Campaigning (and Winning) on Climate Change Campaigning (and Winning) on Climate Change

Environmental groups leveraged millions to make climate change a key issue in the race for governor of Virginia and seats on a Washington State county council.  

Nov 6, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Will Obama Block the Keystone Pipeline or Just Keep Bending?

Will Obama Block the Keystone Pipeline or Just Keep Bending? Will Obama Block the Keystone Pipeline or Just Keep Bending?

The dream of an environmental president seems to be fading away.

Oct 28, 2013 / Bill McKibben

One Year After Sandy—Ignoring Climate Change at Our Own Peril

One Year After Sandy—Ignoring Climate Change at Our Own Peril One Year After Sandy—Ignoring Climate Change at Our Own Peril

Wendell Berry’s writing and poetry provides a way forward one year after Superstorm Sandy.

Oct 22, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment

Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment

The Brown Divest Coal Campaign is asking Brown University to divest from any holdings it has in America's fifteen largest coal companies and is hopeful for a “yes” ...

Oct 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Snapshot: Waiting for the Apocalypse Snapshot: Waiting for the Apocalypse

Climate activists Lesley Butler and Rob Bell “sunbathe” on the edge of a fjord in the Norwegian Arctic town of Longyearbyen, 2007. Arctic sea ice partially recovered this year, after a series of lows and last year’s all-time-record melt, but climatologists predict relentless long-term decline.

Oct 16, 2013 / François Lenoir

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