Climate Change

Dear Media: Increased Oil Production Is Not Good News

Dear Media: Increased Oil Production Is Not Good News Dear Media: Increased Oil Production Is Not Good News

The recent World Energy Outlook report that has many cheering U.S. oil supremacy—when it should be setting off alarm bells on the climate crisis. 

Nov 27, 2012 / Michael T. Klare

Harvard Students Vote 72 Percent Support for Fossil Fuel Divestment Harvard Students Vote 72 Percent Support for Fossil Fuel Divestment

The vote made Harvard College the first school in the nation to pass a student referendum in support of fossil fuel divestment.

Nov 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Alli Welton

Fake Press Release Pushes College on Divestment Fake Press Release Pushes College on Divestment

Student activists at Middlebury College in Vermont are challenging the otherwise liberal school to stop investing in fossil fuel companies. 

Nov 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Bronwyn Oatley

Naomi Klein: Could Superstorm Sandy Create Space for Progressive Reform? Naomi Klein: Could Superstorm Sandy Create Space for Progressive Reform?

In the wake of the superstorm, we need to involve communities—not corporations—in reconstruction efforts. 

Nov 15, 2012 / Press Room

Students Call for Divestment From the Fossil Fuel Industry

Students Call for Divestment From the Fossil Fuel Industry Students Call for Divestment From the Fossil Fuel Industry

Students are the sleeping giant that rose to end apartheid and fight for many other just causes. Now more and more students are mobilizing against business as usual in the fossil f...

Nov 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and Alli Welton

Climate Activists Hit Hard With ‘Do the Math’ National Tour

Climate Activists Hit Hard With ‘Do the Math’ National Tour Climate Activists Hit Hard With ‘Do the Math’ National Tour

350.org’s caravan heads to Washington, DC, to push President Obama to address climate change in his second term.

Nov 13, 2012 / Tom Hayden

The Meaning of a Do-Nothing Election

The Meaning of a Do-Nothing Election The Meaning of a Do-Nothing Election

What does this election mean for the future of the country? Are electoral politics really a mechanism for change? 

Nov 13, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt

Superstorm Sandy—a People’s Shock? Superstorm Sandy—a People’s Shock?

The recovery could be an opportunity to realign our relationship with the natural world.

Nov 8, 2012 / Naomi Klein

If We Ignore Climate Change, We’re All on a Sinking Ship

If We Ignore Climate Change, We’re All on a Sinking Ship If We Ignore Climate Change, We’re All on a Sinking Ship

If there was ever a response to Mitt Romney’s smug RNC laugh line about climate change—or to Obama’s failure to address it—Hurricane Sandy delivered.

Nov 8, 2012 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The Name of the Hurricane Is Climate Change

The Name of the Hurricane Is Climate Change The Name of the Hurricane Is Climate Change

If we can learn one thing from Superstorm Sandy, it's that we ignore climate change at our own peril.

Nov 6, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit

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