Germany’s Dirty Secret: Climate Activists Take Aim at Europe’s Largest Coal Industry Germany’s Dirty Secret: Climate Activists Take Aim at Europe’s Largest Coal Industry
Amid a growing anti-coal movement, thousands of masked protesters in hooded white jumpsuits block Germany’s coal infrastructure.
Aug 29, 2017 / Paul Hockenos
How Donald Trump and Elaine Chao Sold Off Flood-Control Policy to the Highest Bidders How Donald Trump and Elaine Chao Sold Off Flood-Control Policy to the Highest Bidders
In mid-August, the administration moved to gut a necessary initiative to guarantee the flood resilience of infrastructure.
Aug 28, 2017 / John Nichols
Donald Trump’s Fixation on Fossil Fuel Donald Trump’s Fixation on Fossil Fuel
Is he pushing a coal-based world order?
Jun 12, 2017 / Michael T. Klare
This Weekend, Demand That Your City Act on Climate This Weekend, Demand That Your City Act on Climate
People across the country will gather to demand that their cities and states commit to the goals of the Paris Agreement and beyond.
Jun 9, 2017 / NationAction
Economic Democracy and the Billion-Dollar Co-op Economic Democracy and the Billion-Dollar Co-op
Is our energy grid a sleeping giant of collective ownership?
May 8, 2017 / Feature / Nathan Schneider
Saving Coal Country by Ending Coal’s Empire Saving Coal Country by Ending Coal’s Empire
A Kentucky coalition has plans to make Appalachia’s transition from fossil fuels a boon for local empowerment.
Apr 27, 2017 / Michelle Chen
The Policy Weapon Climate Activists Need The Policy Weapon Climate Activists Need
Government can save the climate from burning the same way it saved the economy from depression: Buy out the companies behind the crisis.
Apr 26, 2017 / Gar Alperovitz, Joe Guinan, and Thomas M. Hanna
As We Approach the Peoples Climate March, Here Are Six Ways to Fight to Save the Planet As We Approach the Peoples Climate March, Here Are Six Ways to Fight to Save the Planet
The stakes are higher than ever before.
Apr 21, 2017 / Brandon Jordan
The Other Poison Gas Killing Syrians: Carbon Dioxide Emissions The Other Poison Gas Killing Syrians: Carbon Dioxide Emissions
If Trump and his cronies really cared about children killed by noxious gases, they wouldn’t be trying to spew ever more CO2 into the atmosphere.
Apr 18, 2017 / Juan Cole