Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan
Purist objections scuttled Washington State’s market-friendly carbon tax plan in November. Let’s not let that happen at the national level.
Feb 14, 2017 / Charles Komanoff
Climate Disobedience in the Time of Trump Climate Disobedience in the Time of Trump
Ken Ward and Emily Johnston are willing to spend decades in prison for shutting down tar-sands oil pipelines. They want you to understand why.
Feb 13, 2017 / Wen Stephenson
This Bay Area Proposal Would Strike a Huge Blow to the Dirtiest Forms of Oil Production This Bay Area Proposal Would Strike a Huge Blow to the Dirtiest Forms of Oil Production
A proposed emissions cap would prevent the area’s refineries from converting dirtier-burning oils into fuel. Will it pass?
Jan 31, 2017 / Will Parrish
This Monday, Join Protests Across the Country to Block Trump’s Climate-Denying Cabinet Picks This Monday, Join Protests Across the Country to Block Trump’s Climate-Denying Cabinet Picks
For the Day Against Denial, people across the country will rally at their senators’ offices.
Jan 7, 2017 / NationAction
Sham Populism, Shameless Plutocracy Sham Populism, Shameless Plutocracy
Almost every legitimate function of the federal government could be subverted by Trump’s wrecking crew.
Dec 20, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Want to Know How to Build a Progressive Movement Under Trump? Look to Standing Rock Want to Know How to Build a Progressive Movement Under Trump? Look to Standing Rock
Fighting against white supremacy and neoliberalism takes organizing—and lots of it.
Dec 20, 2016 / Audrea Lim
Take the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline to the Banks That Are Funding It Take the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline to the Banks That Are Funding It
Demand that the banks backing the Dakota Access Pipeline support the sovereignty and rights of indigenous peoples and end their financing of the pipeline.
Dec 15, 2016 / NationAction
Plot Twist! Donald Trump May Accidentally Destroy Some Fossil-Fuel Companies. Plot Twist! Donald Trump May Accidentally Destroy Some Fossil-Fuel Companies.
Trump’s plan is an enigma wrapped in a conundrum inside a roiling set of contradictions.
Dec 15, 2016 / Michael T. Klare
Normalizing Denial: Trump, Tillerson, and Climate Reality Normalizing Denial: Trump, Tillerson, and Climate Reality
A political culture that can accommodate Exxon’s climate denial is a political culture ripe for Trump.
Dec 14, 2016 / Wen Stephenson
Indigenous Activists at Standing Rock Told a Deep, True Story Indigenous Activists at Standing Rock Told a Deep, True Story
And that’s why they won at least a temporary victory.
Dec 5, 2016 / Bill McKibben