Environment

Climate Change Isn’t the Only Thing That Threatens the Whole Planet’s Future

Climate Change Isn’t the Only Thing That Threatens the Whole Planet’s Future Climate Change Isn’t the Only Thing That Threatens the Whole Planet’s Future

An event honoring Peter Weiss for his decades-long fight for nuclear disarmament highlighted the ongoing need for such work.

Apr 4, 2014 / Justine Drennan

Deval Patrick, These Student Climate Activists Are Your Political Future

Deval Patrick, These Student Climate Activists Are Your Political Future Deval Patrick, These Student Climate Activists Are Your Political Future

Student climate activists in Massachusetts win a meeting with Governor Deval Patrick about banning new fossil-fuel infrastructure. But they need more than a meeting.

Apr 1, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

We Are Now in the Terminal Stage of Our Fossil-Fuel Addiction

We Are Now in the Terminal Stage of Our Fossil-Fuel Addiction We Are Now in the Terminal Stage of Our Fossil-Fuel Addiction

Senior politicians in both parties have become so intoxicated by the idea of an American surge in energy production that they have lost their senses.

Apr 1, 2014 / Michael T. Klare

If We Want to Adapt to Climate Change, We Need to Start Now

If We Want to Adapt to Climate Change, We Need to Start Now If We Want to Adapt to Climate Change, We Need to Start Now

According to the IPCC’s latest report, global warming is already hurting people, especially the poor, and is bound to get worse in the years ahead. 

Mar 31, 2014 / Mark Hertsgaard

LA City Council Tells Big Oil To Frack Off

LA City Council Tells Big Oil To Frack Off LA City Council Tells Big Oil To Frack Off

As residents complain of nosebleeds and headaches, the country’s biggest oil-producing city moves to ban hydraulic fracturing.

Mar 27, 2014 / Simon Davis-Cohen

3 Ways Public Transportation Makes Life Better for Pretty Much Everyone

3 Ways Public Transportation Makes Life Better for Pretty Much Everyone 3 Ways Public Transportation Makes Life Better for Pretty Much Everyone

Every $1 billion invested in the U.S. transportation infrastructure supports and creates some 47,500 jobs.

Mar 27, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Student Activists to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick: Say No to New Fossil Fuel Construction

Student Activists to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick: Say No to New Fossil Fuel Construction Student Activists to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick: Say No to New Fossil Fuel Construction

Students plan a city-wide school walkout to urge Governor Patrick to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure construction in Massachusetts.

Mar 25, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

The ‘Single Largest Environmental Health Risk’ Is Causing 1 in 8 Deaths Worldwide

The ‘Single Largest Environmental Health Risk’ Is Causing 1 in 8 Deaths Worldwide The ‘Single Largest Environmental Health Risk’ Is Causing 1 in 8 Deaths Worldwide

New estimates from the World Health Organization confirm that air pollution is the single greatest environmental risk.

Mar 25, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Why We Must Divest From Fossil Fuels: A Student’s Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust

Why We Must Divest From Fossil Fuels: A Student’s Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust Why We Must Divest From Fossil Fuels: A Student’s Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust

Harvard graduate student Benjamin Franta implores President Drew Gilpin Faust to be honest about her opposition to divestment.

Mar 19, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

The Other Keystone

The Other Keystone The Other Keystone

It’s just as important to stop Cove Point.

Mar 19, 2014 / Mark Hertsgaard

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