Environmental Activism

Here’s What Anyone Who Cares About the Planet Needs to Know About the EPA’s New Regulations

Here’s What Anyone Who Cares About the Planet Needs to Know About the EPA’s New Regulations Here’s What Anyone Who Cares About the Planet Needs to Know About the EPA’s New Regulations

The Obama administration’s new targets to reduce carbon emissions are a step in the right direction, but we need to demand much more.

Jun 4, 2014 / Mark Hertsgaard

Welcome to West Port Arthur, Texas, Ground Zero in the Fight for Climate Justice

Welcome to West Port Arthur, Texas, Ground Zero in the Fight for Climate Justice Welcome to West Port Arthur, Texas, Ground Zero in the Fight for Climate Justice

If you live in a toxic environment like this, surrounded by refineries, you’re probably not thinking about some future apocalypse. You’re living in one.

Jun 3, 2014 / Feature / Wen Stephenson

Washington University Sit-In Against Peabody Enters Historic Third Week

Washington University Sit-In Against Peabody Enters Historic Third Week Washington University Sit-In Against Peabody Enters Historic Third Week

Every day that the Washington University chancellor fails to answer questions and demands for the university to cut ties with the energy giant, he and his university remain on the ...

Apr 28, 2014 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers and StudentNation

Harvard President Drew Faust Is Still Wrong on Climate Change

Harvard President Drew Faust Is Still Wrong on Climate Change Harvard President Drew Faust Is Still Wrong on Climate Change

President Faust’s statement only amplifies the moral inconsistency of Harvard’s continued investment in the fossil fuel companies that are devastating the planet and bl...

Apr 24, 2014 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin, Canyon Woodward, and StudentNation

Students Mark Anniversary of BP Disaster With a Human Oil Spill

Students Mark Anniversary of BP Disaster With a Human Oil Spill Students Mark Anniversary of BP Disaster With a Human Oil Spill

Students put the pressure on Governor Jerry Brown to ban fracking in California.

Apr 23, 2014 / StudentNation / Bo Kovitz and StudentNation

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins

The most important day to advocate for the Earth is not April 22nd, but April 23rd.

Apr 23, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The New Abolitionism

The New Abolitionism The New Abolitionism

Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up at least $10 trillion in wealth.

Apr 22, 2014 / Feature / Chris Hayes

Earth Day’s Founding Father

Earth Day’s Founding Father Earth Day’s Founding Father

As a student and politician and activist, Gaylord Nelson kept his eyes open. 

Apr 22, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Let This Earth Day Be The Last

Let This Earth Day Be The Last Let This Earth Day Be The Last

“Environmentalism” has failed. The planet now needs a movement far more radical.

Apr 22, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

The Change Within: The Obstacles We Face Are Not Just External

The Change Within: The Obstacles We Face Are Not Just External The Change Within: The Obstacles We Face Are Not Just External

The climate crisis has such bad timing, confronting it not only requires a new economy but a new way of thinking.

Apr 21, 2014 / Feature / Naomi Klein

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