Environmental Activism

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

Burlington Riot Police Fire Pepper Spray, Projectiles at Protesters Burlington Riot Police Fire Pepper Spray, Projectiles at Protesters

Police in Burlington violently suppress an environmental protest by firing pepper spray and projectiles at activists.

Jul 30, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Salvemos el Día de la Tierra Salvemos el Día de la Tierra

Nacido hace 42 años y celebrado desde entonces cada 22 de abril, el Día de la Tierra ha entrado ya en la mediana edad – y  se le nota.

Apr 23, 2012 / Mark Hertsgaard

Unions and Environmentalists: Get It Together!

Unions and Environmentalists: Get It Together! Unions and Environmentalists: Get It Together!

As the Keystone XL battle has shown, the blue-green alliance is in trouble—and only a deeper kind of solidarity can rescue it.

Apr 18, 2012 / Feature / Jane McAlevey

A New Green Agenda for Commuters

A New Green Agenda for Commuters A New Green Agenda for Commuters

How progressives can make energy a pocketbook issue, with greener rides—and greener wallets—for the middle class.

Mar 27, 2012 / Feature / Lisa Margonelli

90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like 90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

The last days of winter and the first days of spring have seen hundreds of record-breaking high temperatures. Worry.

Mar 20, 2012 / Bill McKibben

Occupy Climate Change Occupy Climate Change

The same corporations that destroyed the economy are wrecking the planet. Occupy should do something about that.

Mar 14, 2012 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher

Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline

Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline

The grassroots victory shows that concern for fundamental issues such as health and clean water transcends party politics.

Feb 2, 2012 / The Nation

Transpartisan Politics on the Plains

Transpartisan Politics on the Plains Transpartisan Politics on the Plains

The Keystone fight showed ordinary Nebraskans their power. Will their unlikely alliance stick?

Jan 31, 2012 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

Fracking Gets Its Own Occupy Movement Fracking Gets Its Own Occupy Movement

Widespread resistance to natural gas fracking is rising above New York's Marcellus Shale.

Jan 23, 2012 / Ellen Cantarow

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