Environmental Activism

Camille Dungy on the Bewildering Wonder of Rewilding

Camille Dungy on the Bewildering Wonder of Rewilding Camille Dungy on the Bewildering Wonder of Rewilding

A conversation with the award-winning poet and scholar Camille Dungy about her new book, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden.

May 2, 2023 / Q&A / Sara Franklin

John James Audubon wood cutting

Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New

White supremacists adopt the language of environmentalism to push both grotesque anti-immigrant bigotry and a broader, unnerving far-right agenda.

May 1, 2023 / Stan Cox

Sean McElwee

Sean McElwee’s Betting Against Democracy Sean McElwee’s Betting Against Democracy

The Data for Progress founder’s gambling isn’t just a bad habit. It’s a symptom of the decay of solidarity.

May 1, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Climate Change Science Curriculum Connecticut

Connecticut Will Require Public Schools to Teach Climate Change. Can More States Follow? Connecticut Will Require Public Schools to Teach Climate Change. Can More States Follow?

While Congress is unlikely to pass a national climate education bill any time soon, there is an opportunity for local legislators to take similar actions.

Apr 28, 2023 / StudentNation / Sena Wazer

Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change

Inside the Youth Campaign to Bring Climate Change to the World’s Highest Court Inside the Youth Campaign to Bring Climate Change to the World’s Highest Court

After years of organizing, a global movement of young people helped push the UN to request a consequential opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice.

Apr 26, 2023 / StudentNation / Robin Happel

He Made Louisiana History. Now He Wants to Change the State’s Climate Future.

He Made Louisiana History. Now He Wants to Change the State’s Climate Future. He Made Louisiana History. Now He Wants to Change the State’s Climate Future.

Davante Lewis is the first Black, openly LGBTQ person ever elected to office in Louisiana. Now he wants to turn a fossil fuel hub into a green energy giant.

Apr 14, 2023 / Grey Moran

Live to fight another day: A scene from the Texas Observer’s victory party.

The Brief Death and Miraculous Resurrection of the “Texas Observer” The Brief Death and Miraculous Resurrection of the “Texas Observer”

Progressive media is not a “business.” It’s a labor movement.

Apr 13, 2023 / Gabriel Arana

A scene from “How to Blow Up a Pipeline”

The First Great Action Movie About Climate Justice? The First Great Action Movie About Climate Justice?

A conversation with Daniel Goldhaber about adapting Andreas Malm's How to Blow Up a Pipeline into a politically-minded thriller. 

Apr 13, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Sam Russek

Newly elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro (C) celebrates with supporters in Bogota

Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off

Colombia is the first country to declare that it wants to stop digging. Will the world, and particularly the United States, now lend a hand in pulling it out of its economic hole?

Apr 7, 2023 / John Feffer

Ishmael Kalsakau speaks in the UN assembly hall

How Vanuatu’s Climate Campaign Could Save the World How Vanuatu’s Climate Campaign Could Save the World

The tiny island country has pushed the UN and the International Court of Justice to take unprecedented action that could help avert planetary catastrophe.

Apr 5, 2023 / Julian Aguon and Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh

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