Environmental Activism

Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados

At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark

The new focus on equity in the climate movement will keep the pressure where it belongs: on the Global North.

Nov 29, 2021 / Tina Gerhardt for The Nation

Harvard Yale Divest Protest

Harvard and Yale Should Do More Than Just Divest Harvard and Yale Should Do More Than Just Divest

Two years ago, climate activists stormed the field during a Harvard-Yale football game to protest fossil fuel investments. What has changed since then?

Nov 23, 2021 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen and Josie Steuer Ingall

Francia Marquez

Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death” Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death”

The first Black woman to run for president in Colombia has ignited a movement.

Nov 22, 2021 / Juan Mejia and Olivia Heffernan

Burning Planet

Burning Planet Burning Planet

Climate justice.

Nov 19, 2021 / OppArt / Alessandra Mondolfi

COP26 Global Day for Climate Justice march, London

You Can’t Beat Climate Change Without Tackling Disinformation You Can’t Beat Climate Change Without Tackling Disinformation

Over more than a century, PR firms built and fine-tuned a machine to deceive the public.

Nov 17, 2021 / Amy Westervelt

Environmental Activists Demonstrate Against Chase Bank's Financial Ties To Fossil Fuel Industry

Forgive Humans, Not Oil Companies Forgive Humans, Not Oil Companies

It might seem like prison abolition and fossil fuel abolition have nothing in common, but they couldn’t be more related.

Nov 16, 2021 / Mary Annaïse Heglar

Fridays for the Future protest at COP 26

COP26 Ends With Promises, but Not Nearly Enough Progress COP26 Ends With Promises, but Not Nearly Enough Progress

The UN climate conference’s agreement acknowledges several key issues for the first time—but doesn’t do enough to address them.

Nov 15, 2021 / Tina Gerhardt

Migration

Migration Migration

Taking to the streets, with artivism.

Nov 12, 2021 / OppArt / Melanie Oliva

Green Jobs Shouldn’t Leave Black and Brown Workers Behind

Green Jobs Shouldn’t Leave Black and Brown Workers Behind Green Jobs Shouldn’t Leave Black and Brown Workers Behind

There is a coming surge of green jobs, but the public workforce system is failing environmental justice communities. Let’s not waste this opportunity to do better.

Nov 10, 2021 / Daniel Munczek Edelman

It’s in the Air

It’s in the Air It’s in the Air

Climate change disproportionally impacts people of color.

Nov 10, 2021 / OppArt / Rogue Citizen

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