Environmental Activism

Oil Refinery

Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil

When both ends of the age spectrum come together, bankers had better pay attention.

Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Bill McKibben and Vidya Muthupillai

Coloradans Take Action For An Economic Recovery And Infrastructure Package Prioritizing Climate, Care, Jobs, And Justice, Call On Congress To Pass The THRIVE Act

This 5-Point Plan Will Fix Climate Coverage This 5-Point Plan Will Fix Climate Coverage

Number 1: It’s the planet, stupid.

Oct 20, 2021 / Amy Westervelt and Mary Annaïse Heglar

Art at the Border of Power and Ecology

Art at the Border of Power and Ecology Art at the Border of Power and Ecology

Miguel Fernández de Castro’s multimedia works reveal the ties between money, migration, and environmental disaster.

Oct 19, 2021 / Feature / Max Pearl

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg Is “Open” to Meeting Biden at the UN Climate Summit Greta Thunberg Is “Open” to Meeting Biden at the UN Climate Summit

In the lead-up to COP26, the Swedish activist talked about Biden’s climate plan, the media’s responsibility, and what gives her hope.

Oct 12, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

United Nations General Assembly

Biden Needs to Do More Than Sound the Alarm on Climate Biden Needs to Do More Than Sound the Alarm on Climate

A weeklong mobilization of climate activists called The People vs. Fossil Fuels aims to put the White House’s climate record to the test—right outside the White House.

Oct 11, 2021 / Wenonah Hauter

Steven Donziger faces sentencing in Chevron case

Is Chevron’s Vendetta Against Steven Donziger Finally Backfiring? Is Chevron’s Vendetta Against Steven Donziger Finally Backfiring?

A judge sentenced the human rights lawyer to six months in prison—but the calls for environmental justice are only growing.

Oct 4, 2021 / James North

Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

Watch the 2021 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards  Watch the 2021 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards 

On October 6 at 4 pm ET, join NBC News’ Al Roker and Savannah Sellers as they host this awards special celebrating the best in climate journalism.

Oct 4, 2021 / The Nation and Covering Climate Now

Thacker Pass, lithium mine, battery supply chain, Nevada, Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone tribe

The Battle for Thacker Pass The Battle for Thacker Pass

In Nevada’s high desert, environmentalists, Indigenous organizers, and ranchers have locked arms to block a lithium mine.

Sep 23, 2021 / Evan Malmgren

Harvard Divest protest

How Students Pressured Harvard to Divest From Fossil Fuels– and Won How Students Pressured Harvard to Divest From Fossil Fuels– and Won

Climate activists at other institutions can learn from Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard after their victory at the world’s richest university.

Sep 14, 2021 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Jerome Powell

The Fight for the Federal Reserve The Fight for the Federal Reserve

The left is split on whether President Biden should reappoint Jerome Powell as Fed chair or replace him with someone more aggressive on climate change.

Sep 7, 2021 / Aída Chávez

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