Environmental Activism

2020’s Most In-Depth, People-Powered Forum Just Happened in Iowa

2020’s Most In-Depth, People-Powered Forum Just Happened in Iowa 2020’s Most In-Depth, People-Powered Forum Just Happened in Iowa

Here's how Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, and Castro did when they were challenged to answer tough questions about Medicare for All, racial profiling, and housing justice.

Sep 23, 2019 / John Nichols

‘How Dare You!’ Greta Thunberg Rebukes World Leaders

‘How Dare You!’ Greta Thunberg Rebukes World Leaders ‘How Dare You!’ Greta Thunberg Rebukes World Leaders

“We will not let you get away with this,” the 16-year-old climate strike leader tells the UN Climate Action Summit.

Sep 23, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard

UAW Strike

The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike

During Climate Week, why not show we can have economic and environmental justice?

Sep 23, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

‘I’m Only 6 Years Old. I Don’t Want the World To End Yet.’

‘I’m Only 6 Years Old. I Don’t Want the World To End Yet.’ ‘I’m Only 6 Years Old. I Don’t Want the World To End Yet.’

Strikers took to the streets around the world today to demand climate action now.

Sep 20, 2019 / Alice Markham-Cantor

Students

It’s Time to Shed Light on Our Elite Institutions’ Dirty Money It’s Time to Shed Light on Our Elite Institutions’ Dirty Money

Currently, 99 percent of Harvard’s endowment remains hidden from the public.

Sep 19, 2019 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Coal power plant

What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like? What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like?

The United States will be a nonentity at this fall’s UN climate summit. But the 2020 election is a chance to change the game.

Sep 19, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

23 Reasons to Climate Strike Today

23 Reasons to Climate Strike Today 23 Reasons to Climate Strike Today

Take to the streets.

Sep 19, 2019 / Bill McKibben

Smokestack

We’re Fueling the Next Global Extinction We’re Fueling the Next Global Extinction

And it will wipe us out, too.

Sep 18, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

Green New Deal

The Environment Is in Trump’s Crosshairs. We Need to Fight Back. The Environment Is in Trump’s Crosshairs. We Need to Fight Back.

This isn’t scattershot; it is a well-planned effort to destroy environmental regulations and investments built up over decades.

Sep 17, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

‘The Silenced’: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump

‘The Silenced’: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump ‘The Silenced’: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump

Six former government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury the truth about climate change—and why they won’t stay quiet.

Sep 17, 2019 / Oliver Milman

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