Environmental Activism

European Elections

What Just Happened in Europe? What Just Happened in Europe?

Three takeaways from last week’s results. 

May 29, 2019 / David Adler

Indigenous-Colombian Protest

For Afro-Colombians, the 2016 Peace Treaty Brought No Peace For Afro-Colombians, the 2016 Peace Treaty Brought No Peace

Hundreds of human-rights defenders have been killed since the accords. And Afro-Colombians like Goldman Environmental Prize–winner Francia Márquez are a particular target.

May 23, 2019 / Roosbelinda Cárdenas

What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II?

What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II? What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II?

The new Covering Climate Now project will help media “tell the story so people get it.”

May 22, 2019 / Feature / Bill Moyers

Student Climate Strike

Europe’s Striking Climate Kids Show How to Defeat the Far Right Europe’s Striking Climate Kids Show How to Defeat the Far Right

Fighting climate change now polls as a top priority among European voters—while most far-right leaders are climate denialists.

May 20, 2019 / Paul Hockenos

AOC

The Political Power of the Green New Deal The Political Power of the Green New Deal

Climate activists are pushing Democratic candidates to give voters “something worth voting for.”

May 17, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

Okinawa Base Protest

In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers

For the Japanese government, which has never acknowledged Okinawan indigenous rights, the island is a convenient location for the American military.

May 16, 2019 / Maia Hibbett

Group Rallying for Justice on Race, Climate and Immigration Issues

Take Action Now: Keep the Conversation on Climate Take Action Now: Keep the Conversation on Climate

Protect the environment, push candidates on climate, and join local groups to keep up the fight.

May 14, 2019 / NationAction

The Energy Industry’s Secret Campaign to Get Us to Build More Power Plants

The Energy Industry’s Secret Campaign to Get Us to Build More Power Plants The Energy Industry’s Secret Campaign to Get Us to Build More Power Plants

As the energy market has shifted and stalled, utilities have become masters of deceptive astroturfing scams.

May 14, 2019 / Michael Isaac Stein

Sara Nelson

Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back

For the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, radical politics starts in the workplace.

May 10, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe

How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks

How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks

New agricultural methods offer hope of restoring ecological balance.

May 6, 2019 / Feature / Wilbur Wood

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