Environmental Activism

A couple wades through floodwaters in Jakarta, Indonesia.

How Climate Change Will Transform Work How Climate Change Will Transform Work

Workers in the Global South need more than wind turbines and high-brow organic farms—they need livelihoods that can mitigate ecological crisis.

Dec 9, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Once Again, California Leads the Way

Once Again, California Leads the Way Once Again, California Leads the Way

Governor Jerry Brown leads in tackling catastrophic climate change.

Dec 8, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

COP21

With a 1.5 Degrees Celsius Target, the Climate-Justice Movement Is Poised to Score a Surprise Win With a 1.5 Degrees Celsius Target, the Climate-Justice Movement Is Poised to Score a Surprise Win

Pressure from activists and vulnerable countries has shifted the discussion away from a 2 degrees C target—a virtual death sentence for millions of people.

Dec 7, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

An activist protesting polluters at the Climate Generations Areas at COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Wednesday, December 2, 2015.

Why Are So Many Fossil-Fuel Companies Funding the Paris Climate Conference? Why Are So Many Fossil-Fuel Companies Funding the Paris Climate Conference?

Polluters need to pay, not make decisions about the future of the planet.

Dec 4, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Naomi Klein: Breaking the Back of Our Carbon Economy

Naomi Klein: Breaking the Back of Our Carbon Economy Naomi Klein: Breaking the Back of Our Carbon Economy

What should an economy that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels actually look like?

Dec 3, 2015 / Naomi Klein

Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein on the Necessity of the Climate Protests in Paris

Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein on the Necessity of the Climate Protests in Paris Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein on the Necessity of the Climate Protests in Paris

On this week’s podcast, Naomi Klein on the Shock Doctrine and the Paris climate protests, Katha Pollitt on Europe’s refugee crisis, Eric Foner on Woodrow Wilson’s racism, and Joan ...

Dec 3, 2015 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Asking for a Friend: I’m in Love With a Republican—What Do I Do?

Asking for a Friend: I’m in Love With a Republican—What Do I Do? Asking for a Friend: I’m in Love With a Republican—What Do I Do?

Liza answers a reader in love, and another who wants to blow up the system that screwed him over.

Dec 3, 2015 / Liza Featherstone

To Global Leaders at COP21: Be Like the Ents

To Global Leaders at COP21: Be Like the Ents To Global Leaders at COP21: Be Like the Ents

Once something threatens who you are and what you love, you have no choice but to take action.

Dec 1, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

The Most Ambitious Emissions Pledges on the Table in Paris Would Still Result in Catastrophic Warming

The Most Ambitious Emissions Pledges on the Table in Paris Would Still Result in Catastrophic Warming The Most Ambitious Emissions Pledges on the Table in Paris Would Still Result in Catastrophic Warming

Global temperatures would still rise to 2.7 to 3.5 C above the pre-industrial level.

Nov 30, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

Making the Paris Climate Talks Count

Making the Paris Climate Talks Count Making the Paris Climate Talks Count

At the bottom of all the jargon that will be thrown about this week’s climate conference are human lives.

Nov 29, 2015 / Naomi Klein

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