Environmental Activism

Climate March

Cracks Appear in the Climate Change Deniers’ Defenses Cracks Appear in the Climate Change Deniers’ Defenses

The world's largest oil and gas companies are finally admitting climate change is real—and that they're to blame.

Jun 16, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ecuador’s Battle for Environmental Justice Against Chevron

Ecuador’s Battle for Environmental Justice Against Chevron Ecuador’s Battle for Environmental Justice Against Chevron

For more than two decades, impoverished indigenous people have been seeking restitution from the oil giant for polluting their region.

Jun 2, 2015 / Feature / James North

Is the Carbon-Divestment Movement Reaching a Tipping Point?

Is the Carbon-Divestment Movement Reaching a Tipping Point? Is the Carbon-Divestment Movement Reaching a Tipping Point?

Interviews with Harvard professors Naomi Oreskes and James Anderson about universities’ moral imperative to join the fight against fossil fuel.

Apr 22, 2015 / Wen Stephenson

In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened?

In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened? In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened?

Today, the environment is a controversial issue divided along partisan lines—but it wasn't always that way.

Apr 20, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to Fix It

Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to Fix It Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to Fix It

The “logic” of capitalist development has left a nightmare of environmental destruction in its wake.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Noam Chomsky

The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try

The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try

The future will follow an unpredictable route, but we must still follow a compass called hope.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit

Black Comedy in the Maldives

Black Comedy in the Maldives Black Comedy in the Maldives

Why was former president and climate-justice hero Mohamed Nasheed sentenced to prison on terrorism charges?

Mar 16, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

Am I a ‘Radical’?

Am I a ‘Radical’? Am I a ‘Radical’?

We can no longer hope to address the climate crisis, or our deep social ills, by working strictly within the system. We must change the system itself.

Jan 27, 2015 / Feature / James Gustave Speth

Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It

Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It

As nonviolent protests have spread throughout the country, the right-wing government and the mines’ security operations have responded with force.

Jan 14, 2015 / Jimmy Tobias

Why Climate Change Is Not Inevitable

Why Climate Change Is Not Inevitable Why Climate Change Is Not Inevitable

As Ursula K. Le Guin reminds us, any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.

Dec 23, 2014 / Rebecca Solnit

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