Environmental Issues

A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013

A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013 A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013

What would our national conversation on climate change sound like if this kind of honesty broke through with any regularity?

Dec 24, 2013 / Wen Stephenson

Bluegrass Uprising

Bluegrass Uprising Bluegrass Uprising

As American energy production booms, thousands face pipelines in their backyards.

Dec 18, 2013 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

The Coming ‘Instant Planetary Emergency’

The Coming ‘Instant Planetary Emergency’ The Coming ‘Instant Planetary Emergency’

How will climate change affect the future of the planet? Scientists predict it will be nothing short of a nightmare.

Dec 17, 2013 / Dahr Jamail

How Ivy League Universities Are Failing Us on Climate Change

How Ivy League Universities Are Failing Us on Climate Change How Ivy League Universities Are Failing Us on Climate Change

Despite widespread student organizing, university presidents are still reluctant to divest from fossil fuels. 

Dec 4, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Students Are Leading the Fight Against Climate Change With a Simple Strategy: Divest Now!

Students Are Leading the Fight Against Climate Change With a Simple Strategy: Divest Now! Students Are Leading the Fight Against Climate Change With a Simple Strategy: Divest Now!

It could just be the first step toward reversing this slow-motion apocalypse.

Nov 21, 2013 / Todd Gitlin

Typhoon Haiyan’s Message to the World

Typhoon Haiyan’s Message to the World Typhoon Haiyan’s Message to the World

Climate change is upon us—and the danger is urgent.

Nov 20, 2013 / Walden Bello

#WeStandWithYou: Young Activists Fast for the Climate

#WeStandWithYou: Young Activists Fast for the Climate #WeStandWithYou: Young Activists Fast for the Climate

At the UN climate conference in Warsaw, a youth-led fast in solidarity with the Philippines is spreading around the world.

Nov 19, 2013 / Wen Stephenson

Brower Youth Award Winner Outlines New Responses to Climate Change Brower Youth Award Winner Outlines New Responses to Climate Change

The climate movement often seems like it’s fighting “against something”--against indifference and political gridlock. But this is a struggle “for everything...

Nov 18, 2013 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation

Are We on the Brink of a Green Revolution?

Are We on the Brink of a Green Revolution? Are We on the Brink of a Green Revolution?

Take a look and you will see that the assorted environmental protests that have long bedeviled politicians are gaining in strength and support.

Nov 18, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

LIVE: Democracy Now! at the UN Climate Summit in Warsaw

LIVE: Democracy Now! at the UN Climate Summit in Warsaw LIVE: Democracy Now! at the UN Climate Summit in Warsaw

On-the-ground coverage of the official UN negotiations, as well as interviews with journalists, scientists, policy makers, stakeholders and activists.

Nov 18, 2013 / The Nation

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