Environmentalism

By Thomas Newsome and William Ripple | – Exactly 40 years ago, a small group of scientists met at the world’s first climate conference in Geneva. They raised the alarm about unnerving climate trends. Today, more than 11,000 scientists have co-signed a letter in the journal BioScience, calling for urgently necessary action on climate. This […]

Climate Change

The Anti-Trump: Germany’s Merkel Commits to Ambitious 2030 Climate Goals

Clean Energy Wire

With Incentives, CO2 Price

Climate Crisis

How the youth-led climate strikes became a global mass movement

Waging Nonviolence

The Global Climate Strike is the result of a whole new generation taking bold action and could be the turning point for grassroots resistance to fossil fuels.

Climate Crisis

‘Students Have Led and We Must Follow’: Thousands of Scientists From 40 Nations Join Global Climate Strike

Common Dreams

By Julia Conley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org ) More than 2,000 scientists on Thursday pledged to take part in the Global Climate Strike and week of action beginning Friday, joining the labor movement, Amazon workers, and teachers in refusing to allow children to carry the burden of securing the planet’s future by demanding climate action. […]

Climate Crisis

Youth climate movement puts ethics at the center of the global debate

The Conversation

By Marion Hourdequin | – Even if you’ve never heard of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmentalist who crossed the Atlantic on a sailboat to attend a Sept. 23 United Nations summit on the climate, you may have heard about the student-led Global Climate Strike she helped inspire, planned for Friday, Sept. 20. Embed from […]

Climate Change

Environment or Jobs? The Green New Deal can Boost Both

Aviva Chomsky

( Tomdispatch.com ) – When it comes to heat, extreme weather, wildfires, and melting glaciers, the planet is now in what the media increasingly refers to as “record” territory, as climate change’s momentum outpaces predictions. In such a situation, in a country whose president and administration seem hell-bent on doing everything they conceivably can to […]

Environmentalism

A Total Disgrace’: Outrage as Trump EPA Says It Won’t Ban Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children

Common Dreams

“The EPA is endangering the lives of children to protect pesticide industry profits.”

Climate Change

Changing the Climate Conversation: School Strikes are a Start, but we Need Bank Boycotts and other New Tactics

Open Democracy

Strengthening the climate movement requires a rethink of strategy and tactics

Climate Crisis

After Immigration, Europe’s Next Big Left-Right Divide is Climate Action

Clean Energy Wire

By Rachel Waldholz | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – The European elections delivered major gains for Green parties in several countries, as voters signalled a strong desire for more aggressive action on climate change. In Germany, the Green surge was especially strong. The party doubled its support, coming in second to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s […]