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Climate Crisis
In the Face of Climate Collapse, We Need the Wisdom of Elders
Western industrial culture abandons elders. Now more than ever, we must instead recognize their wisdom.
How the Media Misrepresents the Debate Over the Green New Deal
There’s more to the story than “environmentalists versus blue-collar workers.”
“No Evidence” That Fracking Can Be Done Without Threatening Human Health
A review of more than 1,700 studies concludes that the industry poses a threat to air, water, climate and human health.
Scientists Are Stunned by How Rapidly Ice Is Melting in the Arctic
One researcher offered a bleak prognosis: “We’re not going to stop this train wreck.”
Trump’s Bureau of Land Management Is Being Sued Again Over Climate Impacts
It’s the second lawsuit the agency has faced over its approval of oil and gas leases on public lands in recent years.
We Are Witnessing Imperial Decline in an Age of Planetary Decline
The Trump phenomenon isn’t just an American problem, it’s distinctly global.
I Say No to Frac-Sand Mining Near My Home — for Myself and the Planet
We have to do whatever we can to make wrecking the planet more expensive.
How Unions and Climate Organizers Learned to Work Together in New York
A bill in the works since 2016 has brought together climate activists and unions for radical climate action in New York.
A Father’s Day Gift For Myself: Activism
My two-year-old will barely be the age I am now when the climate catastrophe comes.
The DNC Strategy Will Defeat Climate Voters, Not Trump
Progressives must ignore the “game show” type debates and focus instead on building a policy-based movement.