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Climate Crisis
Direct Action Can Beat Fossil Fuels When Democrats Won’t
Direct resistance to fossil fuels is the shortest and surest path to a renewable energy transition.
To Turn Fear to Action, We Must Confront the Emotions of the Climate Emergency
Climate activist Margaret Klein Salamon discusses the organizing power of connecting emotionally over climate disaster.
As Biden Considers Climate Nominations, He Must Go Beyond an Obama-Era Reboot
Leading contenders are holdovers from the Obama administration who expanded fossil fuels and nurtured the fracking boom.
UN Warns 1 Billion More People Headed for Extreme Poverty by 2030 Amid Pandemic
It is time for immediate, large-scale investments in public health, social safety net programs and a green transition.
Humanity Faces Climate “Suicide” Without US Rejoining Paris Agreement
President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge of net-zero U.S. emissions by 2050 brings the Paris Agreement goals within reach.
Climate Activists “Deeply Skeptical” of John Kerry, Biden’s Climate Policy Lead
As Secretary of State, Kerry was instrumental in getting the U.S. involved in the Paris climate accords.
Biden’s Victory Does Not Guarantee a Progressive Agenda. We Must Fight for It.
Progressives must demand that Biden govern for the 99 percent and not the 1 percent.
AOC and Cori Bush Join Protest Outside DNC to Push Biden on Climate Action
Activists staged an occupation outside the DNC in support of the Green New Deal and a lobbyist-free cabinet.
As Biden Names Advisers, Climate Activists Push Back on Fossil Fuel Influence
The Biden transition’s picks and agency review teams so far are a mixed bag when it comes to climate change.
Why Las Vegas Is at the Heart of Western States’ Water Conundrums
A city in the middle of the desert with less rainfall than any other in the nation was bound to have a water problem.