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Climate Crisis
How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning
The oil and gas industry has refined its techniques to stay a step ahead over decades and it has no plans to stop soon.
Biden Administration Is Approving Oil and Gas Drilling at Faster Rate Than Trump
The Biden administration has approved more permits per month on average than Trump did in 2017, 2018 or 2019.
Climate Justice Doesn’t Start With Politicians. It Starts in the Streets.
Any concessions grudgingly given at COP26 were forced by activists from the front lines of the climate justice movement.
Biden Is Offering “Trivial Changes” to Oil and Gas Leasing Policy, Critics Say
A new Interior Department report about leasing public lands and waters has left climate campaigners fuming.
Trees and Crops Don’t Have to Compete. Climate Crisis Calls for Agroforestry.
Agroforestry holds the technical potential to sequester a significant percentage of total global emissions.
Enough Colonial Pageantry. Let’s Rally Behind Criminalized Water Protectors.
Native people are still battling world-crushing forces.
Chomsky and Pollin: Protests Outside of COP26 Offered More Hope Than the Summit
It’s no wonder the president of the United Nations Climate Change Conference apologized, close to tears, at its end.
Climate Diplomacy Failed Again. Only Movements From Below Can Save the Planet.
Let's not again be fooled into hoping that a climate conference used to defend national economic interests will save us.
Far Right Institutional Power Isn’t Inevitable. Here’s How Leftists Can Win.
The left can win with a bold visionary policy that links climate mitigation to economic transformation.
COP26 Is Over. When Will Congress Do Its Part and Stop Subsidizing Extinction?
Congress should be leading us toward fossil-free energy instead of subsidizing the industry up to $20 billion per year.