Tag: activism
Kick fossil fuel interests out of climate policy process, campaigners urge
A broad coalition of 138 green groups submitted an open letter calling for decision-makers to address the “elephant in the room holding back global climate ambition: the fossil fuel industry and its lobbying.”
COP26: Will humanity’s ‘last and best chance’ to save earth’s climate...
here is a chance we can prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis, but world leaders must hold businesses accountable and listen to Indigenous communities.
10 years after Occupy Wall Street, its legacy remains strong
Occupy rewrote the book on protests. It’s time to turn the page.
What it’s like to watch a harpooned whale die right before...
Author Paul Watson has no problem with critics calling him and his marine-life-defending colleagues pirates—it’s far better than helplessly standing by and doing nothing in the face of the violence against animals they have witnessed.
To find out if ExxonMobil really supports a carbon tax, just...
Despite claiming to endorse a carbon tax, ExxonMobil has funneled millions of dollars to lawmakers who oppose the idea.
How celebrities are reconnecting with their hometowns to boost progressive local...
Since its founding in 2017, the Hometown Project has helped more than 125 down-ballot candidates stand out.
Why activism needs to be part of any meaningful climate education
Simply teaching kids about the science of the climate crisis isn’t enough. To prevent feelings of disempowerment, they need to see how they can make a meaningful impact.
Over 70,000 march in Brussels to demand Green New Deal, urgent...
"We need a Belgian Green New Deal and we propose more than 100 concrete solutions to make it happen.”
Why America needs a national program of paid sick and family...
America remains the only major industrialized country without a universal paid leave program.
Oil flows through Line 3 as water protectors continue resistance...
Indigenous activists are still waging a battle in court as oil starts flowing through the controversial Line 3 pipeline.