Tag: climate justice

"We strike because climate justice isn't a myth, but a reality we intend to build."

Author, environmentalist and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben says the Rutgers divestment decision is “a big deal,” especially as it happened at one of the oldest universities in the United States.

Today the Paris administrative court concluded France has failed to do enough to meet its own commitments on the climate crisis and is legally responsible for the ensuing ecological damage.

Trump’s team continued its unprecedented onslaught on environmental regulations, with nearly a dozen new rollbacks or threats to public health, wildlife, clean air, public lands and the climate.

The vibrant protests that catapulted climate change to the political fore are actually needed now more than ever.

"If we're serious about a sustainable, just, and prosperous future, we have to put our money where our mouth is."

"As we mourn the loss of Justice Ginsburg, we should reflect on her words that 'Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."

“Without a focus on correcting injustice, work on climate change addresses only symptoms, and not root causes.”

“Organizing is intertwined with our survival as a people, and that can’t take a back seat."

Half a century later, in the middle of a pandemic, protests planned around the world have moved online, and the Trump administration has gutted the EPA, rolled back fuel economy standards and eased the enforcement of pollution regulations.