As oil price plummets, call to nationalize industry rises
Nationalization as a way to wind down the sector, tackle the climate crisis and create a just economic transition.
Why I kneeled before Standing Rock elders and asked for forgiveness
“We fought you. We took your land. We signed treaties that we broke … But we’ve come to say that we are sorry.”
The key to feeding the world? It’s healthy soil
Conventional farming practices that degrade soil health undermine humanity’s ability to continue feeding everyone over the long run.
Fearing government whitewash, scientists leak draft IPCC report urging bold emission cuts
"There is no point for us to just observe what a disaster is unfolding if nobody is doing anything about it."
GOP tax bill: How the environment lost
“The environment is the clear loser, with calamitous consequences for all Americans."
Emails reveal Trump admin mulling Big Oil plan to transfer public land to states
This revelation comes from emails and documents obtained by the Western Values Project through the Freedom of Information Act.
House passes farm bill – ‘rewards mega-agribusinesses and Wall Street,’ not the people or...
"The GOP Farm Bill is a disaster for people and the planet."
In a changing climate, access to cooling is a human right
And each government building, library, or church that opens its doors and offers a cooled space for those who need it, contributes to a growing message that cooling is in fact a human right.
Bernie Sanders is right: TV networks need to do a much better job of...
“This is an issue of huge consequence and you would think that ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox would be talking about this every day, having the debate, ‘What do we do? Where do we go?’”
Bill McKibben: Green New Deal is a chance to ‘remake not just a broken...
"...if we don’t get action really soon, if we let it stretch out, those are the decades that will finish the work of breaking the planet. It’s why the urgency of something like the Green New Deal is so crucial."