The Winds Of Change
In Britain, the winds of change are blowing. Climate change has become am urgent issue. John Vidal writes: The last few months have seen the debate shift. Put it down…
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Thinking Of Our Children and Grandchildren
David Leonhardt writes, in this morning’s New York Times, that the number one story of the year has been climate change. It’s been a year where the evidence of climate…
How Are We Doing?
This is the summer climate change got real for lots of people. Simon Lewis writes in The Guardian: This is the summer when, for many, climate change got real. The…
Faster Than We Thought
The planet is warming much faster than we thought. Dahr Jamail writes: The reality of Anthropogenic Climate Disruption (ACD) continues to outstrip our ability to model worst-case scenarios, as it…
Naomi Klein Wins 2016 Sydney Peace Prize
Canadian social activist, journalist and award-winning author of numerous bestsellers, Naomi Klein, is the the winner of the 2016 Sydney Peace Prize. The post Naomi Klein Wins 2016 Sydney Peace…
David Suzuki: Is the climate crisis creating a global consciousness shift?
Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki urges us to resist the “fossil fuel industry’s massive PR machine”, enlighten climate deniers, and continue to defend the climate. The post David Suzuki: Is the…
Elizabeth May: Join Me On Global People’s Climate March 2014
The leader of the Green Party of Canada explains why she’s participating in the 2014 People’s Climate March, and why you must join her in New York City The post…
The climate movement returns to the international stage
With three major international climate change-focused meetings on the horizon, the climate movement returns to the international stage, argues Jim Shultz, the founder and executive director of The Democracy Center…
The Change Within: The Obstacles We Face Are Not Just External-Naomi Kline
Naomi Kline once again shares her eloquence and understanding of the challenges facing us on what is the threatened condition of ‘Planet Earth’ The climate crisis has such bad timing,…
Fracking in Canada: Why the Council of Canadians’ new “Fracktivist’s Toolkit” matters
by: Obert Madondo In this age of the Harper Conservatives and a rampaging fossil fuel industry, Canadian anti-fracking activism requires more than a sense of environmental and social justice. It…
HISTORY: #ForwardOnClimate Rally in Washington, D.C., Feb. 17
What: The largest Climate RALLY in U.S. history. When: February 17, 2013, Noon – 4:00 p.m. (please arrive by 11:30 a.m.) Where: The National Mall in Washington, D.C. Who: Organizations…
Keystone XL pipeline: Leaders in historical act of civil disobedience in front of White House
48 environmental, civil rights, and community leaders engage in historic act of civil disobedience to stop Keystone XL pipeline. Julian Bond, Bill McKibben, Michael Brune, and others arrested in front…
A climate negotiator’s tearful plea
The world’s most poor and vulnerable nations experience climate change as a present reality, while we tend to talk about it as a future abstraction. They’re already suffering, but can’t…
Hurricane Sandy “More Scary Than 9/11,Because You Get The Feeling It Could Happen Again & Again & Again”
Colin Beavan, aka “No Impact Man“, lives in New York City and wrote this thoughtful response to experiencing Hurricane Sandy last week (bold type added): Dear friends, I don’t say…
The Earth Is Full
For TED talk Tuesday, here’s Paul Gilding, author of The Great Disruption: Why Climate Change Will Bring About The End of Shopping And the Birth of A New World. At…