The Macabre Petroleum Waltz of Trump and Putin
Oil has fueled a bully bromance between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
American climate change policy
Drowning the World in Oil
Scroll through Donald Trump’s campaign promises or listen to his speeches and you could easily conclude that his energy policy consists of little more than a wish list drawn up by the major fossil fuel companies…
Election of Trump Clarifies the Struggle for Climate Justice
Until Donald Trump’s electoral success, there was at least some reason to believe that the momentum was finally on the side of climate justice.
Trump’s Win will Slow Climate Action and Renewables
Trump’s win will slow climate action and renewables, but as the reactions at COP 22 show already, he will fail in his fossil promises
US, China Formally Join Paris Climate Agreement
The two biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the world have formally joined the Paris climate agreement.
US Needs White House Climate Change Council to Protect Lives and Economy
With the Zika virus spreading in Florida, it’s timely to consider how we will prepare for our increasing real-time manifestations of climate change.
McKibben: It’s time to declare war on climate change
We’re under attack, said author and climate campaigner Bill McKibben, and the only way to defeat the enemy is to declare a global war against the destructive practices that threaten the world’s imperiled ecosystems and human civilization as we know it.
Not Quite Enough
It’s no secret that the Presidential election has narrowed down to major candidates who are each distrusted or even loathed by a substantial portion of the electorate.
Will Washington state have the nation’s first carbon tax?
Washington state may implement the first carbon tax in the nation. Initiative 732 would motivate households and businesses to cut down on the burning of fossil fuels, the major source of man-made emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. By raising the price of fossil fuels it would encourage conservation and efficiency and the substitution of low-carbon and carbon-free sources of energy by making these energy sources more cost-competitive.
Inside Obama’s Clean Power Plan
This week on Sea Change Radio we talk with two environmental reporters, Alex Guillén from Politico and Tim McDonnell of Mother Jones. They provide an overview of the climate plan and its goals, discuss some political and legal responses, and talk about how it may be viewed globally as we anticipate the UN Climate Summit in Paris.
Naomi Klein: Obama Makes Strides Toward Reducing Coal—But We Still Have a Long Way to Go
As scientists warn 2015 is on pace to become the Earth’s hottest year on record, President Obama has unveiled his long-awaited plan to slash carbon emissions from U.S. power plants.
Obama Climate Plan: Testament to People Power, but Much More to Do
President Barack Obama on Monday officially unrolled the first-ever federal plan to limit power plant emissions of greenhouse gases, in a move that environmental campaigners are alternately calling "significant" and "not enough."