Standing Rock: Cautiously Optimistic as International Solidarity Builds
This morning, the water flows a little easier in the Cannonball River.
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Moving Slowly and Deliberately at Standing Rock: A Report on Life in the Camp
I am moving slowly and deliberately and thinking about the world we need to build together, on a much larger scale.
Rise of Trump and Trudeau haven’t changed need for radical climate action
The entire system must be put into question, not just who joins the new executive committee.
COP22: Can we UNF*CK the UNFCCC?
But can any of us imagine how frustrating beyond words it must be for someone from a small island state or a drought-stricken African nation, a going-underwater Asian country, or a progressive Latin American nation to be at the annual two week-long COP 22 [Twenty-second meeting of the Conference of the Parties] meeting of the UNFCCC – the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – and not be able to do anything.
From UN Climate Talks, Indigenous Activists Align with Standing Rock Protesters as Tensions Rise and Temperatures Fall
Days before police resorted to using water cannons in freezing temperatures against Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) protesters, the international indigenous community was already decrying the treatment of Native Americans and environmental activists camped in Cannon Ball, North Dakota.
Trump Can’t Hold Back the Tide of Climate Action
But as mourning turns to anger and resistance, it’s worth recalling that there are significant limits on what Trump can do to hold back action on climate change.
COP 22: “One Step Closer Towards a Climate that is Incompatible with Dignified Life”
Another UN climate summit is over and despite the prevalent rhetoric of hope, the gap between the 1,5 or 2 degree target agreed in Paris last year and the real commitments to achieve this target is nowhere near to closing.
Key to the Leap: Leave the Oil in the Soil
The world ecological crisis is now apparent in abrupt climate shifts that are impossible to miss even in capitalist heartlands.
The Day After: “Just Go For It, Only More So” Earth News: More than News of the World
"I don’t know what comes next. I just know that the people are going to continue to resist, and it’s a great moment to be alive."
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.
The Coming of Trumpism, the World in 2050, and Us
Now, it seems, we must find the secret of change in focusing all of our energies, not only on fighting the old and the new, but on building the new at the same time.
Why Police From 7 Different States Invaded a Standing Rock Camp—and Other Questions
On Thursday, scores of law enforcement officers from seven different states showed up with riot gear, armored vehicles, and military weaponry to clear away Standing Rock’s newest camp, the “1851 Treaty Camp.”