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Gearing Up for Moving Planet Day Gearing Up for Moving Planet Day
Photo essay: All around the world, groups are preparing to reach beyond fossil fuels for Moving Planet Day.
When Words Fail: Does a Warming World Need a New Vocabulary? When Words Fail: Does a Warming World Need a New Vocabulary?
by Madeline Ostrander
We often don’t have the words to express our strong emotions about environmental destruction or a changing climate. Meet the man who’s trying to fix that.
“We Can Change History” “We Can Change History”
Video: Two weeks and 1,252 arrests later—how a committed group of activists made an oil pipeline an international issue.
From Disillusionment to Direct Action: A Tale on Two Continents From Disillusionment to Direct Action: A Tale on Two Continents
by Jim Shultz
From the White House lawn to the jungles of Bolivia—what happens when a president fails to live up to his environmental rhetoric?
In Photos: The People vs. the Pipeline In Photos: The People vs. the Pipeline
Photo essay: The climate justice movement gets (civilly) disobedient.
Extreme Weather Research Makeover Extreme Weather Research Makeover
by Sarah Kuck
Tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and droughts: A new coalition to investigate the impact of climate change on weather.
The Coming of the Coal-Free Campus The Coming of the Coal-Free Campus
by Jen Horton
Why students across the country are asking schools to clean up their act.
Get On Your Feet For Moving Planet Day Get On Your Feet For Moving Planet Day
Video: Join us—and 350.org—in the global movement to move beyond fossil fuels on September 24, during No Impact Week.
Asking for What Obama Promised Asking for What Obama Promised
by Madeline Ostrander
Protesters push Obama to resist the influence of the oil industry and stop the Keystone XL pipeline.
Pipeline Protests: Beyond the Usual Suspects Pipeline Protests: Beyond the Usual Suspects
by Madeline Ostrander
Can opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline bring conservatives back to conservation?
“Criminals” for a Stable Climate “Criminals” for a Stable Climate
Behind the scenes: to stop a tar sands pipeline, the climate justice movement begins civil disobedience on a grand scale.
A Very Civil Civil Disobedience A Very Civil Civil Disobedience
"From Henry David Thoreau, to Susan B. Anthony, to Gandhi, to King, to you." Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox on how you can help stop the disastrous development of the Canadian tar sands.
Prevent a Tar Sands Disaster Prevent a Tar Sands Disaster
by Nellis Kennedy-Howard
Why developing the tarsands has been called "world's most destructive project."
Jump In Together: An Invitation to No Impact Week Jump In Together: An Invitation to No Impact Week
by Colin Beavan
Sometimes the hardest part of changing our lives and world is believing that it’s possible. Colin Beavan on finding a place to start.
Bill McKibben: This Is Getting Exciting Bill McKibben: This Is Getting Exciting
by Bill McKibben
With thousands pledged to risk arrest at the White House to protect the Alberta tar sands, the climate movement’s biggest civil disobedience action ever is about to take Washington by storm.
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