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Making Connections Between Climate and Racial Justice

Racial justice activist Jason Blake, whose nephew Jacob Blake was shot by Kenosha police, makes the case for marching to end fossil fuels at a major protest on Sept. 17 in New York City.

| Sep 14, 2023

Opinion | Standing Rock | divestment | banking | Wall Street

Banking (Literally) on Climate Solutions

More and more people are beginning to grasp something important: Our cash is our carbon.

Alec Connon | Mar 14, 2023

Divesting Money From Fossil Fuels

Over 10 years, trillions of dollars in assets have been extracted from global fossil fuels.

Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | Dec 27, 2022

Opinion | Big Oil

To Reduce Putin’s Power, Ditch Oil and Gas

When Hitler invaded the Sudetenland, U.S. industries retooled to produce military vehicles. In response to Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. needs to pivot to renewables.

Bill McKibben | Mar 2, 2022

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Demonstrates Our Need to Break Away From Oil

We can’t let the war justify an expansion of our fossil fuel dependence.

Mark Trahant | Feb 28, 2022

Individuals Are Not to Blame for the Climate Crisis

The fossil fuel industry uses greenwashing and woke-washing to shirk their own responsibility.

Cassandra Roxburgh | Jan 31, 2022

Can a Major City Go Car-Free? Berlin Might Know Soon Enough

A group of activists in the German capital are pushing an ambitious plan to eliminate private vehicles in the city center, an area twice as big as Manhattan.

Patrick Maynard | Dec 16, 2021

Excerpt | Climate Crisis | Carbon

We Need a Global Treaty for Climate

To urgently drive down carbon emissions, we need a worldwide, and equitable, fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty.

Stan Cox | Nov 9, 2021

10 Reasons to be Optimistic (Without Being Naive) About Climate Change

These are dark times, but hope is not lost nor foolish, and change has already begun.

Jeff Goodell | Nov 5, 2021

Three empty beach chairs on a beach in Southern California, and 3 oil drilling rigs—ominous in the distance

Opinion | private equity | divestment | pension funds

The Hidden Side of Fossil Fuel Investments: Private Equity

These investment firms face fewer disclosure and transparency rules. So their investors—public pension funds—need to hold them accountable.

Michael McCann, Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer | Nov 1, 2021

Excerpt | Native Leadership | Pipeline Resistance

To End Fossil Fuels, End Settler Colonialism

Much environmental framing misses the point about capitalism and Indigenous sovereignty.

The Red Nation | May 14, 2021

Replacing Fossil Fuels with Community-Led Clean Energy

“We must move funds to frontline communities for clean energy projects and stop fossil fuel developers from perpetuating conventional investments in dirty energy and injustice.”

Leanna First-Arai | Apr 20, 2021

How to Get Off Fossil Fuels Quickly—and Fairly

Climate experts share a range of ideas and strategies for envisioning a better future.

Breanna Draxler | Jun 22, 2020

An Aspirational Vision of Life After Fossil Fuels

Building sustainable communities is the antidote to fear of a changing climate.

Samantha Nobles-Block | Feb 25, 2020

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