How to Save the Planet and Ourselves

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 18, 2019 Roger Hallam, a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, understands corporate power and knows how to fight it. It is up to us to act. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

It’s Time to Strike for the Climate

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Sep 19, 2019 Naming hurricanes after their corporate sponsors, so to speak, is another good idea. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bill McKibben: We’re Headed for Hell, or Some Place Like It

Dharna Noor / The Real News Network Jan 10, 2019 The environmentalist pleads his case for a Green New Deal and wonders why Barack Obama brags about his administration's oil production. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Tribes Deepen Commitment to Protect Homelands From Oil Pipelines

Sarah Sunshine Manning / Truthdig Nov 22, 2017 The Keystone spill in South Dakota and approval for the Keystone XL in Nebraska have galvanized indigenous people and their allies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Angelenos Press for Change in California With Fossil Fuel Industry Protest

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2016 Although the state is ahead of the curve on renewable energy, Saturday’s rally in Los Angeles was a reminder to politicians that there’s far to go before we “Break Free” of our dependence on coal, oil and gas. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Saving Humanity From Climate Chaos Means Saying No to Business as Usual

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Nov 5, 2015 Corporations should not be a part of climate negotiations at the upcoming United Nations talks in Paris. They are part of the problem, not the solution. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Why We March: Stepping Forth for a Planet in Peril

By Eddie Bautista, La Tonya Crisp-Sauray and Bill McKibben, TomDispatch Sep 15, 2014 On Sunday, Sept. 21, a huge crowd will march through the middle of Manhattan. It will almost certainly be the largest rally about climate change in human history, and one of the largest political protests in many years in New York. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

McKibben on Obama, Environment: The Cynics ‘Were Right’

BLANK Dec 23, 2013 Writer and environmental activist Bill McKibben slaps the administration for taking on easy battles, sidestepping the tough ones and trying to claim environmental progress. Meanwhile, the earth continues to heat up as Obama pursues oil- and coal-based energy policies, and then brags about them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

X-Ray of a Flagging Presidency

By Bill McKibben, TomDispatch Oct 28, 2013 The two-plus year battle over the Keystone XL pipeline has illuminated the Obama presidency like no other issue. It offers the president not just a choice of policies, but a choice of friends, worldviews, styles. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Oil and Honey

By Curtis Brainard Oct 18, 2013 "I didn't particularly want to lead a movement, but I wanted to join one, and so I helped to build it," writes environmental activist Bill McKibben in his memoir, "Oil and Honey," an endearing account of his reluctant rise to leadership."I didn't particularly want to lead a movement, but I wanted to join one, and so I helped to build it," writes environmental activist Bill McKibben in his memoir. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Too Soon to Tell: The Case for Hope, Continued

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch May 21, 2013 If you take the long view, you’ll see how startlingly, how unexpectedly but regularly things change. Not by magic, but by the incremental effect of countless acts of courage, love and commitment, the small drops that wear away stones and carve new landscapes, and sometimes by torrents of popular will that change the world suddenly. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

A Presidential Decision That Could Change the World

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Feb 12, 2013 In the near future, President Obama is expected to give construction on the Keystone XL pipeline a definitive thumbs up or thumbs down. The decision he makes could determine the fate of the Canadian tar-sands industry and, with it, the future well-being of the planet. If that sounds overly dramatic, let me explain. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )