Climate Justice

"People Power" --  A New Song for the Climate Justice Movement

Rev. Lennox Yearwood | Posted 02.06.2012

Rev. Lennox Yearwood

"People Power" is a new song written and sung by artists across the African continent in collaboration with the global Hip Hop community. The song tells the story of climate impacts across Africa, but it is also a call to action.

"Occupy Durban" Looms Over Climate Change Talks

Betwa Sharma | Posted 01.29.2012

Betwa Sharma

As government delegates attended the first meetings of the 17th climate change negotiations being held in Durban, civil society members kicked off the "Occupy Durban" movement.

Who Is Tim DeChristopher? From Coal Belt, Through Mountain Trails, on Route to a Prison Cell

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 08.16.2011

Subhankar Banerjee

Tim DeChristopher's journey did not start with a single heroic act of disrupting an oil lease sale during the George W. Bush administration, nor will it end inside Barack Obama's prison cell.

Are Progressives in Denial About Climate Change?

Brendan Smith | Posted 08.10.2011

Brendan Smith

Climate change is not just another "issue." The earth is in the midst of a radical shift that will affect our country and society more severely than the Civil War, the Great Depression or World War II.

Naomi Klein on Anti-Union Bills, Her Big Climate Fear, and the 'Shock Doctrine' Done American-Style

Democracy Now! | Posted 05.25.2011

Democracy Now!

As a wave of anti-union bills are introduced across the country following the wake of Wall Street financial crisis, many analysts are picking up on the theory of award-winning journalist and author Naomi Klein.

My Journey Into Kivalina v. ExxonMobil et al.

Christine Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

Christine Shearer

Kivalina is one of a growing number of Alaska villages being affected by climate change, all of which face the permanent loss of their homelands. Meanwhile, it is business-as-usual around the world.

Abandoning Justice for Power in South Africa

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Michelle Chen

In a country that has broken so much ground for global human rights, the hurdle of climate justice remains insurmountable.

Cochabamba PWCCC - Latinos and the Environment

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011

Kety Esquivel

This blog post was written by Angela Adrar, Lance Rios and myself (Kety Esquivel). "As a Colombiana naturalized in the US, going to Cochabamba for t...

Since Flying is Responsible for Only 5 Percent of Carbon Emissions, I Have the Right to Fly Abroad on Holiday, Right? Wrong.

Anuradha Vittachi | Posted 05.25.2011

Anuradha Vittachi

To find out more about the real climate impacts of flying, I turned to George Marshall, founder of the Climate Outreach and Information Network.

Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

From Climate Science to Climate Justice: Climate Change a Symptom of Man's Inhumanity to Man

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 05.25.2011

Sanjay Khanna

The salient and problematic underlying political reality is that it climate change the culmination of longstanding processes of colonization and realpolitik.