Climate change rarely comes up at the top of the list when people are asked about issues that concern them most. While this is not surprising, it is nonetheless disturbing considering the gravity of the climate crisis. Yet the key problem of our...
Unlike other ecosocialists, I have long argued that the path to radical social transformation called for the formation of the most inventive social movement the world has ever seen. But as a scholar of twentieth-century revolutions and twenty...
During the recent Bonn summit a taxi driver provided a clear summary. Asked what he thought of COP 23, he replied “the climate is in crisis, but here, this is about money”. He had provided what had been missing inside. As we race toward certain and...
WASHINGTON – While city, state, and national leaders gather at the UN Climate Talks to launch and implement platforms and agendas that promote carbon trading, carbon offsets, and REDD+, the Indigenous Environmental Network and the Climate...
In October 2016, while President Barack Obama was still in office, five climate change activists, including me, cut chains and closed emergency shutoff valves on five tar sands oil pipelines in four states. In one morning, we briefly stopped the...
“We need you to take a stand no matter what land you live or work on. The struggle to save Mother Earth begins with you.” Members of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance, including Native Americans, farmers, and ranchers from across the United...
One year ago, 5 climate activists closed safety valves on 5 pipelines carrying tar sands crude oil into the United States. They shut down 15% of U.S. crude oil imports for a day. Now they are facing trial. Some of the Valve Turners are being allowed...
In October of last year, the group Climate Direct Action turned off a valve on the Keystone Pipeline. Last week, activist Michael Foster was convicted for being involved in the action. If North Dakota courts, where he is being tried...
After downplaying concerns about delays to its investors last week, Kinder Morgan is warning it could lose more than $90 million per month due to its struggles with the bylaws of the City of Burnaby in British Columbia. The Texas-based energy...
Police say five people were arrested for mischief Saturday following a protest in the waters near Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd.’s Westridge Marine terminal in Burnaby B.C. More than 60 boats linked together in front of the tanker...
