New Environmentalism Must Demand Systemic Change
By James Gustave Speth, Truthout. -
Fifty years ago, my young daughter and I were on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the first Earth Day. A group of us were then launching the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). [...]
A Thin Green Line
By Robert McClure, Grist. -
Seattle, WA - At the corner of Third and Union, amid a sea of downtown high-rises and just across from Macy’s, members of the Northern Cheyenne tribe in native regalia walked alongside Montana [...]
Private Feds Cash In On Unusual Contempt Case
By Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News Service. -
Manhattan — With trial still months away, taxpayers have paid more than a quarter-million dollars to a private law firm deputized by a federal judge to convict an environmental attorney of [...]
Report: How Many Environmental Activists Were Killed Last Year
By Amanda Schupak, Huff Post. -
The year 2019 was the most dangerous on record for environmental activists, a new report says. Every day around the world, people stand up to companies exploiting land for profit, felling [...]
On Contact: Planet Of The Humans
By Chris Hedges, RT. -
In this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges discusses the criticism and censorship of Michael Moore's film Planet of the Humans with the director, Jeff Gibbs. "Perhaps it's a form of [...]
As Protests Rage Over George Floyd’s Death, Climate Activists Embrace Racial Justice
By Ilana Cohen, Evelyn Nieves, Judy Fahys, Marianne LaVelle, James Bruggers, Inside Climate News. -
Friends of the Earth tweeted #BlackLivesMatter, and the head of the NRDC promised: “to be fully and visibly committed to the fight against systemic racism.” When New York Communities for Change [...]
13 Percent of Environmental Activists Are Killed Worldwide
The Autonomous University of Barcelona's Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) published a study that shows that 13 percent of environmental activists are killed and [...]
How Green Groups Became So White And What To Do About It
By Diane Toomey, Yale Environment 360 -
If environmental organizations want to become racially diverse, says sociologist Dorceta Taylor, they need to change the way they perceive people of color. In an e360 interview, she talks about [...]