Governor Jerry Brown can’t claim climate leadership without a plan to phase out fossil fuels. In an economy driven by the production and consumption of petroleum, California’s energy transition must begin with transportation.
Read MoreClimate activists are looking to expand their bases beyond the two coasts. Here’s why Texas belongs at the top of that list.
Read MoreThe climate left needs to be ready to pass a bill when Democrats next control the Presidency, House, and Senate. Here are some lessons learned from the last attempt at federal climate legislation.
Read MoreA Marxist geographer shares his ideas of how climate change should shape socialist thinking.
Read MoreWe will not achieve climate action by means of an apolitical platform. Radical progressive policy may soon be possible, and we must build political power around this opportunity.
Read MoreA climate activist turned City Hall staffer reflects on missteps from his organizing days, decision-maker psychology, and lessons for effective advocacy.
Read MoreThe volunteers at The Climate Mobilization have distinguished themselves as a different kind of climate activist. But will their strategy work?
Read MoreWhen we think of “irreversibility,” we think of ecosystems. But climate change could also foreclose social possibilities—freedom and fairness—forever.
Read MoreThe Democratic Party’s commitment to capitalism categorically prevents it from being an ally to the environmental movement in any instance.
The most underlooked feature of post-2020 legislation is how it will affect our capacity to build power.
Read MoreTheology can and should contribute to our conceptual architecture of climate change.
Read MoreTrump’s solar tariffs escalate a brewing trade war, with Chinese residential solar and blue collar labor caught in the balance.
Read MoreScott Pruitt has been pushed out as head of the EPA. In executive branch oustings like this, though, policy matters far more than personality.
Read MoreBuilding a culture of political engagement is crucial to the climate fight. Focusing on private, consumer-based progressivism isn’t.
Read MoreAn Administration’s misguided protectionist policy, transformed into an opportunity for leftist collective mobilization.
Read MoreMany conditions and trends in the US political system have left us with the intensely anti-climate Republican Party, the blockage to progress on climate policy.
Read MoreWe might blow past two degrees. Millions of people will continue to die. That doesn't change the way forward.
Read MoreCurrent climate discourse hinders the moralism we need.
Read MoreActivating the public means making climate injustice personal.
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