Instead of expecting rural folks to immediately sign onto our platform or write them off forever, we need to work on building trust, fighting for resources, and appealing to the values most important to them.
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The time has passed to decide that we will talk about climate change. It is time to begin learning how we will talk about climate change.
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Last week showed us the fossil fuel industry’s power to crush ballot measures. Still, there are lessons to learn about how to tweak climate politics strategy in other states and possibly for the federal level.
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If we’re going to avert collapse, progressives have to dream bigger.
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Our disagreement with the right lies not in whether the crisis exists, but in whether and how we should respond.
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Is it sensible to try and steer geoengineering in an attempt to rectify capitalism’s scars on the biosphere? In a word: yes.
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Climate collapse demands heroism from all of us, all the time. That’s good.
Read MoreHull’s recent history raises a number of important issues around the prospect of a large-scale renewable energy transition, and its potential role in addressing deep regional economic inequalities within nations.
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We do not have the luxury of turning away from policies that have been usurped by corporate interest-- rather, it is our job to diligently and carefully reconstruct those policies so they can become effective parts of a just climate movement.
Read MoreAs we build new economies in the Global South, we must build them on sustainable foundations, using technologies this are currently under development in rich nations. To achieve this, we will need to create a new mechanism for equitable sharing of technologies.
Read Morede León prioritizes climate and has a vision for the politics and policy of the issue. Polls give Feinstein the lead, but with excitement on the left leading up to 2018, de León seems to have a chance.
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Protesting a conference dedicated to climate action may seem odd to some. But the conflict between Jerry Brown and his constituents has yielded valuable lessons.
Read MoreThe director of Climate Hawks Vote sat down with the board to map out her vision for climate-left electoral politics.
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Fossil fuel companies have long deceived politicians, shareholders, and the public. We must now hold them accountable for their irreparable environmental damages and develop a strategy towards a just energy transition.
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Climate change is often termed an “environmental” issue. That label is rhetorically damaging.
Read MoreGovernor 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.
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