“We are the Future Voters”: Thousands of Kids Flooded New York City to Protest Climate Change
Pablo Monsalve/Getty An estimated 60,000 New Yorkers flooded the streets of lower Manhattan to protest climate change Friday, where the late September sun warmed the city to nearly 80 degrees. In New York, as in countless places around the world, people ditched school and work to take part in the Global Climate Strike to push for meaningful…
In Trump’s Brawl With California, the Law Is With California—but Will That Matter?
Bruce Chambers/Orange County Register/AP The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday that it will revoke California’s waiver that allowed the state to enforce its own tailpipe greenhouse gas emission standards. On Friday, California and 23 other states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to challenge the move. When the Trump administration announced it would roll…
Cory Booker Says Any Serious Climate Plan Has to Include Nuclear Power
Mark Helenowski, Mother Jones Among the 2020 presidential candidates, Cory Booker stands out for his record of advocating for the people who bear the brunt of pollution and toxic waste. Before his presidential run, he traveled to Louisiana, North Carolina, and Alabama to inform a sweeping bill that codifies the federal government’s requirement to incorporate…
You’ve Got to See These Inspiring Photos to Understand the Scale of Today’s Global Climate Strikes
Protestors fill the streets of Frankfurt, Germany for the World Climate Strike.Andreas Arnold/Zuma In a remarkable display of global collective action, hundreds of thousands of people around the world skipped school and work on Friday to protest the lack of meaningful governmental action against climate change. The Global Climate Strike, a youth-led movement that has partnered with…
Exclusive: The Climate Crisis Will Hit Hard in Mayor Pete’s Lifetime. Here’s His Plan to Fight It.
Michael Brochstein/Zuma Pete Buttigieg wants Americans to understand that the climate crisis isn’t only about encroaching seas and shrinking glaciers—it affects everything and everyone in between. “Too often, I think our imagination around climate change is confined to the North and the South Pole, but I see it happening right in the middle of America.”“Too…
Trump Wants to Log an Enormous Alaska Forest. These Native Women Traveled 3,000 Miles to Stop It.
The WECAN Indigenous Women’s Tongass Delegation on Capitol Hill, Washington DC.Melissa Lyttle “If we had dressed in office clothing to meet the standards of DC,” says Wanda Culp, who wore vibrant red, blue, and black robes, “we would have just melted into the crowds that were going into those offices every 15 to 30 minutes.”…