DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Ralliers...
mountaintop-removal-mining-video.jpg This week, hundreds of marchers will convene in the West Virginian wilderness to walk over 50 miles in 5 days. Organized by Friends of Blair Mountain and A... . ....
View ArticleA Sustainable Now: What is the CYD?
The Canadian Youth Delegation is the voice of the Canadian youth climate movement at international United Nations climate conferences. Made up of twenty dedicated and inspiring young people from across...
View ArticleDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: BREAKING:...
TimDeChristopher.png At 3:00 pm MST today, the end of a very long and emotional saga came to fruition as the gavel banged down on the judge’s desk in a federal courthouse in Salt Lake City,... . . . →...
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B70_Sentencing_072611_RS_13.jpg The night before Tim DeChristopher's sentencing was like any other before an action - we were all up way too late, distressed about work that hadn’t gotten d... . . . →...
View ArticleMatthew McAskill Chisholm: Rose-Coloured Ubuntu: The Diary of An Activist in...
Thursday, October 3, 2011 No one every said it was going to be easy to change the world and build the kind of tomorrow that I feel, along with my peers, is a just and sustainable alternative that...
View ArticleMatthew McAskill Chisholm: People Hugging: UNFCCC Forest Policy Needs A...
The importance of the world’s forests and the role that environmental activism surrounding forests have helped to shape a public perception that being an environmentalist means that you’re a “tree...
View Article350 or bust: Durban: Youth Turn Their Backs In Response To Canadian...
Here’s another post from Ani, part of the Canadian Youth Delegation in Durban, South Africa where the 10 days of U.N. climate negotiations have less than 48 hours to go, and no agreement is in sight....
View Articlefirst word, tree.: Organizing the Personal to the Structural
My personal motivations for participating in movement-building stem from a steady process of feeling empowered through collective action with climate justice organizers. I wish to share my experience...
View Articlefirst word, tree.: Climate Justice on the East Coast
At 2:30PM AST today the Margaree Environmental Association (MEA) held a press conference to brief the media and take questions on details of MEA’s legal Appeal of the Department of Environment’s...
View ArticleCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: 1000 youth converge in Ottawa to...
by We Are Powershift From October 26 to October 29, 1000 youth from across the country will converge at Power Shift 2012 in Ottawa to galvanize a broad movement pushing the federal government to...
View Article350 or bust: Despite Pleas In Doha, Our Governments Have Failed Us & Our...
The lead negotiator for the Philippines at the Climate Conference in Doha, Naderev Saño, could not keep back the tears as he made a passionate appeal for real action on climate change. “I appeal to...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive | News & Analysis: In Texas, An Activist Climbs...
LyondellBasell recently announced its plans to nearly triple its tar sands refining capacity from the Keystone XL pipeline as protests escalate across the continent By: Tar Sands Blockade | Press...
View ArticlePolitical Eh-conomy: What’s the risk? Climate activism aiming at supply and...
One way to think about climate activism is to see if it focuses on the supply of or demand for fossil fuels – pipelines or cars, hydrocarbons or carbon emissions. This distinction is not a new one, is...
View ArticleTHE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE: Alberta tar sands a “war on the earth”: Brigette...
For Canadian activist Brigette DePape, participating in last weekend’s final tar sands Healing Walk in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was akin to “witnessing a war on the earth, and being part of a growing...
View ArticleTHE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE: Alberta tar sands a “war on the earth”: Brigette...
For Canadian activist Brigette DePape, participating in last weekend’s final tar sands Healing Walk in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was akin to “witnessing a war on the earth, and being part of a growing...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Climate Criminals: Harper Misses Canadian People’s...
By skipping the UN Climate Summit, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is solidifying his place among the ranks of global climate criminals. The post Climate Criminals: Harper Misses Canadian People’s...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki “Won’t Be Intimidated” By...
Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki won’t be intimidated by TransCanada’s dirty war against climate justice activists and Energy East pipeline opponents. The post David Suzuki “Won’t Be Intimidated”...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Canadian Climate Activists Storm Toronto Stock...
#GlobalDivestmentDay: Canadian climate justice activists disrupted the opening of the Toronto Stock Exchange, demanded immediate divestment from fossil fuels. The post Canadian Climate Activists Storm...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: For Canada, a commitment to the environment and...
Naomi Klein and environmental activists will call for a “long term sustainable strategy that leads to renewable energy” during the March for Jobs, Justice and the Climate in Toronto on July 5. The post...
View ArticleMichal Rozworski: Podcast: COP21, climate inaction and corporate power
This week marks the beginning of the COP21 climate talks in Paris, the latest episode in a UN framework that has been trying, and failing, to reduce global carbon emission for over two decades now....
View ArticleMichal Rozworski: Why #COP21 won’t deliver the deal we need: Interview with...
Last week, I interviewed Oscar Reyes on the background to and likely outcomes of the climate talks in Paris just wrapping up. His answers were prescient as the talks look set to deliver a decidedly...
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