As Britain Exits, the Need for a Strong Climate Movement Remains
By Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence
Britain’s vote to leave the European Union will be a disaster for the climate — both physical and political — on both sides of the Atlantic.
Can the Climate Movement Break Free from the ‘Jobs vs. Environment’ Debate?
By Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence
Where unions and greens coalesced around confronting rampant workplace safety issues in refineries — the kind that caused disasters like the Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010 — the former see cutting off fossil fuel supplies as an existential threat.
Divestment movements and common sense face threat from UK government ban
By Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence
Earlier this week, the British government announced a new Tory-led parliamentary measure that will inflict “severe penalties” onto local governments and public institutions that boycott goods and services on an “ethical” (as opposed to purely financial) basis, including divestment.
Activists Deliver Plan for Just Transition to EPA Offices Nationwide
By Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence
Days before the end of the federal comment period, the Climate Justice Alliance’s Our Power Campaign — comprised of 41 climate and environmental justice organizations — presented its Our Power Plan, which identifies “clear and specific strategies for implementing the Clean Power Plan, or CPP, in a way that will truly benefit our families’ health and our country’s economy.”
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Is a Resource-Conscious Blockbuster for Our Time
By Kate Aronoff, YES! magazine
Mad Max is not a pessimistic tale of humanity’s base viciousness; it’s one of solidarity.
How the ‘Paddle in Seattle’ Plans to Beat Shell
By Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence
Seattle has become a hub of anti-extraction activism.
Seattle activists throw ‘unwelcome party’ for Arctic-bound Shell oil rig
By Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence
With the Polar Pioneer’s 400 by 300-foot dimensions, the fight over the oil rig will put the question of fossil fuel extraction, quite literally, front and center in the city of Seattle.
Crisis, Opportunity and Climate Austerity in Drought-Stricken California
By Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence
In the midst of a severe drought, California Gov. Jerry Brown has enacted the state’s first mandatory water cuts.