By Daniel Hunter, Waging Nonviolence
So, after all this, I am going to organize a little party to teach what we won, honor what’s good that we like and commit to continue on the struggle. I hope you’ll join me with your own form of celebrating, too.
By Gus Speth, Common Dreams
Perhaps sooner than most think, major legislative action regulating greenhouse gas emissions will finally be possible. But that moment will not arrive without deep struggle, organizing, and collective persistence.
By Aaron White, Open Democracy
It is certainly true that this is the largest investment in renewable energy in US history, but that’s really not saying much. Next time let's hope it's far bolder, just, global – and finally pisses off the fossil fuel industry.
By Stan Cox, City Lights Books
The clock is ticking. In the upcoming months, we’ll need to strive for a leap even as we brace ourselves for a slide.
By Joel Stronberg, illuminem
What will Joe Biden be remembered for? It likely depends on the fate of two pieces of legislation that encompass nearly the entirety of his once-in-a-generation agenda, including infrastructure, climate, voter rights, higher taxes for the wealthy, equal justice for people of color and low incomes, healthcare, and greater assistance for low-income families and children.
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
The closing 100 days of 2021 will be looked back on as among the most critical in the environmental history of the United States—rivaled only by those in the 1970s when the cornerstones of today’s environmental protections were laid.
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
It may sound strange to suggest the fate of President Biden’s climate agenda will parallel that of Liz Cheney, Wyoming’s at-large Republican congressional representative, but hear me out.
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
The transition from candidate to president provides critical clues as to how he is likely to rule. Above everything else, politics is a team sport.
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
The two greatest existential threats facing the nation—viral pandemics and climate change—demand a science-based response. So, it is hardly surprising that the relationship between science and the federal government is being debated in this year of chaos, crisis, and calamity.
By Sierra Emrick, Resilience.org
New scientific understanding shows we can drastically reduce the time it takes for our environment to stabilize if we elect a leader who will get us back on track with IPCC carbon emission guidelines
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
The first debate between President Trump and former Vice President Biden will occur on the 29th of September. In advance of the encounter, 70 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates asking it to publicly call on the moderators to include climate in the topics that will be addressed during the debates
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
The COVID-19 contagion shows once again the disdain President Trump and his administration have for science-based policies and actions.