Mass Education and the Climate Crisis: Lessons from the Pandemic (Part 2)

By Aaron Karp, Resilience.org

A profit-maximizing economy creates unnecessary suffering that is entrenched and exacerbated by the ruling class it simultaneously empowers. The public must recognize that systems of concentrated power are the reason why workers were forced back to their jobs amidst an expanding plague--with sufficient government funding, it didn't have to be that way. Serious responses to any major crisis depend on fundamental system change.

Here’s a Civil Notion: Save the RINOs for the Sake of Democracy and the Environment

By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion

Without at least some bipartisan backing, the on-again/off-again climate policy cycle will continue. Absent collaboration today, the future transition to a low-carbon economy will be desperate rather than measured.

Overwhelming odds, unexpected alliances and tough losses — how defeating Keystone XL built a bolder, savvier climate movement

By Nick Engelfried, Waging Nonviolence

When President Biden rescinded a crucial permit for the Keystone XL pipeline last week, it marked the culmination of one of the longest, highest-profile campaigns in the North American climate movement.

A Conservative for Our Time

By John de Graaf, Resilience.org

I have come to believe that Udall was actually in many ways, a conservative whose creative ideas may help point America’s way forward in a turbulent, polarized, and destructive time. Above all, Udall was devoted to conserving the land and the beauty of the American landscape.

A Plug for Electric Vehicles

By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion

The electrification of the transportation sector is not just about the environment. It is about the global competitiveness of US industry. To compete abroad requires the ability and capacity to compete domestically.

Climate Policy in the Biden Era: It’s Morning in America

By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion

Whether speaking philosophically of the meaning of democracy and what keeps it strong or specifically of what ails the nation, the differences between Joe Biden and Donald Trump are stark.

The Rubble of Empire

By Rebecca Gordon, Tom Dispatch

How can you tell when your empire is crumbling? Some signs are actually visible from my own front window here in San Francisco.

Washington State Considers Climate Impact of Major Petrochemical Plant With ‘Pattern of Influence Peddling’

By Nick Cunningham, DeSmog Blog

In 2014, a company named Northwest Innovation Works (NWIW) proposed building a multi-billion-dollar petrochemical project in Kalama, Washington, a port town roughly 40 miles north of Portland, Oregon.

Climate Policy in the Biden Era: A Look Ahead to the Political Environment

By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion

Climate politics has taken a 180-degree turn in favor of federal action thanks to the voters of Georgia. The Democrats’ surprising double win in the Peach State’s runoff elections has turned the US Senate from red to blue—or more accurately blue-ish.

We Don’t Live in a World of Cartoon Villains

By Daniel Herriges, Strong Towns

There are people at every part of that spectrum who care about building local resilience. The Strong Towns approach is radical, but not in a way that fits into ideologues' narrative boxes.

2020: The Year Consensus Reality Fractured

By Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org

In short, prior to the year now ending, consensus reality in the US was already starting to crumble. But 2020 delivered two sledgehammer blows: a pandemic and a polarizing presidential election.

Climate Policy in the Biden Era: A House Divided

By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion

The momentum of the 2018 Congressional midterm elections in which the Democrats gained 42 seats and regained their majority status in the House of Representatives lost steam in 2020.