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Large fossil fuel corporations are under fire more than ever before for attempting to shape how governments respond—or don’t—to climate change. Last year, oil and gas companies sent over 600 representatives to a major UN climate conference, and there’s no doubt the industry has formidable resources it can channel into trying to sway decisions in…
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Above: UM students march for fossil fuel divestment in 2015 Not long ago, returned to the University of Montana campus in Missoula for a visit for the first time in several years. I was a grad student at UM from 2011-2013, during which time I completed my master’s in Environmental Studies with a focus on…
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I once heard a Black activist whom I admire here in Bellingham, Washington admonish a largely White audience at a Black History Month event to remember that the history of Black people is part of our history, too. I took his words to mean that the world all of us inhabit today has been shaped…
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On Monday, people across the Pacific Northwest convened online and at two in-person gatherings for a “people’s hearing” on what has become the latest front in the resistance to large fossil fuel projects in the region: a proposed massive capacity expansion of the Gas Transmission Northwest, or GTN, pipeline. Operated by Canadian corporation TC Energy,…
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One of my earliest memories involving bats dates back to when I was five years old. I was outside on the lawn at my grandmother’s house in central Washington State, looking up at the darkening evening sky as winged forms darted in and out of my line of vision. I don’t know which of the…
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I’m honored to have been able to speak with Joye Braun in 2021, for a story on the successful campaign to stop the Keystone XL pipeline. Her passing is a true loss to the climate and environmental justice movements. Photo credit: Twitter/@janekleeb There was still snow on the ground on April 1, 2016, when Joye…
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Last Thursday, I had the priviledge of speaking to a class at Western Washington University about Movement Makers: How Young Activists Upended the Politics of Climate Change. I always enjoy these opportunities to talk to college students–because, after all, it’s their generation that is at the helm of today’s youth climate movement. The question and…
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Back in 2005, environmentalists and people who care about wildlife celebrated news that seemed too good to be true: a team of researchers said they had found ivory-billed woodpeckers in a remote swamp in Arkansas. There had been no verified observations of these spectacular birds since 1944, and prior to this reported sighting the species…
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The year 2022 was full of ups and downs for the climate movement. At times, it felt like the fossil fuel industry and other polluter interests might once again succeed in derailing major progress toward the goal of securing a livable future. But climate activists and other progressive movements proved more resilient than many observers…
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I recently had the pleasure of hopping on KPFA Radio’s Rude Awakening program to talk about Movement Makers: How Young Activists Upended the Politics of Climate Change with Sabrina Jacobs. Listen to the full interview here.
Nick Engelfried 