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Image: elders sit around the Christmas tree in the New York State Capitol last month, during a sit-in for climate action. I first got involved in the climate movement as an undergrad back in the ’00s, and since then I’ve written a lot about the youth climate movement. From the Fridays for Future climate strikes,…
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On the evening of Dec. 10, 12 self-identified elder climate activists sat around the Christmas tree in the New York State Capitol, in Albany, singing carols as they waited to be arrested. The protesters, who were there to support New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act, had been told by police they would face criminal misdemeanor…
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Today seems like a good day to consider how progressives and people who truly care about US democracy can resist the incoming second Trump administration. It’s clear that many thousands, maybe millions of people are eager to stand up to Trump’s assault on elected government, human rights, and the global climate. However, what’s clear for…
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Last month’s election may have been a disaster for environmental progress at the national level–but state-level results tell a different story, as shown in my latest piece for Columbia Insight. This story looks at some of the big wins for a stable climate and a healthy environment coming out of the 2024 election. And there…
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When the University of Toronto’s School of the Environment announced in October that it will no longer accept donations from the fossil fuel industry, the news sent waves through the growing movement to get coal, oil and gas companies off campuses. Among other things, that means banning fossil fuel corporations from financing academic research. “This…
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A version of this short essay originally appeared on Daily Kos soon after the 2016 election. I have decided to republish it here, today, because it feels just as relevant as it did then. I have removed some references to outdated events, replaced Hillary Clinton’s name with Harris’, and made a couple other small edits…
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Yesterday, the amazing Exterminating Angel Press Magazine came out with its latest issue, Advice to the Distressed, and I’m proud to have a short story of mine included in it. I wrote this piece, “A Field Trip to the Dark Woods,” this past summer while reflecting on some formative experiences I had in Montana years…
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I’m preparing to teach a class for Whatcom Community College on the amphibians of Northwest Washington–and in preparing for it, I’ve been reminded of what a fantastical group of creatures the class Amphibia represents. They may not be as large and physically impressive as mammals, or as readily visible as birds, but amphibians have some…
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If you live in Washington State and you pay any attention to climate politics, you probably know about the state’s Climate Commitment Act. Passed in 2021, it’s a “cap-and-invest” law that’s designed to gradually ratchet down emissions from most major pollution sources in line with the state’s goal of cutting carbon pollution 95 percent below…
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In this piece for Waging Nonviolence, I describe the growing grassroots movement to save our forests from being turned into wood pellets. “Who will own the forests? Who will own the sky?” sang dozens of umbrella-wielding protesters as rain drizzled outside the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon on Sept. 25. Inside the building, timber…
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