Category: Climate crisis
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University of Toronto students score a win for the climate — and campus protests more broadly
When the University of Toronto’s School of the Environment announced in October that it will no longer accept donations from…
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Will Washington’s Most Important Climate Law be Repealed on Election Day?
If you live in Washington State and you pay any attention to climate politics, you probably know about the state’s…
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West Coast climate activists battle the false ‘solution’ of forest biomass
In this piece for Waging Nonviolence, I describe the growing grassroots movement to save our forests from being turned into…
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Why is Washington DNR Logging So Many Old, “Legacy” Forests?
Protecting the Pacific Northwest’s last ancient forests has been a priority for the region’s environmental movement since at least the…
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The Beauty of Alpine Lakes Wilderness
I recently made the hike to Kendall Katwalk in Alpine Lakes Wilderness–a spectacular day trip into one of the most…
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The Private Pillaging of Public Lands
What’s the most significant thing we could do to protect endangered species, allow ecosystems to regenerate, and remove countless tons…
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Why the climate movement is actually close to winning
Photo credit: Zero Hour In January, U.S. climate activists prepared for one of the largest direct action protests against fossil…
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Do Europe’s Elections Offer Glimmers of Climate Hope?
For people who care about the fate of the planet (and humanity), it’s easy to feel hopeless right now. Another…
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Middlebury College and the Modern Climate Movement
Few places have played a more important role in the generation of the modern climate movement than Vermont’s Middlebury College.…
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Climate Movement Elders Revive Monkey Wrench Tactics to Save an Old Forest
I recently had the privilege of talking with several activists who were involved in one of the most exciting forest…
Nick Engelfried 