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The struggle to protect the Sacred Place Where Life Begins — Indigenous groups lead fight against Arctic oil drilling
Originally published on WagingNonviolence.org As the Trump administration neared the end of its first year in office in 2017, it…
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For climate activists, coronavirus lockdown means more time to organize
Originally published on WagingNonviolence.org When world leaders met for the latest round of U.N. climate talks in Madrid last December,…
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After a big win against coal, NY climate activists are closer than ever to ending all fossil fuel investments
Originally published on WagingNonviolence.org When New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced last month that the state would divest its…
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How a new generation of climate activists is reviving fossil fuel divestment and gaining victories
Originally published on WagingNonviolence.org A wave of student-led actions swept across the campuses of around 60 U.S. and Canadian schools…
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How Generation Z is leading the climate movement
For the first decade and a half of her life, Jamie Margolin was like any other U.S. teen living in…
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Climate activists set sights on ending fossil fuel exports in Pacific Northwest once and for all
When federal regulators came to Southern Oregon in June for hearings on a massive gas export project, they were greeted…
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How young activists turned the old idea of a Green New Deal into a powerful movement
Last week over 250 young people converged on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office in Washington, D.C. for a sit-in…
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First Nations take on Canadian government to stop Trans Mountain pipeline
For thousands of years, Whey-Ah-Whichen has been a site of importance to the Tsleil-Waututh people. This hospitable flat peninsula in…
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8 lessons for today’s youth-led movements from a decade of youth climate organizing
On March 24, I stood in the rain in front of City Hall in Bellingham, Washington with some 3,000 people…
Nick Engelfried 