Activism

This story is part ofย Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climateย story.ย ย  Millions of children and adults are expected to stri...
โ€œThey seem to think that children canโ€™t have their own opinion and take action for what they know isย right.โ€ Itโ€™s a familiar refrain. A sense of not being listened to. Of being dismissed as naรฏve ...
Today, as Democratic presidential contenders arrive for a major debate this evening in Houston, 22 activists from Greenpeace sought to shut down what they called the countryโ€™s โ€œlargest fossil fuel ...
It has been a whirlwind year for climate activism. From Greta Thunberg's explosion onto the public stage at the annual UN climate negotiations in December 2018, to hitherto hidden masses shutting d...
Jessica Corbett,ย Common Dreams.ย Originally published onย Common Dreamsย underย CCย BY-SAย 3.0ย US. As the National Hurricane Centerย announcedย Tuesday that Hurricane Dorian's core was โ€œfinally moving awa...
Extinction Rebellion and the global school strikes led by Greta Thunberg have ensured climate activism hit the headlines throughout 2019. But is any of this really new? Or is it just the same oldย p...
In DeSmog UK's first ever audio feature, Soila Apparicio went to find out how the rise of XR and Greta has changed climate activism on theย frontlinesโ€ฆ If I asked you to picture a climate activist ...
I saw Greta Thunberg for the first time in Poland at the end of last year. It was during the early days of the Katowice UN climate negotiations. She was sitting in a makeshift TV studio, having her...
On August 7, after Geraldine Mayhoโ€™s funeral, her body was laid to rest in the St. James Catholic Cemetery in southern Louisiana, across the street from a cluster of oil storage tanks. The tanks ar...
How far would you go to tackle climate change? In Rosie Watsonโ€™s case, prettyย far. In two weeksโ€™ time, the 24-year-old activist will run from the Lake District to Asia in an attempt to change the ...

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onSep 20, 2019 @ 05:51 PDT

This story is part ofย Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climateย story.ย ย  Millions of children and adults are expected to stri...
onSep 16, 2019 @ 00:25 PDT

โ€œThey seem to think that children canโ€™t have their own opinion and take action for what they know isย right.โ€ Itโ€™s a familiar refrain. A sense of not being listened to. Of being dismissed as naรฏve ...
onSep 12, 2019 @ 09:33 PDT

Today, as Democratic presidential contenders arrive for a major debate this evening in Houston, 22 activists from Greenpeace sought to shut down what they called the countryโ€™s โ€œlargest fossil fuel ...
onSep 6, 2019 @ 01:47 PDT

It has been a whirlwind year for climate activism. From Greta Thunberg's explosion onto the public stage at the annual UN climate negotiations in December 2018, to hitherto hidden masses shutting d...
onSep 3, 2019 @ 15:47 PDT

Jessica Corbett,ย Common Dreams.ย Originally published onย Common Dreamsย underย CCย BY-SAย 3.0ย US. As the National Hurricane Centerย announcedย Tuesday that Hurricane Dorian's core was โ€œfinally moving awa...
onAug 29, 2019 @ 06:55 PDT

Extinction Rebellion and the global school strikes led by Greta Thunberg have ensured climate activism hit the headlines throughout 2019. But is any of this really new? Or is it just the same oldย p...
onAug 29, 2019 @ 06:13 PDT

In DeSmog UK's first ever audio feature, Soila Apparicio went to find out how the rise of XR and Greta has changed climate activism on theย frontlinesโ€ฆ If I asked you to picture a climate activist ...
onAug 29, 2019 @ 04:57 PDT

I saw Greta Thunberg for the first time in Poland at the end of last year. It was during the early days of the Katowice UN climate negotiations. She was sitting in a makeshift TV studio, having her...
onAug 10, 2019 @ 12:10 PDT

On August 7, after Geraldine Mayhoโ€™s funeral, her body was laid to rest in the St. James Catholic Cemetery in southern Louisiana, across the street from a cluster of oil storage tanks. The tanks ar...
onAug 2, 2019 @ 07:18 PDT

How far would you go to tackle climate change? In Rosie Watsonโ€™s case, prettyย far. In two weeksโ€™ time, the 24-year-old activist will run from the Lake District to Asia in an attempt to change the ...