by Libero Della Piana | Sep 1, 2016 | Climate
A historic struggle is brewing in North Dakota, where hundreds of Native Americans have mobilized to oppose the construction of a major oil pipeline across the Missouri River. Local tribal members and their supporters have gathered near Cannonball, North Dakota in a...
by Bill Scher | Aug 31, 2016 | Blog, Climate
In an ideal situation, our government would have the funds to support the needs of all Americans. For example, if a coastal community was at risk of becoming submerged because of the climate crisis, it wouldn't be a question that funds would be readily available to...
by Rae Breaux | Aug 22, 2016 | Blog, Climate
With Amanda Devecka-Rinear, New Jersey Organizing Project, and Gary Zuckett, West Virginia Citizen Action Group. The record-breaking floods in Louisiana are the latest example of what many working people already know all too well: climate change has already begun, and...
by Burning Issues Video | Jul 25, 2016 | Burning Issues, Climate, Trade
[fve]https://youtu.be/BqGqp0wlciM[/fve] "Our trade policies stand to undermine the very real progress we're making on climate change," warns Ilana Solomon, director of the Sierra Club's Responsible Trade Program, in this Burning Issues video. The Trans-Pacific...
by Bill Scher | Jun 30, 2016 | Blog, Climate
The linchpin of the international Paris climate deal is the Green Climate Fund, which helps developing countries grapple with climate change. The Obama administration pledged to contribute $3 billion to the fund by 2020, but the Republicans have been pledging to...
by Burning Issues Video | May 31, 2016 | Burning Issues, Climate, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/u2alBcISoeU[/fve] The United States has been promoting hydraulic fracturing – fracking – in dozens of countries around the world despite the direct environmental risks and its contribution to global warming, says Charlie Cray, a researcher at...
