At the Cleantech North America conference, the fates of climate-tech startups are tangled into the balance sheets of companies who caused the crisis in the first place.
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Ugandan Government Targets Youth, Students in Crackdown on EACOP Protests
Police violence and increased prison sentences are becoming more common as the Ugandan government attempts to suppress opposition to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
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What If the Climate Movement Stopped Being Extractive?
Is it really too much to ask the climate movement to model a less extractive society?
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Meet the First UN Special Rapporteur for Environmental Defenders
Michel Forst is concerned by the increased use of repressive laws and tactics to silence climate protest.
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How UK courts became the new climate protest battleground
Since the passage of a new law curtailing protest rights in 2022, the U.K. has been on a rapid path to repression.
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The Missing Ambition at COP28
The much-celebrated COP28 pledge to transition away from fossil fuels magically leaves oil and gas untouched.
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Civil Liberties Groups Demand Congress Investigate Homeland Security Agency’s Eco-terrorism Label
Civil liberties groups are concerned that DHS is whipping police into a frenzy about imagined terror threats, resulting in overreactions to protest, quashing of First Amendment rights and political dissent, and police violence.
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The COP That PR Firms Built
This year’s climate meeting meant millions of dollars in revenues for PR firms—and plenty of new contracts and connections to help petrostates continue to paint their green image beyond Dubai.
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Seven Years Later, an Environmental Impact Statement for the Dakota Access Pipeline
The public comment period on the Army Corps of Engineers draft EIS for the Dakota Access Pipeline closes Dec 13, 2023. The pipeline was built in 2017, but the Standing Rock Sioux tribe are still fighting it to protect their water.
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How Federal Reports about an Eco-terrorist Threat Fueled the Crackdown on Cop City Opponents
The U.S. government’s definition of “eco-terrorists” continues to broaden.
