11 Reasons for Hope

I always like to end the year with hope. This time last year, I wrote that 2015 had been such a banner year for us at 350.org that it seemed like we were “getting close to a sort of climate-action tipping point.” But here we are at the end of 2016, and the politics of... (More...)

A battle for life in Argentinean Patagonia

In the region of Neuquén, in Argentina, the astonishing landscape of Northern Patagonia is suddenly and recurrently disrupted by the fossil fuels industry. The endless plain is cut by worm-like roads and countless fracking towers, as its underground hides one of the biggest oil and gas reserves in Latin America: Vaca Muerta. Around 925 million... (More...)

January is going to be a (busy) month of resistance

The climate movement is getting ready for a big January of bold action to defeat Donald Trump’s dangerous fossil fuel agenda. He wants to put Big Oil in charge of our government, roll back decades of climate progress, and witch hunt climate scientists out of their posts. He’s also preparing unprecedented attacks on civil liberties,... (More...)

Between Now and Trump, We Must #DefundDAPL

On December 4th, the Obama Administration announced that it will not grant Energy Transfer Partners the final permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline to drill under the Missouri River, and called for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the project. This milestone is a testament to the amazing movement that indigenous leadership and the camps... (More...)