Bill McKibben

Climate change activist Bill McKibben speaking in Waitsfield, Vermont in 2012.

To fight climate change, activist says Obama’s policy needs ‘to be as good as physics demands’

Environment

Climate activist Bill McKibben gives his take on President Obama, the fossil fuel industry, and the problem of flying around the world to further his crusade.

Oil and Honey

University students rally to get endowments out of fossil fuels

Environment

Environmentalist says global climate catastrophe is inevitable without intervention

Environment

Over 1,200 protesters of oil pipeline arrested at White House

Global Politics

Debate over oil pipeline running from Canada to Texas

Environment

The oil pipeline from Canada to Gulf Coast could provide 700 thousand barrels a day, but critics say it would wreak environmental havoc.

Living Green

Environment

‘To the Best of Our Knowledge’ takes a look at how individuals are trying to do good for the planet.

Students Fight for Colleges to Drop Fossil Fuel Holdings

President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney hardly mentioned climate change in the 2012 presidential campaign, but college students across dozens of campuses have launched a campaign of their own.  Their goal is to divest university endowments of holdings in fossil fuel companies. The move against pollution and global warming is a conscious nod to the […]

Keystone Pipeline Rejected, For Now

The Obama administration decides against building the controversial Keystone pipeline extension.

Step It Up 2007

There’s movement afoot in the green movement for a world-wide day of action for communities to demand emissions cuts.