Climate rallies, like this one in New York City in 2022, draw activists of all ages.
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Not all activists are in the media spotlight, but they’re crucial to promoting action to slow climate change.
Comedian Chuck Nice and his daughter crack jokes in a video about a serious topic: climate change.
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Jokes can be a healing contagion as they expose hypocrisy, spark laughter and open minds.
Climate marches and protests, like this one in Santa Monica, Calif., often aim for local impact.
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With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.
Environmental philosopher Andreas Malm has described Sainte-Soline as an “avant-gardist struggle”.
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Protests against massive water reservoirs and new skiing infrastructure are some of the events in 2023 that have thrust climate adaptation politics into the limelight. Here’s why it matters.
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We must shift the narrative from portraying women solely as “victims” of the climate crisis to actively involving them in addressing environmental issues.
A villager carries a branch as a wildfire approaches Zambujeiro village in Cascais, west of Lisbon, in July.
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In a momentous case, young EU citizens will seek to draw among a range of principles from human rights, such as that of effectiveness, to arm-twist governments into impactful climate action.
Eviction aftermath in Lutzerath, early 2023.
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Clashes at a huge coal mine were the latest episode in a long struggle.
A Montana court delivered a ruling in a much anticipated youth-led climate change case.
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An unprecedented win for climate justice in Montana has the potential to send reverberations around the world, including here in Canada.
Extinction Rebellion’s ‘Big One’ march vs Just Stop Oil’s one-man protest.
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Media coverage of Extinction Rebellion’s mass protest was muted compared with that of Just Stop Oil’s snooker disruption.
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The group has eschewed disruptive protest in the pursuit of ‘building relationships’.
Several oil projects are active in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
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Biden vowed ‘no more drilling on federal lands,’ but Russia’s war on Ukraine and pressures at home are hard to ignore.
Activist and theatre director Nancy Diuguid, left, with partner and film-maker Melanie Chait.
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On at Cape Town Pride, Melanie Chait’s documentary is about her life partner Nancy Diuguid.
Activists from Insulate Britain burn police letters outside the Home Office in London, September 2021.
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Defendants are increasingly unable to explain their actions to a jury.
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Such groups rarely last more than a few years.
Students rally for fossil fuel-free energy at the University of California, San Diego.
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When people work together, they can move governments to action. Just ask the suffragettes. Still, few people do it. A psychologist explains why, and how to turn that around.
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Eight journalists covering a protest on the M25 motorway were recently detained by police.
Police officers patrol the entrance of the Tate Modern gallery, in London, Oct. 15, 2022, after climate protesters threw soup over glass covering Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ in London’s National Gallery.
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Climate protesters are destabilizing the idea that public galleries are safe spaces for works of art, held in public trust.
The public order bill would crack down on ‘locking on’ protests.
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A legal expert explains how climate activists could use the government’s own legislation to their advantage.
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People want to shoot the messenger, but they do hear the message.
Scientists protest outside the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. April 2022.
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Extinction Rebellion targeted the department responsible for climate change policy.