More communities are protesting pipelines. The fossil fuel industry wants to make that a felony.
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Climate Justice
In order to avert a climate catastrophe, we must transition away from fossil fuels to a clean energy economy. On both a domestic and a global level, climate change hurts poor people and communities of color first and worst, so we seek solutions that center economic and racial justice as critical components of addressing climate change.
Latest Work
A Minnesota Cooperative Shares the Wealth While Advancing a Clean Energy Future
Shared ownership is crucial for building the power of communities that have long had their wealth extracted by others.
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I was Invited to Join the G20 Think Tank Summit. Here’s Why I Declined.
My participation in a session on climate and energy policy hosted by the Saudi government would have “greenwashed” the summit.
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How Militarized Police and Fossil Fuel Corporations Are Criminalizing Protest
This new wave of anti-protest laws has emerged in the context of broader social justice mobilizations and demonstrations.
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Alarming New Report Exposes Dangerous Link Between Fossil-Fueled Politicians and Anti-Protest Laws
Muzzling Dissent exposes the money trail linking corporate lobbyists, elected officials, and anti-protest laws.
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Muzzling Dissent
How Corporate Influence over Politics Has Fueled Anti-Protest Laws
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Indigenous Peoples Day and the Years of Repair
This Indigenous Peoples Day, the Indigenous-led organization NDN Collective launched the ‘LANDBACK’ campaign.
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This Is a Climate Emergency. We Need More Than Half-Measures from Democrats.
How to get the Democrats’ climate policy from “better than the Republicans” to “sufficient to save the planet.”
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Key Oil and Gas Pipelines Are on Their Last Legs — That’s Good News
A systematic program of investment in renewables and energy efficiency will create many more jobs than pipelines and pose far less threat to life on our planet.
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Decriminalize Fare Evasion
You don’t go to jail for missing a highway toll. It shouldn’t be any different for fare evasion on public transportation.
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Reports
Muzzling Dissent
How Corporate Influence over Politics Has Fueled Anti-Protest Laws
Change Finance, Not the Climate
How to get money out of fossil fuels — and into a Green New Deal.
Report: No Warming, No War
In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.
Report: The Battle For Another World
The Progressive Response to the New Right
Report: Poor People’s Campaign Moral Budget
Everybody Has the Right to Live