All the times we’ve been counted out on Keystone XL:

After the 2014 midterm elections, professional pundits and politicians have once again started saying that the Keystone XL pipeline is destined for approval. We’ve heard this story before. In fact, it’s the story the climate movement has been told every single day since we took on this fight against Keystone XL in 2011. And just... (More...)

What the election means for the climate movement:

Friends, Last night’s election results were pretty bad. But when times get rough, it’s really important to remember to breathe, and focus on how we’re going to fix this problem together. Here’s my early sense of what this election means for the climate movement: 1. The fossil fuel industry knows it’s in a fight for... (More...)

What has brought smoke from radioactive peatlands to Moscow?

Russian society’s perception of global climate change is a complicated matter. Russian climatologists have been unambiguously claiming for a long time that it has been affecting Russia 2.5 times faster than the world average, and that human activity is its main cause. At the same time, most Russians hardly perceive climate change as a serious... (More...)

Ban Ki-moon urges pension funds to reduce investments in fossil fuels

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gets it – business as usual is not an option. Divestment is a global necessity if we are to transition to a low-carbon economy. He revealed yesterday at the launch of the IPCC report, that he has been urging the world’s largest companies and pension funds to divest from fossil... (More...)