What extinction crisis? Believe it or not, there are still climate science deniers out there. And they're as ready as ever to draw you into arguments. Don't take the bait. Photo: "Click-64"/Flickr. We originally published this piece in September of 2010, but because we still get comments from climate science deniers, as a service to our readers, we've just updated it and … [Read more...]
About Erik Curren
The Real Reason the Climate Movement Has Failed
My new book, Abolish Oil Now, will talk about why the climate movement has failed and what we can do instead to win. If you think that climate change is turning out to be worse than anyone had thought, it's not hard to find people who agree with you. Just check out some recent headlines: "Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change" says Scientific … [Read more...]
Occupy the Climate: Will Extinction Rebellion Stick Around?
With its carnival atmosphere, Extinction Rebellion hearkens back to the days of Occupy Wall Street. Photo: Extinction Rebellion. “On 31 October 2018, we declared ourselves to be in open rebellion against the U.K. government.” And so was born one of the most promising efforts today to make urgent the fight against climate change: Extinction Rebellion. Alarmed by the IPCC … [Read more...]
To Fight Climate Change, We Need an Apollo Program for Politics, Not Technology
Apollo 11 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969. The mission's success flipped the American public from skeptics to fans of the space program. The climate movement needs its own Apollo 11 moment to build public support today. Photo: Wikipedia public domain. "If we want to tackle climate change, we can," writes Apollo Program historian Charles … [Read more...]
Should we Pay Exxon to Leave Oil in the Ground?
Today’s movement to abolish fossil fuels can learn from two different paths that the British and American governments took to abolish slavery in the 19th century, one peaceful and the other violent. Image: slaveryimages.org. This article is the second in a series that compares today's fight for climate solutions with the successful movement to abolish slavery in the … [Read more...]