activism
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Australian Prime Minister Will Return From Holiday To A Camp Of Pissed Off People
Australia has been left scarred by heat and flames and choked by smoke. Australians are understandably pissed the crisis has reached this point while the government peddles in climate denial. Many are so pissed, in fact, that they set up camp outside Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s home Thursday. The plan is to stay there until he’s…
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Report: Google Staff Suspect New Internal Software Is Designed To Suppress Employee Dissent
Staff at Google are wary that the company may be building “an internal surveillance tool” with the purpose of crushing employee dissent, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
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It’s Time To Listen To The Teens
Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg landed in the U.S. earlier this month and has since injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the climate conversation. Her climate strike movement is gearing up for a huge global climate strike on Friday and Saturday. Thunberg will be in New York, but she’s taken to Washington, D.C. this…
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UK Labour Party Declares National Climate Emergency In Likely Political First
UK politics is more than a seemingly endless Brexit slog. On Thursday, for instance, the Labour Party declared a climate emergency. It likely marks the first major party declaring a climate emergency at the national level anywhere in the world, in yet another sign that climate politics are rapidly shifting.