The Indypendent
Climate
Caguas, Puerto Rico: Squatter City
Against a backdrop of gentrification, austerity and hurricane wreckage, these activists aren’t just rebuilding their city, they’re reimagining it.
Killing BlackRock’s Fossil Fuel Investments With Kindness
Employees for BlackRock — the $6.3 trillion, multinational investment management firm — were given a treat on Wednesday afternoon…
New Yorkers Rise for ‘Climate, Justice and Jobs’
As the speakers took to the stage one by one, dark and heavy storm clouds drew closer to Battery…
Eco-Anxiety: A Meditation on David Buckel’s Life and Death
David Buckel — a ground-breaking lawyer for gay rights, an environmental activist, father, partner, community builder — who burned…
How New Yorkers Won Fossil Fuel Divestment
A climate activist reflects on the grassroots movement that spawned this pivotal change.
Reviewed:
‘Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change’
By Ashley Dawson
Verso, 2017
The Climate Change World Series
Conservatives don’t like when political issues intrude into their sports spectacles — unless it involves ostentatious displays of veneration…
It’s Time for Disaster Communism
A Californian writes in response to yet another climate change-related calamity striking the United States the autumn.