By Alex Lenferna Published in the Sunday Times on the 1st of March, 2020 here. On the 25th and 26th of February, people of Soweto along with other low income communities across Gauteng protested against Eskom — South Africa’s beleaguered national energy utility. …

Late last year, Cliff Mass, the controversial weatherman and University of Washington (UW) Professor, started a firestorm in the climate denial community and alt-right media by complaining to them that he was the target of persecution and bullying for his political beliefs and was having his freedom of speech threatened…

Washington voters who open their voting guides will be in for a surprise when they see a lone atmospheric scientist standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Big Oil to oppose Initiative 1631 — a plan to make polluters pay for their pollution, and invest in clean energy and clean air, clean water and…

*An abridged version of this piece appeared in The Daily, and is available here The oil industry likes to pretend that they are just meeting the demand for fossil fuels. Like a drug dealer, they tell us that they are just supplying the product, and we, like addicts, are the…

12 American cities and counties are suing fossil fuel companies for climate reparations, but they are also some of the biggest contributors to the problem. To avoid hypocrisy and injustice, those suing should also recognize and pay their climate debt to those most vulnerable to climate change. [This is a…

Australia’s fossil fuel exports are incompatible with the Paris Climate Agreement targets, forcing the world into a trilemma between climate chaos, stranded assets and unjust climate action. [This is a longer version of a piece which appeared in Renew Economy] Australia has been ranked as the worst-performing country in the…

On Monday the 8th of January, the Washington State Legislature opened their legislative session for the year. Their usual, mundane, and somewhat self-congratulatory proceedings were met with disruptions and occupations as climate justice activists stormed the capitol. …

UC Berkeley American studies professor Michael Cohen once called on us to reclaim the word douchebag as referring to “someone — overwhelmingly white, rich, heterosexual males — who insists upon, nay, demands his white male privilege in every possible set and setting”. Well, it seems that the climate change debate…

“Trump is known to like walls. Maybe a wall of carbon tariffs around the US is a solution he will understand” — Jeremy Wates, Secretary General of the European Environmental Bureau. After multiple delays, and the building up of a twisted reality television-like suspense, Donald Trump has finally announced that…