“There is no one big movement that caused this to happen. This is literally the result of hundreds, thousands of movements and ‘small victories.’”
But we’re also building “really big things” — namely, movements — activists and scholars point out, as climate scientists stress that there’sthe most devastating impacts of the climate crisis. And so, this year’s climate “wins,” organizers say, are essential to take stock of.
“I personally celebrate every single victory, small or large,” Joye Braun, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and national pipelines organizer for Indigenous Environmental Network, told. To be an organizer, she says, is exhausting.
by Stanford sociologist John Muñoz found that greenhouse gas emissions decline in states where there are higher levels of “pro-environmental protest.”asked organizers and scholars about the triumphs and trends they’re most heartened by this year. Here’s what they said.to publicly answer questions under oath about how they knowingly deceived the public about gas and oil’s outsized contribution to the climate crisis. Unsurprisingly, during the six-hour hearing, many dodged the toughest questions — such as whether their companies would commit to stop lobbying against laws designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But
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