Weekend Reading: We’re Not Going Down Without a Fight

It’s been a hard week, readers. While world leaders are in Marrakesh hammering out the details of a cliamte agreement, the U.S. electoral college was cheated into electing a sociopath, and he thinks he has a mandate to trash the planet.

But we’re not going down without a fight. If he even twitches toward opening up federal lands for drilling, we will protest and we will fight. If he breathes a word about moving federal support from clean energy to fossil fuels, we’re going to fight it. We’ve spent the past eight years singing Kumbaya while the Republicans have obstructed progress. I’m through with being conciliatory. Now, we fight back. Our home, our planet is at stake. The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat is in danger from this demagogue.

They’re not going to get away with this on our watch.

Take Action

Take the Environmental Working Group’s survey to tell them your environmental priorities this year. | EWG

Urge Obama to safeguard the environment before he leaves office. | Sierra Club

Big Ideas

Will the Paris agreement survive Trump? | LA Times

Trump chooses a climate skeptic to lead the EPA. | Scientific America

All of Obama’s progress on environmental protections are about to be rolled back. | Washington Post

And that means disaster for our planet. | Time

Magdalena did a great overview of how deforestation relates to climate change, and how you can help slow it. | Selva Beat

40 ways to reduce your own emissions and live a better life. | The Note Passer

Would you take a pay cut to work for a socially responsible company? Because three-quarters of millennials would. | Sustainable Brands

We’ll never address global poverty if we don’t combat climate change. | Freestate

Fashion

Annie found six ethical fall coats, just in time for cold weather! | Terumah

Sad day. The ethical Indian fashion site Indelust is closing up shop. | EcoCult inbox

Circularity will save us. | BBC

I’m hankering for a day upstate, and this eco hiking gear guide will help me outfit myself comfortably. | Finny & Dill

Beauty

Living in NYC, I often think about whether pollution is messing with my skin. But there are anti-pollution beauty products out there that are also non-toxic! | Eluxe Magazine

Food

There’s a new app that lets you order leftover food from restaurants. | Refinery29

Travel

We might have eco-friendly air travel soon. | Afar

NYC

How you – an urban dweller! – can combat climate change. | Sustaining Life