Hana Keegan

A people’s trial of Exxon Mobil

Hana Keegan December 15, 2015 0 Comments

By Hana Keegan Exxon Mobil, a massive fossil fuel corporation, has a lot of money to invest in scientific research about fossil fuels. Journalists have recently unveiled that, from as early as the 1970s, Exxon knew that burning fossil fuels would cause climate change. The corporation is now under criminal investigation in New York for not telling their investors and the public about these...

Should we COP out?

Hana Keegan December 14, 2015 0 Comments

By Hana Keegan Unlike in the halls of the COP21, there are no suits, placards or microphones in the undecorated room of the Climate Coalition 21 (CC21) meeting. Established in preparation for the climate conference, the CC21 is an international coalition of civil society organisations that each identify themselves as members of the climate justice movement. On Rue Voltaire, a quiet, grey street...

It’s time to leap!

Hana Keegan December 3, 2015 0 Comments

By Hana Keegan Monday, February 29th, 2016 will be a leap day. We have leap days every four years so that our calendars do not gradually fall out of sync with the seasons. Leap days mark a point at which we, members of Western society, must bend the rules that shape how we see the world to reflect the reality of the natural world. On a red-curtained stage of a Parisian assembly hall, Naomi Klein...

What happens when the fish disappear?

Hana Keegan December 1, 2015 1 Comment

By Hana Keegan I have always lived by the sea. Each and every morning, the sun rises. It sheds light on the ever-changing blues of the water’s surface. I have spent days swimming in these waters, gazing through my snorkelling mask at glittering fish as they feed on the coral reefs. I have also noticed how more and more of the coral heads are dying because of human activity. Witnessing how...