Environmental Issues

(Fossil) Fueling The California Fires

(Fossil) Fueling The California Fires (Fossil) Fueling The California Fires

Exxon has been knowingly pouring gas on climate problems for decades.

Jan 22, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A blue Volkswagen van sits intact on a street amid homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire in Malibu, California, on January 15, 2025.

In Our New Climate Reality, There Is No Getting Back to Normal In Our New Climate Reality, There Is No Getting Back to Normal

The media is failing to warn us about the scale of the disasters that lie ahead. In Los Angeles, as everywhere, we need more than liberal technocratic tweaks.

Jan 21, 2025 / Wen Stephenson

Hold 'em.

Jan 18, 2025

The burnt remains of a building where once stood a hardware store are seen in Altadena, California on January 15, 2025. The historic community of Altadena, on the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, has been left in ashes and rubble though some homes remain standing.

The Insurance Crisis Looming in California as the Wildfires Burn The Insurance Crisis Looming in California as the Wildfires Burn

California’s Department of Insurance has worked to repair the broken insurance system, but the LA fires threaten to undo the progress the state has made.

Jan 16, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

A firefighter monitors the spread of the Auto Fire in Oxnard, North West of Los Angeles, California, on January 13, 2025.

It’s Time to Rethink Everything About How We Fight Fires It’s Time to Rethink Everything About How We Fight Fires

The LA disaster is a wake-up call: Our firefighting playbook was written for a world that no longer exists. We need a new approach, and we need it now.

Jan 14, 2025 / Lazo Gitchos

What the Fire Left Behind: Scenes From Los Angeles

What the Fire Left Behind: Scenes From Los Angeles What the Fire Left Behind: Scenes From Los Angeles

The Nation’s Western correspondent, Sasha Abramsky, captures the destruction of the Palisades fire and the relics of the people who used to live in one debris zone.

Jan 13, 2025 / Photo Essay / Sasha Abramsky

Let’s call the whole thing off: Justin Trudeau shaking hands with Donald Trump at a NATO summit in London to mark the alliance's 70th anniversary in December 2019.

Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny

The United States probably won’t annex Canada. But Trump’s imperial dreams are already destabilizing the world.

Jan 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump at night, in front of Air Force One, wearing a USA baseball cap.

Our Future Copresidents Wage Garbage Wars on LA Fires Our Future Copresidents Wage Garbage Wars on LA Fires

Racist, stupid crap—that’s not unexpected. What we need is a tough local and national Democratic response. To everything.

Jan 9, 2025 / Joan Walsh

US Steel's Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 2024.

Biden Was Right to Block the US Steel Takeover Biden Was Right to Block the US Steel Takeover

Even if losing domestic sources of primary steel does not seem like a national security threat today, it might tomorrow.

Jan 7, 2025 / Todd N. Tucker

Minerals displayed at the showroom of a battery recycling plant in Wuhan, China, in 2023.

Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals

China’s latest export restriction lays bare the complex geopolitics behind President Trump’s proposed tariffs—and the green energy transition.

Jan 2, 2025 / Nicolas Niarchos

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