When It Comes to Climate Change, It’s Joe Biden Versus the DNC When It Comes to Climate Change, It’s Joe Biden Versus the DNC
The Democratic presidential nominee knows that halting fossil fuel subsidies is imperative. Why doesn’t the DNC?
Aug 21, 2020 / Tamara Toles O’Laughlin
California Is Burning—and Trump Gathers Kindling California Is Burning—and Trump Gathers Kindling
No sympathy for those whose homes are threatened or firefighters risking their lives. Instead, he’s lobbed insults and stripped environmental protections.
Aug 21, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
During the Conventions, the Media Needs to Be Treating Climate Like the Emergency It Is During the Conventions, the Media Needs to Be Treating Climate Like the Emergency It Is
It’s not an issue to be discussed. It’s a crisis.
Aug 19, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard
Progressives, Get Ready to Push Biden and Harris Progressives, Get Ready to Push Biden and Harris
Putting a Biden-Harris administration in power will not guarantee the change this country needs.
Aug 18, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump’s Attacks on Science Will Hasten Climate Catastrophe Trump’s Attacks on Science Will Hasten Climate Catastrophe
And his pro-pollution policies are increasing poor communities’ exposure to toxins, undermining food safety, and harming workers and consumers.
Aug 18, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
The Grim World Our Grandchildren Will Inherit The Grim World Our Grandchildren Will Inherit
At 76, I knew our world was headed for a dark place decades ago. Did I ever think it would be this bad? Not a chance.
Aug 12, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt
Grief in Florida Grief in Florida
Chaos distorts the common stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance—but Florida is not alone.
Aug 12, 2020 / Gregg DeChirico
When Humans Make the Wilderness When Humans Make the Wilderness
How an unusual rewilding experiment turned into an ethical minefield.
Aug 10, 2020 / Feature / Valentine Faure
Will Climate Break Through in Big Media’s Elections Coverage? Will Climate Break Through in Big Media’s Elections Coverage?
Journalists at CBS, NBC, CNN, Time, and The Guardian are trying—but journalism as a whole needs to do better.
Aug 5, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Democratic Platform on China Is a Failure of Imagination The Democratic Platform on China Is a Failure of Imagination
Reaffirming the current frame of confrontation, competition, and a new Cold War will deliver neither peace nor prosperity.
Jul 31, 2020 / Tobita Chow