Environment

Flint Water Plant tower

With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe? With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe?

The government shutdown is putting further stress on a regulatory system already strained to the breaking point.

Jan 18, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Robert Habeck on election day 2018

These Parties Are Fighting for the Climate, Human Rights, and Immigrants—and They’re Winning These Parties Are Fighting for the Climate, Human Rights, and Immigrants—and They’re Winning

After years in the doldrums, the Greens have come roaring back all across Northern Europe.

Jan 18, 2019 / Paul Hockenos

The Left Needs to Resist Anti-Immigrant Initiatives From Within its Ranks

The Left Needs to Resist Anti-Immigrant Initiatives From Within its Ranks The Left Needs to Resist Anti-Immigrant Initiatives From Within its Ranks

David Adler on politics, Pedro Noguera on the LA teachers’ strike, and Kate Aronoff on the battle of ideas.

Jan 17, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Margerie Glacier

Climate Disaster Is Upon Us Climate Disaster Is Upon Us

The question is no longer whether or not we are going to fail, but how are we going to comport ourselves in the era of failure?

Jan 15, 2019 / Dahr Jamail

Greece Wildfires

To Those Who Think We Can Reform Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis To Those Who Think We Can Reform Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

Our only hope is to stop exploiting the earth—and its people.

Jan 15, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Climate Change Afoot

Climate Change Afoot Climate Change Afoot

Trump continues denials, but reality is catching up.

Jan 11, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

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Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue

Fuzzy math… Where there’s smoke… The real George Bush… Thanks, but no thanks (web only)…

Jan 10, 2019 / Our Readers and Ben Ehrenreich

A young man removes rubble in Syria

US Policy Is Causing the Next Mass Extinction US Policy Is Causing the Next Mass Extinction

Washington’s wars have unsettled the planet in much the same way a giant asteroid did 66 million years ago.

Jan 7, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

Baby, It’s Warm Outside

Baby, It’s Warm Outside Baby, It’s Warm Outside

The Trump administration ignores climate change as the Arctic melts.

Dec 28, 2018 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

How Curators Are Finding the Climate in Art History

How Curators Are Finding the Climate in Art History How Curators Are Finding the Climate in Art History

The recent “Nature’s Nation” exhibition locates the hidden ecological and environmental roots of American art. 

Dec 27, 2018 / Hannah Stamler

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