Environment

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The Fire This Time The Fire This Time

California’s Camp Fire is a reckoning, an alarm shrieking that our leaders won’t save us from climate change—but perhaps we can.

Nov 15, 2018 / Ben Ehrenreich

Take Action Now: Push for a Progressive House of Representatives

Take Action Now: Push for a Progressive House of Representatives Take Action Now: Push for a Progressive House of Representatives

Help make sure the new Democratic majority investigates Trump and fights climate change.

Nov 13, 2018 / NationAction

Drought

Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room

It’s called climate change, and we’re running out of time to solve it.

Nov 13, 2018 / John Feffer

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The Interior Department Is Sidelining Environmental Justice The Interior Department Is Sidelining Environmental Justice

In early September, the DOI quietly rescinded two memos that provided guidance on protecting vulnerable communities and Native American sacred sites.

Nov 13, 2018 / Adam Federman

Beatrice Fihn

Together We Shall Save Our Planet: A Q&A With Beatrice Fihn Together We Shall Save Our Planet: A Q&A With Beatrice Fihn

The executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons explains the movement to ban the bomb.

Nov 8, 2018 / Q&A / Eric Schlosser

The World’s Wilderness Is Nearly Gone

The World’s Wilderness Is Nearly Gone The World’s Wilderness Is Nearly Gone

If we don’t act soon, the earth’s remaining wild places will soon be paved, farmed, mined, and polluted into oblivion.

Nov 7, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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Today Americans Determine Our Political Future Today Americans Determine Our Political Future

Five contests that could signal where we’re headed on climate change, criminal-justice reform, financial reform, net neutrality, and militarism.

Nov 6, 2018 / John Nichols

Apocalyptic Climate Reporting Completely Misses the Point

Apocalyptic Climate Reporting Completely Misses the Point Apocalyptic Climate Reporting Completely Misses the Point

Recent news commentary ignored the UN climate report’s cautiously optimistic findings.

Nov 2, 2018 / Daniel Aldana Cohen

Chloe Maxmin

What a Rural Maine House Race Can Teach the Left What a Rural Maine House Race Can Teach the Left

Chloe Maxmin could be the first Democrat ever to win Maine House District 88 in a place deep in the state where one thing is clear: The left abandoned rural America.

Oct 26, 2018 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward

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Big Oil Really Wants to Kill Washington’s Green New Deal Big Oil Really Wants to Kill Washington’s Green New Deal

Will a record $28 million war chest sway Evergreen State voters?

Oct 26, 2018 / KC Golden

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