Environment

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Why Are Fossil Fuel Companies Funding Climate Change Research? Why Are Fossil Fuel Companies Funding Climate Change Research?

As oil and gas companies report record profits, the Fossil Free Research campaign calls on universities to refuse their donations and maintain independence.

Aug 15, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building

The Twilight Years of American Hegemony The Twilight Years of American Hegemony

What could better fit an America in decline than a president in decline, the more radically so the better?

Aug 15, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt

Heat Wave!

Heat Wave! Heat Wave!

Rising global temperatures are making heat waves more common, severe, and lengthy.

Aug 12, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

The cover of Madeleine Ostrander's book, left, and Madeline Ostrander, right.

The Climate Crisis Is Changing Our Concept of Home The Climate Crisis Is Changing Our Concept of Home

Climate journalist and author Madeline Ostrander on finding stability on a burning planet.

Aug 12, 2022 / Q&A / Danielle Renwick

Senator Chuck Schumer speaks outside the U.S. Capitol about the Inflation Reduction Act. He stands in front of the Capitol building and in front of a green sign that reads

Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus? Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus?

And three more questions about the biggest climate legislation in US history.

Aug 11, 2022 / Mark Hertsgaard

The Toxic History of the Salton Sea

The Toxic History of the Salton Sea The Toxic History of the Salton Sea

A new book by Traci Brynne Voyles catalogs the alarming events that created one of the West’s most polluted bodies of water.

Aug 10, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Paoletta

The War Over Public Water in Pennsylvania

The War Over Public Water in Pennsylvania The War Over Public Water in Pennsylvania

Residents are uniting across political lines to battle corporations attempting to privatize their water systems.

Aug 8, 2022 / Feature / Hadas Thier

Addiction to Oil

Addiction to Oil Addiction to Oil

Driving ourselves to death.

Aug 5, 2022 / OppArt / Mac McGill

A black car has bumper stickers that say

When Did Cars Become Weapons of the Right? When Did Cars Become Weapons of the Right?

The politicization of big-box personal vehicles is now almost complete.

Aug 4, 2022 / Stan Cox

Flooded homes in New Jersey

In the Era of Climate Migration, What Will “Home” Mean? In the Era of Climate Migration, What Will “Home” Mean?

You can cling to home as property—fight for yourself and your own financial gain. Or you can love a home and belong to it—and defend community, place, and planet.

Aug 4, 2022 / Madeline Ostrander

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