Extreme Drought Is Crashing Food Production Whether Russia Invades or Not Extreme Drought Is Crashing Food Production Whether Russia Invades or Not
In a world increasingly feeling the effects of climate change, the media must examine the role climate can play in igniting and inflaming conflicts.
Feb 17, 2022 / Mark Hertsgaard
ALEC Is Driving Laws to Blacklist Companies That Boycott the Oil Industry ALEC Is Driving Laws to Blacklist Companies That Boycott the Oil Industry
The American Legislative Exchange Council has drafted legislation modeled on efforts to block divestment from Israel.
Feb 8, 2022 / Chris McGreal
Getting Personal About Climate Change Made Me a Better Reporter Getting Personal About Climate Change Made Me a Better Reporter
Journalists need to start demanding solutions and stop worrying about bad-faith critics.
Feb 3, 2022 / Sammy Roth
How Exxon Is Leveraging Texas Courts to Silence Its Climate Critics How Exxon Is Leveraging Texas Courts to Silence Its Climate Critics
America’s largest oil firm claims its history of publicly denying the climate crisis is protected by the First Amendment.
Jan 18, 2022 / Chris McGreal
Defusing the Global Climate Emergency Depends on Defusing the Democracy Emergency Defusing the Global Climate Emergency Depends on Defusing the Democracy Emergency
On the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, we’re reminded that the future hinges on rejecting the two Big Lies.
Jan 6, 2022 / Mark Hertsgaard
This Year Disappointed on Climate. Fierce Accountability Journalism Can Help Save 2022. This Year Disappointed on Climate. Fierce Accountability Journalism Can Help Save 2022.
“There is always hope. And the worst thing that journalists can possibly ever do is engender despair.”
Dec 17, 2021 / Andrew McCormick
If You Fund the Research, You Can Shape the World If You Fund the Research, You Can Shape the World
Before the Koch brothers, Standard Oil realized the power of universities to spread its free-market ideology and prevent the growth of socialism.
Dec 1, 2021 / Amy Westervelt
At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark
The new focus on equity in the climate movement will keep the pressure where it belongs: on the Global North.
Nov 29, 2021 / Tina Gerhardt for The Nation
You Can’t Beat Climate Change Without Tackling Disinformation You Can’t Beat Climate Change Without Tackling Disinformation
Over more than a century, PR firms built and fine-tuned a machine to deceive the public.
Nov 17, 2021 / Amy Westervelt
Forgive Humans, Not Oil Companies Forgive Humans, Not Oil Companies
It might seem like prison abolition and fossil fuel abolition have nothing in common, but they couldn’t be more related.
Nov 16, 2021 / Mary Annaïse Heglar