How Pope Francis Came to Embrace Not Just Climate Justice but Liberation Theology How Pope Francis Came to Embrace Not Just Climate Justice but Liberation Theology
And how that poses a radical challenge to both climate deniers and mainstream liberals.
Sep 9, 2015 / Feature / Wen Stephenson
Three Weeks After Obama Announced His Clean-Power Plan, He Greenlit New Oil Drilling in the Arctic Three Weeks After Obama Announced His Clean-Power Plan, He Greenlit New Oil Drilling in the Arctic
What’s driving the president’s bafflingly two-faced climate policy?
Aug 26, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard
August 2, 1990: Iraq Invades Kuwait August 2, 1990: Iraq Invades Kuwait
“Unfortunately for the United States and its co-capitalists, the larger war is unwinnable.”
Aug 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Meet the New York State Community That’s Standing Up to Big Energy Meet the New York State Community That’s Standing Up to Big Energy
The Crestwood corporation wants to build a massive fracking hub in Seneca Lake—but residents won't let that happen without a fight.
Jul 9, 2015 / Ellen Cantarow
Did the Catholic Church Endorse Fossil-Fuel Divestment? Did the Catholic Church Endorse Fossil-Fuel Divestment?
The pope’s powerful encyclical on poverty and climate change is likely to transform the investment policies of religious institutions across America.
Jul 7, 2015 / Bob Massie
Is Pittsburgh Really Green—or Is It Just Outsourcing Its Pollution? Is Pittsburgh Really Green—or Is It Just Outsourcing Its Pollution?
How Pittsburgh’s greenhouse gases became Guangzhou’s problem.
Oct 8, 2014 / Mark Schapiro
Why Obama’s Challenge to China on Climate Change Is Too Little, Too Late Why Obama’s Challenge to China on Climate Change Is Too Little, Too Late
Beijing’s carbon-reduction targets are already far more ambitious than Washington’s.
Sep 26, 2014 / Lucia Green-Weiskel
The New Abolitionism The New Abolitionism
Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up at least $10 trillion in wealth.
Apr 22, 2014 / Feature / Chris Hayes
The ‘Single Largest Environmental Health Risk’ Is Causing 1 in 8 Deaths Worldwide The ‘Single Largest Environmental Health Risk’ Is Causing 1 in 8 Deaths Worldwide
New estimates from the World Health Organization confirm that air pollution is the single greatest environmental risk.
Mar 25, 2014 / Steven Hsieh