Climate Change

Greenpeace Beats Back a SLAPP Lawsuit—for Now

Greenpeace Beats Back a SLAPP Lawsuit—for Now Greenpeace Beats Back a SLAPP Lawsuit—for Now

It’s a victory for free speech and forests. But will it last?

Oct 25, 2017 / Mark Hertsgaard

Yellowstone National Park

Exclusive: The Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Its Strategic Plan Exclusive: The Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Its Strategic Plan

A leaked draft of a five-year plan reveals how the DOI will prioritize “energy dominance” over conservation.

Oct 25, 2017 / Adam Federman

Harvey standing water

It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them

In the wake of this year’s devastating hurricanes, cities need to focus on equity in all of their future climate-adaptation plans.

Oct 24, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do.

Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do. Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do.

Demand debt forgiveness, show up for protests, and donate.

Oct 17, 2017 / Ariana Rosas Cárdenas

Hoax Under Water

Hoax Under Water Hoax Under Water

EPA chief Scott Pruitt rolls back the Clean Power Plan while fires burn in California and oceans rise.

Oct 16, 2017 / OppArt / Steve Breen

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Letters From the October 23, 2017, Issue Letters From the October 23, 2017, Issue

Calling out the climate criminals… A dangerous savior complex…… Carrying a tune…

Oct 5, 2017 / Our Readers and Rafia Zakaria

Trump Puerto Rico

Trump’s Visit Didn’t Help Puerto Rico’s Recovery Efforts. This Sustainable-Energy Plan Could. Trump’s Visit Didn’t Help Puerto Rico’s Recovery Efforts. This Sustainable-Energy Plan Could.

Ninety-five percent of the island remains without power weeks after Hurricane Maria.

Oct 4, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Canovanas, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Needs Massive Emergency Aid Now—and an End to Austerity Puerto Rico Needs Massive Emergency Aid Now—and an End to Austerity

The island has become a target not only for rapacious vulture funds but also for exponents of Katrina-style “disaster capitalism.”

Sep 27, 2017 / Ed Morales

Jose Garcia Vicente holds a piece of plumbing he picked up, as he shows his destroyed home, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Aibonito, Puerto.

Demand Immediate Aid for Puerto Rico Demand Immediate Aid for Puerto Rico

You can also register your friends and family to vote and march for racial justice.

Sep 26, 2017 / NationAction

Widespread Drought

It’s 2025. The Temperature Is 112 Degrees. We Bombed 15 Countries Last Year. It’s 2025. The Temperature Is 112 Degrees. We Bombed 15 Countries Last Year.

It might seem crazy—but so did the election of Donald J. Trump.

Sep 21, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

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