The UN Climate Conference Finally Names the Culprit, Fossil Fuels—but Is It Enough? The UN Climate Conference Finally Names the Culprit, Fossil Fuels—but Is It Enough?
Not demanding a “phase out” of fossil fuels—which over 140 nations at COP 28 pushed for—and or detailing how to transition—leaves the agreement without teeth.
Dec 19, 2023 / Tina Gerhardt
Increasing Oil Reliance Increasing Oil Reliance
Our unsustainable appetite for fossil fuel.
Dec 19, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The Poorest Nations Are Hit Hard by Climate Change The Poorest Nations Are Hit Hard by Climate Change
Disaster strikes hardest on the countries least responsible for global warming.
Dec 15, 2023 / OppArt / Mac McGill
Biden Should Abolish Secretive Corporate Tribunals that Bypass the Law Biden Should Abolish Secretive Corporate Tribunals that Bypass the Law
A legal regime known as investor-state dispute settlements erode environmental regulation and increase fossil fuel industry profits.
Dec 12, 2023 / Molly Taft
The Planet Is Burning The Planet Is Burning
And the US’s habits of primacy are a key reason why.
Dec 7, 2023 / Sarang Shidore
Big Oil Runs the Climate Change Conference Big Oil Runs the Climate Change Conference
And the fox guards the hen house?
Dec 5, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
How the Media Greenwashes the Fossil Fuel Industry How the Media Greenwashes the Fossil Fuel Industry
Many of the world's most reputable publications use their credibility to sell advertorials that protect polluters and confuse readers.
Dec 5, 2023 / Amy Westervelt and Matthew Green
An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe
Conversations with Jane Hirshfield, poet of the present moment.
Dec 4, 2023 / Feature / Wen Stephenson
The Green New Deal Is the Opiate of the Masses The Green New Deal Is the Opiate of the Masses
In the Global North, measures to stop climate change cannot double as ways to further economic growth
Dec 4, 2023 / Kohei Saito
The Sensible Dutch Take a Sharp Turn to the Right The Sensible Dutch Take a Sharp Turn to the Right
In an election shocker earlier this week, the far-right anti-immigrant campaigner Geert Wilders emerged as the leader of the largest party in the new parliament.
Dec 1, 2023 / Hans Steketee