Will Republican Know-Nothings Torpedo Climate Progress? Will Republican Know-Nothings Torpedo Climate Progress?
Obama’s postponement of Keystone XL, EPA emissions regulations and now the China deal are in jeopardy.
Nov 12, 2014 / Mark Hertsgaard
No, the Keystone Pipeline Still Isn’t Inevitable No, the Keystone Pipeline Still Isn’t Inevitable
Republicans just want you to think so.
Nov 7, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
My Generation: The Change That You Really Can Believe In My Generation: The Change That You Really Can Believe In
We are not forsaking our vote, but we see that we must address the fossil fuel industry in order to restore the value and power of our vote.
Nov 4, 2014 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation
Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster? Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster?
Climate change is destroying Odessa’s famed Kuyalnik Estuary, where health tourists and war refugees live side by side.
Oct 28, 2014 / Dimiter Kenarov
If the GOP Takes the Senate, Climate-Change Deniers Will Control Key Committees If the GOP Takes the Senate, Climate-Change Deniers Will Control Key Committees
A Republican Senate could threaten the EPA and reverse some environmental policy gains.
Oct 27, 2014 / Lee Fang
I’m Banned From Harvard. Here’s Why I’m Going Back. I’m Banned From Harvard. Here’s Why I’m Going Back.
For protesting Harvard’s refusal to divest from fossil fuels, campus police have told me I will be arrested if I return to the university—which is exactly what I plan t...
Oct 24, 2014 / Wen Stephenson
A Red State Democrat for Senate Who Hates Keystone? A Red State Democrat for Senate Who Hates Keystone?
The bright spot for environmentalists in the midterms is, improbably, in deep-red South Dakota.
Oct 23, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
The Tar Sands Pipeline of Politics The Tar Sands Pipeline of Politics
Corporations have directed a gusher of money to climate-change deniers in Congress.
Oct 21, 2014 / Feature / Steve Brodner
Mitch McConnell Will Say Anything for a Ham Mitch McConnell Will Say Anything for a Ham
Mitch McConnell isn’t a stranger to doubting science—he also pushed back on medical anti-smoking claims while accepting lavish industry gifts.
Oct 21, 2014 / Lee Fang
A New Documentary Profiles Liars for Hire A New Documentary Profiles Liars for Hire
Today’s corporations have taken a page from the tobacco industry, fooling the public and undermining science in order to boost profits, no matter the human cost.
Oct 15, 2014 / Column / Eric Alterman