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
If Rick Weiland Can Say ‘No’ to Keystone, So Can Barack Obama If Rick Weiland Can Say ‘No’ to Keystone, So Can Barack Obama
A South Dakota Senate candidate rejects the pipeline as “an awful lot of risk… and very little reward.”
Apr 22, 2014 / John Nichols
We’re the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Cheap Date We’re the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Cheap Date
Fossil fuel companies spend just a tiny fraction of their colossal profits on lobbying, and get that back by an order of magnitude in tax subsidies, but they still have Washington ...
Apr 22, 2014 / George Zornick
Why I’m Not Totally Bummed Out This Earth Day Why I’m Not Totally Bummed Out This Earth Day
These heroes of the climate change movement, at least on my better days, lend me hope that my children will inherit something salvageable.
Apr 22, 2014 / Peter Rothberg
Fighting Despair to Fight Climate Change Fighting Despair to Fight Climate Change
Without hope, the horror of climate change paralyzes rather than politicizes.
Apr 22, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg
Climate Change Is the Tragedy of the Global Commons Climate Change Is the Tragedy of the Global Commons
It’s not like women’s rights or prison reform. There are too many people making money out of feeding our insatiable demand for more.
Apr 22, 2014 / Katha Pollitt
The ‘Environmentalists’ Who Scapegoat Immigrants and Women on Climate Change The ‘Environmentalists’ Who Scapegoat Immigrants and Women on Climate Change
Americans put climate change low on their list of priorities. But consider how poor women fare when we opt out of the conversation.
Apr 22, 2014 / Dani McClain
People of Color Are Already Getting Hit the Hardest by Climate Change People of Color Are Already Getting Hit the Hardest by Climate Change
A conversation with Jacqueline Patterson, executive director of the NAACP’s Climate Justice Initiative.
Apr 22, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
We’re the Asteroid: Elizabeth Kolbert on Species Extinction and Climate Change We’re the Asteroid: Elizabeth Kolbert on Species Extinction and Climate Change
One-quarter of all mammals are classified as endangered, along with a third of all reef-building corals and one-fifth of all reptiles.
Apr 22, 2014 / Jon Wiener
Let This Earth Day Be The Last Let This Earth Day Be The Last
“Environmentalism” has failed. The planet now needs a movement far more radical.
Apr 22, 2014 / Wen Stephenson