The Real Existential Threat Is Our Overheating Planet The Real Existential Threat Is Our Overheating Planet
By 2049, China will be too busy dealing with climate disasters to launch a war with the United States.
Aug 26, 2021 / Michael T. Klare
We Have to Choose the Future of the Planet We Have to Choose the Future of the Planet
As the devastating Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report makes clear, we have political choices to make right now if we want to avert global catastrophe.
Aug 21, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard for The Nation
Whatever, Voice of Reason Whatever, Voice of Reason
From climate change to the Delta variant, too bad there’s nothing we can do!
Aug 17, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
Coverage of the “Code Red” Climate Report Was Good. Here’s How to Sustain It. Coverage of the “Code Red” Climate Report Was Good. Here’s How to Sustain It.
From now to COP26 in November journalists should focus especially on climate justice and climate solutions—and we should play the story so much bigger.
Aug 12, 2021 / Andrew McCormick
What’s Good and What’s Dangerous in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill What’s Good and What’s Dangerous in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Progressives need to hold strong for the reconciliation bill, but all Democrats should remember: There is no infrastructure as important as the foundation of democracy, which is vo...
Aug 12, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Seeing the Climate Crisis Through the Eyes of Henry Thoreau Seeing the Climate Crisis Through the Eyes of Henry Thoreau
“I walk toward one of our ponds,” Thoreau wrote in “Slavery in Massachusetts,” “but what signifies the beauty of nature when men are base?”
Aug 11, 2021 / Feature / Wen Stephenson
“This Was Avoidable,” Climate Activists Say About Grim New Science “This Was Avoidable,” Climate Activists Say About Grim New Science
The United Nations’ latest climate report says capping global temperature rise at 1.5° C is imperative—and still within reach through immediate, aggressive action.
Aug 9, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard
America Faces Cascading Crises. Democrats Must Act. America Faces Cascading Crises. Democrats Must Act.
Any serious effort to alleviate the real problems facing Americans will depend on progressives’ corralling Democratic unity.
Aug 5, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Coastal Landfills Are No Match for Rising Seas Coastal Landfills Are No Match for Rising Seas
As sea levels rise, the landfills along the US coasts have become a ticking environmental time bomb. So why does the federal government have no plan to avoid this looming catastrop...
Jul 26, 2021 / Feature / Dave Lindorff
Billionaires in Space Billionaires in Space
For the world’s richest men, the stars are up for sale.
Jul 23, 2021 / A.M. Gittlitz