Climate Change

Only a Global Green New Deal Can Save the Planet

Only a Global Green New Deal Can Save the Planet Only a Global Green New Deal Can Save the Planet

And Bernie Sanders has a plan for that.

Sep 17, 2019 / Feature / Tom Athanasiou

‘Like a Sunburn on Your Lungs’: How Does the Climate Crisis Impact Health?

‘Like a Sunburn on Your Lungs’: How Does the Climate Crisis Impact Health? ‘Like a Sunburn on Your Lungs’: How Does the Climate Crisis Impact Health?

Children, pregnant people, and the elderly are the most at risk from extreme weather and heat—but the impact is already being felt across every specialty of medicine.

Sep 16, 2019 / Emily Holden

United Nations climate change

Why Today’s UN Climate Action Summit Matters Why Today’s UN Climate Action Summit Matters

The media and climate activists must “name and shame” laggards, says the UN special envoy.

Sep 16, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard

Students take part in a “youth strike to act on climate change” in France in March 2019.

A New Beginning for Climate Reporting A New Beginning for Climate Reporting

Could it be that the press, especially the US press, is finally waking up to the climate story?

Sep 16, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’

Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’ Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’

The No Logo author talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes, and how she finds hope.

Sep 15, 2019 / Natalie Hanman

Democrats Need a Feisty Fighter on Climate Change

Democrats Need a Feisty Fighter on Climate Change Democrats Need a Feisty Fighter on Climate Change

Democrats would be wise to ignore much of the punditry’s pearl-clutching about being too bold.

Sep 10, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Jonathan Franzen Pens Another Environmental Disaster Story

Jonathan Franzen Pens Another Environmental Disaster Story Jonathan Franzen Pens Another Environmental Disaster Story

The famed novelist is resigned to a global ecological catastrophe because his imagination can’t move beyond the status quo.

Sep 9, 2019 / Jeet Heer

There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt

There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt

What Extinction Rebellion, the grassroots civil disobedience movement, teaches us about transforming hopelessness into action.

Sep 9, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Elizabeth Warren Climate Town Hall

The Problem With Our Climate Debate Is That Only Democrats Are Showing Up The Problem With Our Climate Debate Is That Only Democrats Are Showing Up

While Democrats are getting ambitious on climate change, the GOP continues to derail the conversation from the sidelines.

Sep 6, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Joe Biden 2020

Joe Biden Doesn’t Sound Very Serious About the Climate Crisis Joe Biden Doesn’t Sound Very Serious About the Climate Crisis

CNN’s climate change town hall was a good moment for activists—and a rough one for the Democratic front-runner.

Sep 5, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

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