Climate Change

Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference

Take Action Now: Help Pass Crucial Voting Rights Reforms Take Action Now: Help Pass Crucial Voting Rights Reforms

Plus, build support for the Green New Deal and register new voters in 2020 swing states. 

Feb 12, 2019 / NationAction

Green New Deal

Reactionaries Call the Green New Deal ‘Radical,’ Like That’s a Bad Thing Reactionaries Call the Green New Deal ‘Radical,’ Like That’s a Bad Thing

Supporters of action on climate change must borrow a page from FDR by laughing off critics—recognizing that there are times when we must indeed be radical.

Feb 11, 2019 / John Nichols

Climate Justice and Economic Justice Are Not in Conflict

Climate Justice and Economic Justice Are Not in Conflict Climate Justice and Economic Justice Are Not in Conflict

Redistribution will have to be a big part of any program that effectively tackles the climate crisis.

Feb 8, 2019 / Michelle Chen

AOC at the SOTU

She’s With Stupid She’s With Stupid

 Sure, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slips up sometimes–but have you listened to her Republican colleagues?

Feb 7, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Making of Our Polluted Age

The Making of Our Polluted Age The Making of Our Polluted Age

Three new books examine how the rise of coal, oil, and gas has permanently remade our world.

Feb 6, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bill McKibben

US-Mexico border

The Climate Wall: Q&A With Todd Miller The Climate Wall: Q&A With Todd Miller

There is an inextricable link between border militarization and climate change.

Feb 6, 2019 / Q&A / Will Meyer

Trump

It Wasn’t a Green New Deal State of the Union Address, So What’s the Point? It Wasn’t a Green New Deal State of the Union Address, So What’s the Point?

Trump’s cynical speech spoke to the past, not the future.

Feb 5, 2019 / John Nichols

Middlebury Divestment

We Changed Our College’s Mind About Fossil Fuels—You Can, Too We Changed Our College’s Mind About Fossil Fuels—You Can, Too

After Middlebury College rejected its students demands to divest from fossil fuels in 2013, students kept fighting—and now, the school has unanimously voted to divest.

Jan 30, 2019 / StudentNation / Gabe Desmond and Alec Fleischer

Is New York City’s Public Housing Ready for the Next Storm?

Is New York City’s Public Housing Ready for the Next Storm? Is New York City’s Public Housing Ready for the Next Storm?

More than six years after Superstorm Sandy, and in an age of increasing climate uncertainty, the city’s public housing facilities are still dangerously vulnerable.

Jan 29, 2019 / Photo Essay / Sophie Kasakove and Tracie Williams

Greta Thunberg at Davos 2019

The Climate Kids Are Coming The Climate Kids Are Coming

With a Green New Deal and Student Strikes For Climate, will young people save us yet?

Jan 28, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard

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