Trump Is Hitting the Gas on Our Path to Planetary Destruction Trump Is Hitting the Gas on Our Path to Planetary Destruction
The planet’s decline is already deeply underway. Trump’s clearly about to lend it a remarkably helping hand
Jan 31, 2025 / Tom Engelhardt
Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry
Trump's tariffs will protect the US auto industry just long enough for it to decline into technological obsolescence.
Jan 28, 2025 / Alfred McCoy
How the Wildfires Could Reshape the Climate Movement in California How the Wildfires Could Reshape the Climate Movement in California
As the city debates how it can best address the impacts of increasingly devastating natural disasters, organizers hope to seize the moment.
Jan 28, 2025 / StudentNation / Amber X. Chen and Maggie Grether
Trump’s Supposed Unity Message Is a Gloating Threat of MAGA Triumphant Trump’s Supposed Unity Message Is a Gloating Threat of MAGA Triumphant
The new president uses shock and awe to claim a mandate over demoralized Democrats.
Jan 20, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny
The United States probably won’t annex Canada. But Trump’s imperial dreams are already destabilizing the world.
Jan 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals
China’s latest export restriction lays bare the complex geopolitics behind President Trump’s proposed tariffs—and the green energy transition.
Jan 2, 2025 / Nicolas Niarchos
The Downsides of the Wind Energy Boom The Downsides of the Wind Energy Boom
What consequences will these massive renewable energy projects have on biodiversity?
Dec 20, 2024 / Joshua Frank
This Solar Panel Kills Fascists This Solar Panel Kills Fascists
New York’s Build Public Renewables Act will reduce carbon in the atmosphere, combat inequality, and help workers. It might also defeat Trumpism.
Dec 9, 2024 / Gabriel Hetland
Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice
An interview with Tom Athanasiou on where climate geopolitics goes from here, and why unlocking trillions in climate finance is an “existential necessity.”
Nov 15, 2024 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson
Anti-Protest Laws Won’t Silence Climate Activists Anti-Protest Laws Won’t Silence Climate Activists
Still, punitive measures against climate protest are reaching new extremes.
Nov 6, 2024 / Stan Cox