Environment

2019: A Year in the Life of Our Escalating Climate Crisis

2019: A Year in the Life of Our Escalating Climate Crisis 2019: A Year in the Life of Our Escalating Climate Crisis

The climate news was not good this year—all the more reason to fight with renewed vigor in the next.

Dec 16, 2019 / Dahr Jamail

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th Friday the 13th

Haunted by plastic.

Dec 13, 2019 / OppArt / Kim DeMarco

Climate activists protest on the first day of the Exxon Mobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on October 22, 2019.

Exxon Won a Major Climate Change Lawsuit—but More Are Coming Exxon Won a Major Climate Change Lawsuit—but More Are Coming

Exxon’s win was a narrow one, and it doesn’t mean that Big Oil can’t be held to account.

Dec 13, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

Amazon’s Bullshit Environmentalism

Amazon’s Bullshit Environmentalism Amazon’s Bullshit Environmentalism

Beware of private green initiatives: They exclude workers and put profits before the planet.

Dec 12, 2019 / Spencer Cox and Nantina Vgontzas

When the Climate Replaces Our Forever Wars

When the Climate Replaces Our Forever Wars When the Climate Replaces Our Forever Wars

What will the military look like in climate-crisis mode?

Dec 11, 2019 / Michael T. Klare

Take Action Now: Stand Up for Our Climate

Take Action Now: Stand Up for Our Climate Take Action Now: Stand Up for Our Climate

As negotiators this week decide the future of the Paris agreement, it’s critical that we take bold action.

Dec 10, 2019 / NationAction

Capitalism Is Broken. It’s Time for Something New.

Capitalism Is Broken. It’s Time for Something New. Capitalism Is Broken. It’s Time for Something New.

And time is of the essence.

Dec 10, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Welcome to the Era of Climate Change-Induced PTSD

Welcome to the Era of Climate Change-Induced PTSD Welcome to the Era of Climate Change-Induced PTSD

A writer reflects on the trauma of watching Alaska disappear in real time.

Dec 10, 2019 / Dahr Jamail

It’s a Race Against Time for Labour in Next Week’s Momentous UK Elections

It’s a Race Against Time for Labour in Next Week’s Momentous UK Elections It’s a Race Against Time for Labour in Next Week’s Momentous UK Elections

The choice couldn’t be more stark: between the nativist, hard-Brexit Tories and the most radical-left Labour platform the nation has seen in decades.

Dec 5, 2019 / Rachel Shabi

USS Ronald Reagan

Want to Stop Climate Change? Start With the US Military Want to Stop Climate Change? Start With the US Military

Our endless wars are taking countless innocent lives and destroying the planet itself.

Dec 4, 2019 / William Astore

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