Environment

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

sunrise-movement-green-new-deal

The Green New Deal Is Our Best Hope for Saving the Planet—and Ending Poverty The Green New Deal Is Our Best Hope for Saving the Planet—and Ending Poverty

It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to end poverty and remake our economy so that it works for everyone.

Jan 22, 2019 / Joe Sanberg

Flint Water Plant tower

With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe? With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe?

The government shutdown is putting further stress on a regulatory system already strained to the breaking point.

Jan 18, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Robert Habeck on election day 2018

These Parties Are Fighting for the Climate, Human Rights, and Immigrants—and They’re Winning These Parties Are Fighting for the Climate, Human Rights, and Immigrants—and They’re Winning

After years in the doldrums, the Greens have come roaring back all across Northern Europe.

Jan 18, 2019 / Paul Hockenos

The Left Needs to Resist Anti-Immigrant Initiatives From Within its Ranks

The Left Needs to Resist Anti-Immigrant Initiatives From Within its Ranks The Left Needs to Resist Anti-Immigrant Initiatives From Within its Ranks

David Adler on politics, Pedro Noguera on the LA teachers’ strike, and Kate Aronoff on the battle of ideas.

Jan 17, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Margerie Glacier

Climate Disaster Is Upon Us Climate Disaster Is Upon Us

The question is no longer whether or not we are going to fail, but how are we going to comport ourselves in the era of failure?

Jan 15, 2019 / Dahr Jamail

Greece Wildfires

To Those Who Think We Can Reform Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis To Those Who Think We Can Reform Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

Our only hope is to stop exploiting the earth—and its people.

Jan 15, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Climate Change Afoot

Climate Change Afoot Climate Change Afoot

Trump continues denials, but reality is catching up.

Jan 11, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

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