Environment

Minnesota pipeline students

Can These 13 Young Minnesotans Stop a Pipeline From Coming to Their State? Can These 13 Young Minnesotans Stop a Pipeline From Coming to Their State?

Climate change, they argue, will disproportionately affect young people—so they want a seat at the table.

Nov 3, 2017 / StudentNation / Brandon Jordan

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Letters From the November 20-27, 2017, Issue Letters From the November 20-27, 2017, Issue

The farm bill of the future…Toxic present, toxic past…Nuclear insanity…Backyard sustainability…

Nov 2, 2017 / Our Readers

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Seattle

These Indigenous Movements Are Forcing the US to Reckon With Its Past These Indigenous Movements Are Forcing the US to Reckon With Its Past

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance: New York to Seattle

Oct 31, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

5th Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy

5th Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy

This poster was created to announce a climate change resistance march on Saturday, October 28, 2017 11am at Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, NYC. Check out all installments in the OppArt se…

Oct 27, 2017 / OppArt / Seth Tobocman

Donald Trump in Florida

Is Trump Crazy? Would Pence Be Worse?   Is Trump Crazy? Would Pence Be Worse?  

Jane Mayer on Pence, Amy Wilentz on Trump, plus Raj Patel on the problem with cheap food.

Oct 26, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense

Civilian Conservation Corps

The US Needs a New Civilian Conservation Corps The US Needs a New Civilian Conservation Corps

FDR’s CCC worked in the 1930s, and it would work today.

Oct 25, 2017 / Paul J. Baicich

Greenpeace Beats Back a SLAPP Lawsuit—for Now

Greenpeace Beats Back a SLAPP Lawsuit—for Now Greenpeace Beats Back a SLAPP Lawsuit—for Now

It’s a victory for free speech and forests. But will it last?

Oct 25, 2017 / Mark Hertsgaard

Yellowstone National Park

Exclusive: The Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Its Strategic Plan Exclusive: The Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Its Strategic Plan

A leaked draft of a five-year plan reveals how the DOI will prioritize “energy dominance” over conservation.

Oct 25, 2017 / Adam Federman

Harvey standing water

It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them

In the wake of this year’s devastating hurricanes, cities need to focus on equity in all of their future climate-adaptation plans.

Oct 24, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Ai WeiWei Gaza

Ai Weiwei’s ‘Human Flow’ Eloquently Calls the West to Account for the Refugee Crisis Ai Weiwei’s ‘Human Flow’ Eloquently Calls the West to Account for the Refugee Crisis

The walls, fences, and brute force currently used to control this tide are shown to be not only barbaric but futile.

Oct 24, 2017 / Sarah Aziza

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