Environment

Supply-Side Liberals Keep Peddling the Fossil Fuel Fix

Supply-Side Liberals Keep Peddling the Fossil Fuel Fix Supply-Side Liberals Keep Peddling the Fossil Fuel Fix

“As long as they can get away with it, they will continue to invest in fossil fuels,” climate activist Greta Thunberg warned earlier this year. “They will continue to throw people…

Nov 2, 2023 / Hannah Story Brown and Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

A mural depicting Roberto Mancini and Mohammed bin Salman painted by aleXsandro Palombo outside the San Siro Stadium at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, September 19, 2023, in Milan, Italy.

Saudi Arabia Hosting the World Cup Is a Win for Sportswashing Saudi Arabia Hosting the World Cup Is a Win for Sportswashing

Though not yet official, Saudi Arabia has all but muscled out the only other real contender.

Nov 2, 2023 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

He Devoted His Life to the Climate Movement. Now It Could Get Him Deported.

He Devoted His Life to the Climate Movement. Now It Could Get Him Deported. He Devoted His Life to the Climate Movement. Now It Could Get Him Deported.

Canada is trying to remove Zain Haq from the country—something that could set a dangerous precedent.

Oct 31, 2023 / Feature / Jessica Fu

Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” in theaters now.

Leonardo DiCaprio Is Just the Latest of Martin Scorsese’s Husbands From Hell Leonardo DiCaprio Is Just the Latest of Martin Scorsese’s Husbands From Hell

Killers of the Flower Moon offers a vivid and compelling study of racism as domestic violence.

Oct 27, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Pioneer Natural Resources equipment near Midland, Tex., on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.

In Exxon’s Orwellian World, Lower Emissions Means More Oil Production In Exxon’s Orwellian World, Lower Emissions Means More Oil Production

In the corporation's version of Newspeak, "carbon emissions" means whatever it wants—and any investment in renewables is just a facade.

Oct 24, 2023 / Brad Swanson

Biden delivers a speech in the Oval Office

Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along

As global instability spreads, the president remains committed to failed strategies.

Oct 23, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Close the Fridge!

Close the Fridge! Close the Fridge!

Ice caps melting as we watch.

Oct 20, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Trans Amazon highway construction near Altamira Brazil, 1971.

Is It Time to Imagine a World Without Roads? Is It Time to Imagine a World Without Roads?

Be it highway or dirt track, our infrastructure has become an ecological disaster. Ben Goldfarb’s Crossings catalogs the devastation.

Oct 19, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jimmy Tobias

Paradise, California wildfire

This Groundbreaking California Court Case Is Taking on Big Oil This Groundbreaking California Court Case Is Taking on Big Oil

In an overheating world, the denialism of Big Oil and its henchmen, including most of the Republican Party, is a crime of the first order.

Oct 17, 2023 / Juan Cole

After Oil

After Oil After Oil

Chevron’s refinery in Richmond, Calif., is a major polluter. Can the activists trying to shut it down convince its 3,000 workers they’re on the same side?

Oct 14, 2023 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

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