Environment

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

Tom Tomorrow Cartoon

At the White House, Things Are Going Unbelievably Well At the White House, Things Are Going Unbelievably Well

We’re in very, very good hands.

Oct 24, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Harvey Weinstein

How Much Time Could Women Reclaim If They Didn’t Have to Deal With Men’s Bullshit? How Much Time Could Women Reclaim If They Didn’t Have to Deal With Men’s Bullshit?

Joan Walsh on Weinstein, John Nichols on Trump’s generals, and Zoë Carpenter on the future of food.

Oct 19, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Farmers California wildfires

No Sanctuary in Fire-Stricken California’s Immigrant Communities No Sanctuary in Fire-Stricken California’s Immigrant Communities

Toxic smoke, destroyed homes, and fears of deportation are hitting immigrant communities all at once across Northern California.

Oct 18, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do.

Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do. Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do.

Demand debt forgiveness, show up for protests, and donate.

Oct 17, 2017 / Ariana Rosas Cárdenas

Hoax Under Water

Hoax Under Water Hoax Under Water

EPA chief Scott Pruitt rolls back the Clean Power Plan while fires burn in California and oceans rise.

Oct 16, 2017 / OppArt / Steve Breen

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