Environment

Loving the Puget Sound to Death

Loving the Puget Sound to Death Loving the Puget Sound to Death

Four decades after the passage of the Clean Water Act, regulators haven’t kept up with the pollution pressure that growing populations put on America’s shorelines.

Feb 4, 2015 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

Harvard Is the Climate Crisis

Harvard Is the Climate Crisis Harvard Is the Climate Crisis

Hypocrisy at Harvard reigns supreme as students demand divestment. 

Feb 3, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

What to Do Now That Republicans Have Acknowledged Climate Change

What to Do Now That Republicans Have Acknowledged Climate Change What to Do Now That Republicans Have Acknowledged Climate Change

When all else fails: deny, deny, deny.

Feb 3, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

The Main Problem With Obama’s Climate Policy? It Makes No Sense

The Main Problem With Obama’s Climate Policy? It Makes No Sense The Main Problem With Obama’s Climate Policy? It Makes No Sense

One week after the president stated that “no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change,” his administration proposes to open up vast stretches of o...

Jan 28, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

José Martí on the Great New York Snowstorm of 1888

José Martí on the Great New York Snowstorm of 1888 José Martí on the Great New York Snowstorm of 1888

“For two days the snow has had New York in its power.”

Jan 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

Am I a ‘Radical’?

Am I a ‘Radical’? Am I a ‘Radical’?

We can no longer hope to address the climate crisis, or our deep social ills, by working strictly within the system. We must change the system itself.

Jan 27, 2015 / Feature / James Gustave Speth

Science Stuff With Your Host, the Right-Wing Science Dude

Science Stuff With Your Host, the Right-Wing Science Dude Science Stuff With Your Host, the Right-Wing Science Dude

Debunking climate change and other myths of liberal “science.”

Jan 27, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

3 Minutes Until We All Die

3 Minutes Until We All Die 3 Minutes Until We All Die

The scientists at the Doomsday Clock say that failed political leadership on climate change and nuclear weapons endangers “every person on earth.”

Jan 23, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

New Maryland Governor Opens an Assault on Environmental and LGBT Protections

New Maryland Governor Opens an Assault on Environmental and LGBT Protections New Maryland Governor Opens an Assault on Environmental and LGBT Protections

Despite his moderate image during the campaign, Larry Hogan has transformed into a hardline conservative almost overnight.

Jan 23, 2015 / George Zornick

Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It

Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It

As nonviolent protests have spread throughout the country, the right-wing government and the mines’ security operations have responded with force.

Jan 14, 2015 / Jimmy Tobias

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