Reflections on Mortality From a Land of Ice and Snow Reflections on Mortality From a Land of Ice and Snow
There is something eerily disquieting about Antarctica, where humanity isn’t capable of enduring long.
President Obama: Start the Climate Conversation Now President Obama: Start the Climate Conversation Now
Twenty twelve was the hottest year on record—and far past time for the president to lead on climate change.
Jan 9, 2013 / Mark Hertsgaard
Avoiding a Climate-Change Apocalypse Avoiding a Climate-Change Apocalypse
With Hurricane Sandy still on the public’s mind, Obama should take action on carbon emissions and disaster response.
Jan 8, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Versus Physics Obama Versus Physics
Why climate change won’t wait for the president.
Jan 7, 2013 / Bill McKibben
Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Wraps Up First Semester on 192 Campuses Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Wraps Up First Semester on 192 Campuses
A new campaign to push colleges and universities to divest from the fossil fuel industry spread like wildfire this past semester.
Jan 2, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Remembering Becky Tarbotton Remembering Becky Tarbotton
Brilliant, young, dynamic, female environmental visionaries are hard to find, so this loss is enormous.
Jan 1, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
2013 Is Year Zero for Climate Change 2013 Is Year Zero for Climate Change
The victories of 2012 demand we double down in the fight against global warming.
Dec 26, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit
David Koch Now Taking Aim at Hurricane Sandy Victims David Koch Now Taking Aim at Hurricane Sandy Victims
Having lost the election, the Koch political machine, Americans for Prosperity, now takes aim at Hurricane Sandy relief legislation.
Dec 22, 2012 / Lee Fang
Middlebury to Consider Fossil Fuel Divestment Middlebury to Consider Fossil Fuel Divestment
In the wake of a high-profile student protest and amid a growing university movement to combat climate change, Middlebury College announced that it would initiate steps to address ...
Dec 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Bronwyn Oatley and Kelsey Collins
Crime and Crisis: Think ‘We’ Not ‘They’ Crime and Crisis: Think ‘We’ Not ‘They’
Two interviews have new resonance since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Dec 20, 2012 / Laura Flanders