Environment

California Puts the Fossil Fuel Industry in the Penalty Box

California Puts the Fossil Fuel Industry in the Penalty Box California Puts the Fossil Fuel Industry in the Penalty Box

New legislation would empower the state’s energy commission to investigate price gouging and implement fines for refiners.

Feb 24, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

Representative Cori Bush (D-Mo.)

Cori Bush’s Public Transportation Win Cori Bush’s Public Transportation Win

The Missouri representative, along with other Democratic members of Congress, took measures to ensure nationwide climate disaster funding was part of the federal budget.

Feb 24, 2023 / Devin Thomas O’Shea

A Norfolk Southern Train derails

It’s Time to Talk About Nationalizing America’s Railroads It’s Time to Talk About Nationalizing America’s Railroads

The East Palestine train derailment confirms it: Our rail industry is too important to be left to the corporations.

Feb 23, 2023 / John Nichols

Jackson’s Water System Is Broken by Design

Jackson’s Water System Is Broken by Design Jackson’s Water System Is Broken by Design

Declining federal funding has left the water infrastructure in Mississippi’s capital at the mercy of conservative state politicians.

Feb 22, 2023 / Feature / Hadas Thier

Dirty Nickel, Clean Power: Making the Ocean Bleed Red

Dirty Nickel, Clean Power: Making the Ocean Bleed Red Dirty Nickel, Clean Power: Making the Ocean Bleed Red

How the race for more efficient batteries is poisoning Indonesia’s coastal waters.

Feb 21, 2023 / Feature / Nicolas Niarchos

Striking coal miners, who have been on strike for 18 months, form a picket line outside of the Warrior Met Coal Mine no. 5 on September 1, 2022 in Brookwood Alabama.

Why the Warrior Met Strike Is Ending Why the Warrior Met Strike Is Ending

After 23 months, the union tells more than 1,000 coal miners in Alabama it’s time to head back to work—without the contract they want.

Feb 20, 2023 / Kim Kelly

Divest Princeton Protest

How Change Is Actually Made on Campus How Change Is Actually Made on Campus

When Princeton University announced its decision to divest its $35 billion endowment, the role of student activists was erased. Proper recognition matters for future generations of...

Feb 20, 2023 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds and Tom Taylor

Pete Buttigieg in front of microphone

Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right

Unless Democrats offer solutions, the GOP will be able to stoke racism.

Feb 17, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Antarctica Time Bomb

Antarctica Time Bomb Antarctica Time Bomb

Our chance to act on climate change is melting away.

Feb 17, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Nasty, Brutish, and Short—Chicago-Style

Nasty, Brutish, and Short—Chicago-Style Nasty, Brutish, and Short—Chicago-Style

Lori Lightfoot’s tenure as the city's mayor could be coming to its natural end.

Feb 17, 2023 / J. Duncan Moore Jr.

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