Environment

Price-Gouging Oil Companies Need to Pay a Windfall Tax

Price-Gouging Oil Companies Need to Pay a Windfall Tax Price-Gouging Oil Companies Need to Pay a Windfall Tax

Prices at the pump are shooting up as oil companies turn massive profits. A windfall-profits tax could go a long way toward providing relief for working families.

Mar 11, 2022 / John Nichols

Biden bans Russian oil imports

The Case for Declaring a National Climate Emergency The Case for Declaring a National Climate Emergency

Biden’s move to ban Russian oil imports shows he can act boldly when he wants to.

Mar 11, 2022 / Jean Su and Maya Golden-Krasner

Sen. Joe Manchin

There’s No Such Thing as a War “Over There” Anymore There’s No Such Thing as a War “Over There” Anymore

The global and the local in today’s world are now virtually indistinguishable.

Mar 11, 2022 / Karen J. Greenberg

Sen. Joe Manchin

Is Manchin Duping Democrats Again? Is Manchin Duping Democrats Again?

The omnipotent senator is said to be floating a new inflation-busting package. But he insists there are “no formal talks.” How is that going to work?

Mar 8, 2022 / Joan Walsh

Stay Connected to Nature

Stay Connected to Nature Stay Connected to Nature

There’s a real world that’s dying to be preserved.

Mar 4, 2022 / OppArt / Rodrigo Leon

Leah Thomas

“You Can’t Separate People From the Planet” “You Can’t Separate People From the Planet”

Activist and author Leah Thomas lays out her vision for a more just environmental movement.

Mar 4, 2022 / Q&A / Nylah Burton

Biden speaking

Climate Looms Large Over Biden’s First State of the Union. Will the Coverage Say So? Climate Looms Large Over Biden’s First State of the Union. Will the Coverage Say So?

Ukraine is rightly top-of-mind, but this evening journalists should also make room for the environment in their coverage of the president’s address.

Mar 1, 2022 / Andrew McCormick

A man walks past a shop window with the REI logo on it,

Talking Union at Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) Talking Union at Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI)

The outdoors equipment company says it believes “in putting purpose before profits.” So why is the CEO trying to keep employees from joining a union?

Feb 28, 2022 / Dave Leshtz

What Is Fueling Our Century’s Global “Disorder”?

What Is Fueling Our Century’s Global “Disorder”? What Is Fueling Our Century’s Global “Disorder”?

A conversation with historian Helen Thompson about the changes in energy consumption and monetary policy that set the table for today’s geopolitical instability.

Feb 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Fossil Fuels Get $6 Trillion in Subsidies Annually

Fossil Fuels Get $6 Trillion in Subsidies Annually Fossil Fuels Get $6 Trillion in Subsidies Annually

Subsidizing our demise.

Feb 25, 2022 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

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