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
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
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
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
There’s a real world that’s dying to be preserved.
Mar 4, 2022 / OppArt / Rodrigo Leon
“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
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
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”?
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
Subsidizing our demise.
Feb 25, 2022 / OppArt / Peter Kuper