Environment

Is There No Way Out of the Climate Crisis?

Is There No Way Out of the Climate Crisis? Is There No Way Out of the Climate Crisis?

There isn’t without global action against fossil fuel companies.

Jul 13, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon

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Letters From the July 26/August 2, 2021, Issue Letters From the July 26/August 2, 2021, Issue

Holiday spirit… The other greenhouse gases… A last resort… A plague on both houses (web only)…

Jul 13, 2021 / Our Readers and Gilbert Achcar

If They Can Tear Down This Highway in Texas… Yes, Texas!

If They Can Tear Down This Highway in Texas… Yes, Texas! If They Can Tear Down This Highway in Texas… Yes, Texas!

Texas planned to spend $25 billion widening highways to relieve congestion. But a movement to tear them down instead is growing in influence—even here in the Lone Star State.

Jul 12, 2021 / Feature / Megan Kimble

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It’s Time to Repeal Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Say Progressives It’s Time to Repeal Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Say Progressives

Oil and gas executives are being called on to publicly answer for their industry’s decades-long misinformation campaign and destruction of the planet.

Jul 9, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Suffocating in Plastic

Suffocating in Plastic Suffocating in Plastic

Devoured by pollution

Jul 9, 2021 / OppArt / Glen Gerrard

California's Drought Goes From Bad To Worse

Drought Takes Hold of California Drought Takes Hold of California

As the recall election nears, rising heat and access to water may become defining political issues for the state.

Jul 9, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

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The Art of the Meal The Art of the Meal

Sharing recipes and dinner-plate photos was a balm for isolation, and a reminder that magic is made in breaking bread together.

Jul 7, 2021 / Mary Lewis

Stop the Enbridge Ecocide!

Stop the Enbridge Ecocide! Stop the Enbridge Ecocide!

From Minnesota to Massachusetts, the Canadian pipeline company is engaged in crimes against humanity and the earth—abetted by state power.

Jul 6, 2021 / Wen Stephenson

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg: ‘Nature and Physics Are Not Entertained nor Distracted by Your Theater’ Greta Thunberg: ‘Nature and Physics Are Not Entertained nor Distracted by Your Theater’

The Swedish climate activist delivered a blistering speech at the Austrian World Summit, condemning those in power who have continued to brutalize the climate.

Jul 6, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

Red, White, and Blue

Red, White, and Blue Red, White, and Blue

Unfathomable.

Jul 2, 2021 / OppArt / Guy Billout

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