The Real Reasons Texas’s Power Grid Is So Vulnerable The Real Reasons Texas’s Power Grid Is So Vulnerable
What’s happening in Texas is not an indicator that renewable energy is less reliable—it’s a signal that our infrastructure is frighteningly unprepared for extreme weather.
Feb 19, 2021 / Zoë Carpenter
While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal
Republican politicians try—and fail—to deflect blame with outrageous spin.
Feb 18, 2021 / John Nichols
In Okinawa, the US Military Seeks a Base Built on the Bones of the War Dead In Okinawa, the US Military Seeks a Base Built on the Bones of the War Dead
Japan is using earth from a battlefield filled with human remains to build the foundation of a US military installation.
Feb 18, 2021 / Maia Hibbett
How a Texas TV Reporter Gained Confidence to Cover Climate Change How a Texas TV Reporter Gained Confidence to Cover Climate Change
Local journalists can play a powerful role in ensuring the climate story is told right.
Feb 17, 2021 / David Schechter
Bill Gates, Climate Warrior. And Super Emitter. Bill Gates, Climate Warrior. And Super Emitter.
The billionaire’s new book, a bid to be taken seriously as a climate campaigner, has attracted the usual worshipful coverage. When will the media realize that with Gates you have t...
Feb 16, 2021 / Tim Schwab
How a Climate-Justice Champion Won Office in Rural, Working-Class Maine How a Climate-Justice Champion Won Office in Rural, Working-Class Maine
State Senator Chloe Maxmin, a progressive activist who unseated the GOP minority leader in November, talks about social-movement organizing.
Feb 16, 2021 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson
Introducing My New Column: ‘From the Left Coast’ Introducing My New Column: ‘From the Left Coast’
I’ll be exploring developments in the Pacific Coast states as well as, from time to time, the blue and purple states of the interior Southwest.
Feb 12, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
Come Dream With Me: Environmental Justice, Colorized, 2021 Come Dream With Me: Environmental Justice, Colorized, 2021
Because my generation’s dreams cannot be deferred or denied any longer.
Feb 12, 2021 / Nikayla Jefferson
Mike Davis’s Forecast for the Left Mike Davis’s Forecast for the Left
His works of history and social criticism have grappled with the political and ecological disasters of the past. His work has now started to become more hopeful about the future.
Feb 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Micah Uetricht