Environmental Issues

A Burger, With a Side of Drought

A Burger, With a Side of Drought A Burger, With a Side of Drought

Billboard, Sacramento, CA.

Aug 2, 2019 / OppArt / Karen Fiorito

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations

The Massachusetts senator’s latest plan is about power as much as policies.

Jul 31, 2019 / Todd N. Tucker

The Case for a Coercive Green New Deal

The Case for a Coercive Green New Deal The Case for a Coercive Green New Deal

Only a massive, democratically elected administrative apparatus can stop climate change.

Jul 30, 2019 / John Feffer

Bernie Sanders at a convention

Bernie Sanders’s Bold Ideas Are Transforming Democratic Politics Bernie Sanders’s Bold Ideas Are Transforming Democratic Politics

The media seems too eager to write off his profound impact on the 2020 race.

Jul 30, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Dream of Open Borders Is Real—in the High Arctic

The Dream of Open Borders Is Real—in the High Arctic The Dream of Open Borders Is Real—in the High Arctic

The Norwegian territory of Svalbard has been open to citizens of the world since 1920. But don’t call it a utopia.

Jul 29, 2019 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Eco-Apartheid Is Real

Eco-Apartheid Is Real Eco-Apartheid Is Real

The climate crisis is converging with a housing crisis. We need to tackle both with a Green New Deal for Housing.

Jul 26, 2019 / Daniel Aldana Cohen

Environmental Polluting Agency

Environmental Polluting Agency Environmental Polluting Agency

EPA under Andrew Wheeler, a former coal industry lobbyist.

Jul 26, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

New National Stadium Tokyo

Is Fukushima Safe for the Olympics? Is Fukushima Safe for the Olympics?

A recent visit suggests that the repercussions of the 2011 nuclear disaster aren't over. 

Jul 25, 2019 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

California wildfires

The Eve of the Great Reckoning The Eve of the Great Reckoning

What would historians have to say about American society decades from now?

Jul 23, 2019 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Coal power plant

We Need a New Manhattan Project to Combat Climate Change We Need a New Manhattan Project to Combat Climate Change

A threat this expansive requires mobilization on a mass scale.

Jul 18, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

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