Why Today’s UN Climate Action Summit Matters Why Today’s UN Climate Action Summit Matters
The media and climate activists must “name and shame” laggards, says the UN special envoy.
Sep 16, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard
A New Beginning for Climate Reporting A New Beginning for Climate Reporting
Could it be that the press, especially the US press, is finally waking up to the climate story?
Sep 16, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’ Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’
The No Logo author talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes, and how she finds hope.
Sep 15, 2019 / Natalie Hanman
Democrats Need a Feisty Fighter on Climate Change Democrats Need a Feisty Fighter on Climate Change
Democrats would be wise to ignore much of the punditry’s pearl-clutching about being too bold.
Sep 10, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jonathan Franzen Pens Another Environmental Disaster Story Jonathan Franzen Pens Another Environmental Disaster Story
The famed novelist is resigned to a global ecological catastrophe because his imagination can’t move beyond the status quo.
Sep 9, 2019 / Jeet Heer
There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt
What Extinction Rebellion, the grassroots civil disobedience movement, teaches us about transforming hopelessness into action.
Sep 9, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich
Wendell Berry’s Lifelong Dissent Wendell Berry’s Lifelong Dissent
At the core of both his writing and activism is the insight that we can’t imagine a harmonious future without confronting the destruction in our past.
Sep 9, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jedediah Britton-Purdy
The Problem With Our Climate Debate Is That Only Democrats Are Showing Up The Problem With Our Climate Debate Is That Only Democrats Are Showing Up
While Democrats are getting ambitious on climate change, the GOP continues to derail the conversation from the sidelines.
Sep 6, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Joe Biden Doesn’t Sound Very Serious About the Climate Crisis Joe Biden Doesn’t Sound Very Serious About the Climate Crisis
CNN’s climate change town hall was a good moment for activists—and a rough one for the Democratic front-runner.
Sep 5, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter
The Green New Deal Is Cheaper Than Climate Change The Green New Deal Is Cheaper Than Climate Change
The economic cost of allowing temperatures to rise even a couple of degrees above that target is simply staggering.
Sep 4, 2019 / Joshua Holland