Environmental Issues

Trump touches copy of spending bill

Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal

The only question is how long the president can get away with this con.

Mar 19, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Congestion in New York City

Congestion Pricing Is New York’s Green New Deal Congestion Pricing Is New York’s Green New Deal

Charging drivers in NYC could help fix the subways, fight climate change, and reduce inequality.

Mar 18, 2019 / Charles Komanoff and Jeff Blum

Student climate protests

Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is leading the change to lower the voting age, and she just got 125 House members to vote with her.

Mar 15, 2019 / John Nichols

California wildfires

Facing the Climate Crisis: A Conversation With David Wallace-Wells Facing the Climate Crisis: A Conversation With David Wallace-Wells

The New York magazine writer confirms our worst fears about climate change–but insists there’s still hope.

Mar 15, 2019 / Natasha Ishak

Mother and Child in Boston

Parenting in a World Hurtling Toward Catastrophe Parenting in a World Hurtling Toward Catastrophe

How do you raise children under the ever-present threat of climate change?

Mar 14, 2019 / Frida Berrigan

Vanessa Nakate

Uganda’s Young Climate Activists Are Going on Strike Uganda’s Young Climate Activists Are Going on Strike

And they’re bringing a message: though Africa contributes the least to fossil-fuel emissions, it is one of the most vulnerable continents.

Mar 14, 2019 / Angely Mercado

AOC Green New Deal

How Black Lives Matter to the Green New Deal How Black Lives Matter to the Green New Deal

Ocasio-Cortez makes the case for racial justice and reparations.

Mar 14, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman

Alexandria Villaseñor

‘Why Go to School When You Have No Future?’: A Q&A With a 13-Year-Old Climate Striker ‘Why Go to School When You Have No Future?’: A Q&A With a 13-Year-Old Climate Striker

Alexandria Villaseñor doesn’t have time to wait until she’s in power.

Mar 14, 2019 / Q&A / Angely Mercado

The Toxic Consequences of America’s Plastics Boom

The Toxic Consequences of America’s Plastics Boom The Toxic Consequences of America’s Plastics Boom

Thanks to fracking, petrochemicals giants are poised to make the plastic pollution crisis much, much worse.

Mar 14, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

Yanis Varoufakis

A European Spring Is Possible A European Spring Is Possible

The DiEM25 proposes immediate financial changes to end austerity and fund a green—and hopefully post-capitalist—future.

Mar 13, 2019 / Yanis Varoufakis

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