Environmental Issues

Trump Tower

New York Has a Plan to Tackle Some of Its Worst Carbon Polluters New York Has a Plan to Tackle Some of Its Worst Carbon Polluters

Hint: We’re looking at you, Trump Tower.

Dec 13, 2018 / Sophie Kasakove

Katowice climate protests

The Poland Climate Conference Is Awash in Corporate Meddling The Poland Climate Conference Is Awash in Corporate Meddling

What are big-business interests doing at the Katowice United Nations conference?

Dec 11, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Bees are going extinct

Another Mass Extinction Is Underway Another Mass Extinction Is Underway

And this time we’re solely to blame.

Dec 11, 2018 / Subhankar Banerjee

Sanders Institute Gathering

The Ideas Primary The Ideas Primary

US presidential contests may seem never-ending, but if the debate is about policy—instead of personality—is that such a bad thing?

Dec 10, 2018 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

COP 24

A Conference on Climate Change Became a Conference on Coal A Conference on Climate Change Became a Conference on Coal

At the summit in Poland, a missed opportunity.

Dec 6, 2018 / Daniel Judt

Mercury Poisoning Is Becoming a Global Public-Health Crisis

Mercury Poisoning Is Becoming a Global Public-Health Crisis Mercury Poisoning Is Becoming a Global Public-Health Crisis

Island nations and territories are bearing the brunt of this ecological scourge.

Dec 6, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Sunrise Movement

The Best Strategy for the House Dems? Fight for Major Reforms. The Best Strategy for the House Dems? Fight for Major Reforms.

Sure, the Senate will block them. But pushing things like a Green New Deal and Medicare for All will energize grassroots activists and supercharge the coming presidential primary.

Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

Betsy DeVos Hearing

The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption

Here’s how the incoming Democratic Congress can expose it and make the case for bold reform.

Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A Mandate for Left Leadership

A Mandate for Left Leadership A Mandate for Left Leadership

Lessons from the neoliberal revolution.

Dec 5, 2018 / Feature / Kate Aronoff

donald-trump-bears-ears-utah

These Utah Activists Are Determined to Stop Trump From Stealing Our Public Lands These Utah Activists Are Determined to Stop Trump From Stealing Our Public Lands

A year after Trump shrunk Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante, Native Americans, green groups, and cities are fighting back.

Dec 4, 2018 / Jimmy Tobias

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