Environmental Issues

Canadian Wildfire Smoke in New York City

The Planet Is Burning The Planet Is Burning

And the US’s habits of primacy are a key reason why.

Dec 7, 2023 / Sarang Shidore

Siddhartha Deb, “The Light at the End of the World”

Siddhartha Deb and the Politics of Fiction Siddhartha Deb and the Politics of Fiction

A conversation with the novelist and journalist about India, colonialism, the Union Carbide catastrophe, solidarity, history in literature, and his novel, The Light at the End of ...

Dec 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Feroz Rather

Big Oil Runs the Climate Change Conference

Big Oil Runs the Climate Change Conference Big Oil Runs the Climate Change Conference

And the fox guards the hen house?

Dec 5, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A collage of fossil-fuel advertorials.

How the Media Greenwashes the Fossil Fuel Industry How the Media Greenwashes the Fossil Fuel Industry

Many of the world's most reputable publications use their credibility to sell advertorials that protect polluters and confuse readers.

Dec 5, 2023 / Amy Westervelt and Matthew Green

An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe

An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe

Conversations with Jane Hirshfield, poet of the present moment.

Dec 4, 2023 / Feature / Wen Stephenson

Students take part in a “youth strike to act on climate change” in France in March 2019.

The Green New Deal Is the Opiate of the Masses The Green New Deal Is the Opiate of the Masses

In the Global North, measures to stop climate change cannot double as ways to further economic growth

Dec 4, 2023 / Kohei Saito

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The Sensible Dutch Take a Sharp Turn to the Right The Sensible Dutch Take a Sharp Turn to the Right

In an election shocker earlier this week, the far-right anti-immigrant campaigner Geert Wilders emerged as the leader of the largest party in the new parliament.

Dec 1, 2023 / Hans Steketee

Christiana Figueres poses for a photo after an interview with the Associated Press prior to a news conference of

“No One Wins on a Dead Planet”: A Former UN Climate Chief Loses Faith in Fossil Fuel Companies “No One Wins on a Dead Planet”: A Former UN Climate Chief Loses Faith in Fossil Fuel Companies

At COP28, Christiana Figueres, the architect of the Paris climate agreement, said people must balance outrage and optimism.

Nov 30, 2023 / Ajit Niranjan

Protect the Planet

Protect the Planet Protect the Planet

COP28: Representatives from around the world unite to coordinate global climate action with an emphasis on clean energy.

Nov 29, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Veronica Johnson, chief meteorologist at WJLA, gives the weather forecast on air at the station on January 10, 2023, in Arlington, Va.

How TV News Can Help Save the Planet How TV News Can Help Save the Planet

Television stations should take the lead on transforming the global climate story into a local one.

Nov 29, 2023 / Kyle Pope and Elena González

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