Royal Dutch Shell Wants to Look for Oil in the Most Dangerous Drilling Environment in the World Royal Dutch Shell Wants to Look for Oil in the Most Dangerous Drilling Environment in the World
An ice-choked ocean, tens of thousands of whales, no proven technology in case of emergency and a mission for oil: what could possibly go wrong?
Mar 3, 2015 / Subhankar Banerjee
This Year’s Climate Talks Are Our Last (and Best) Chance to Slow Global Warming This Year’s Climate Talks Are Our Last (and Best) Chance to Slow Global Warming
An interview with Jeffrey Sachs on the 2015 Paris negotiations, sustainable development and the profound threat facing our planet.
Feb 24, 2015 / David Kortava
Did the GOP Just Give Away $130 Billion of Public Property? Did the GOP Just Give Away $130 Billion of Public Property?
A giant Anglo-Australian mining company is getting the rights to a huge copper reserve—and we don’t know what American taxpayers are getting in return.
Feb 13, 2015 / Rep. Alan Grayson
The Most Effective Foreign Policy Tool in the GOP’s Pocket Is an American Pipeline The Most Effective Foreign Policy Tool in the GOP’s Pocket Is an American Pipeline
Keystone XL is part of a new colonial project—and Canada and Mexico are the frontiers.
Feb 12, 2015 / Michael T. Klare
Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
The scariest conclusion of a new comprehensive study is that scientists have no clue what geoengineering would really do to the planet.
Feb 10, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Valentine’s Day Cards for 2015 Valentine’s Day Cards for 2015
Because nothing says "I love you" like refusing to get vaccinated.
Feb 9, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Why Geoengineering Is ‘Untested and Untestable’ Why Geoengineering Is ‘Untested and Untestable’
An opinion piece in Nature calling for geoengineering tests fails to mention the most significant problem with these experiments.
Feb 6, 2015 / Naomi Klein
Harvard Is the Climate Crisis Harvard Is the Climate Crisis
Hypocrisy at Harvard reigns supreme as students demand divestment.
Feb 3, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin
What to Do Now That Republicans Have Acknowledged Climate Change What to Do Now That Republicans Have Acknowledged Climate Change
When all else fails: deny, deny, deny.
Feb 3, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
The Main Problem With Obama’s Climate Policy? It Makes No Sense The Main Problem With Obama’s Climate Policy? It Makes No Sense
One week after the president stated that “no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change,” his administration proposes to open up vast stretches of o...
Jan 28, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter