Environmental Issues

US Foreign Policy Has an Extinction Agenda

US Foreign Policy Has an Extinction Agenda US Foreign Policy Has an Extinction Agenda

As the world loses time to act, US elites are working to dominate the remains of a ruined planet.

Sep 5, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman

Facing Climate Change

Facing Climate Change Facing Climate Change

Disrupted ocean currents wreak havoc.

Sep 1, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Los Angeles traffic

A Cooler Future Means a World With Less Pavement A Cooler Future Means a World With Less Pavement

Amid climate-fueled heat waves and floods, cities around the country are rethinking the streetscape.

Aug 31, 2023 / Lucy Sherriff

Flames move through vegetation as fire crews battle a new fire that started near the Manastash Vista Point along Interstate 82 on July 23, 2023 in Ellensburg, Washington.

Wildfires Are a Dire Threat to Incarcerated People Like Me Wildfires Are a Dire Threat to Incarcerated People Like Me

If we get caught in the path of raging flames, what will be the plan for those of us locked behind bars?

Aug 28, 2023 / Christopher Blackwell

Ukrainian Shelter

Ukrainian Shelter Ukrainian Shelter

What do you see in it?

Aug 25, 2023 / Steve Brodner

Heat Waves at You

Heat Waves at You Heat Waves at You

In Europe and around the world, temperatures spike.

Aug 22, 2023 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

houses, neighborhood destroyed by lahaina hawaii fires

A Dispatch From the Heart of Lahaina: Relief Is Not Enough A Dispatch From the Heart of Lahaina: Relief Is Not Enough

Justice demands a return of control over public resources like land and water to the people of Hawai'i.

Aug 21, 2023 / Kaniela Ing

Where there was once water in abundance, there is now just the dry, cracked, exposed lake bed.

The Great Salt Lake Is Becoming Too Salty to Support Life The Great Salt Lake Is Becoming Too Salty to Support Life

From brine flies to brine shrimp to eared grebes to pronghorn and buffalo, the lake supports an exquisite ecosystem whose collapse is literally making people sick.

Aug 21, 2023 / Feature / Katharine S. Walter

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Letters From the September 4/11, 2023, Issue Letters From the September 4/11, 2023, Issue

The right to be heard… It’s going to get hotter… Don’t cross the picket line (web only)… 

Aug 19, 2023 / Our Readers

Hot Tub Seas!

Hot Tub Seas! Hot Tub Seas!

Our oceans are reaching boiling temperatures.

Aug 18, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

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