Environmental Issues

Threat inflation: the Chinese balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, February 1.

Raving Balloonatics Take Over Washington Raving Balloonatics Take Over Washington

"Mr. President, we must not allow…a balloon gap!"

Feb 6, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Pope Francis and President Felix Tshiekedi address a crowd

The Pope Delivers a Clear Message in the Democratic Republic of Congo The Pope Delivers a Clear Message in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Francis’s visit sought to address violence and corruption in the Central African state. The violent and the corrupt lined up for an audience.

Feb 6, 2023 / Hugh Kinsella Cunningham and Nicolas Niarchos

man crosses flooded street in Miami

Should We Start Preparing for the Evacuation of Miami? Should We Start Preparing for the Evacuation of Miami?

Daniel Aldana Cohen argues that planning the withdrawal from Miami would force other places to get serious about hosting climate migrants, while Samantha Schuyler says Miami can st...

Feb 3, 2023 / The Debate / Daniel Aldana Cohen and Samantha Schuyler

Demonstrators hold up signs and props at the 2022 COP27 U.N. summit

How to Stop the Spread of Climate Disinformation How to Stop the Spread of Climate Disinformation

Governments should make companies alter the algorithms that amplify climate falsehoods.

Feb 1, 2023 / Erika Seiber and Michael Khoo

Members of the League of Nations looking over their shoulders during an assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, 1920

The Long, Bitter History of Globalism The Long, Bitter History of Globalism

A conversation with Tara Zahra about the early-20th-century origins of globalism, how debates over a globalized world have morphed across a century, and her new book, Against the W...

Jan 31, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

The full moon rises over the cooling towers of the Trillo Nuclear Power Plant in Guadalajara, Spain.

Nuclear Fusion Isn’t the Silver Bullet We Want It to Be Nuclear Fusion Isn’t the Silver Bullet We Want It to Be

It’s not about creating future clean energy and never has been. It’s about “protecting” the world’s greatest capitalist superpower.

Jan 30, 2023 / Joshua Frank

The Department of Defense Has Delivered Another Massive Intelligence Failure

The Department of Defense Has Delivered Another Massive Intelligence Failure The Department of Defense Has Delivered Another Massive Intelligence Failure

Chinese emissions represent at least as great a threat to US security as the multitude of weapons enumerated in the Pentagon’s 2022 report—so why was it not addressed?

Jan 25, 2023 / Michael T. Klare

I Am Biodiversity, I Am Not Food

I Am Biodiversity, I Am Not Food I Am Biodiversity, I Am Not Food

Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal in the world, highly valued for their scales and meat in some parts of Asia. They are on the verge of extinction.

Jan 20, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Student climate protest

What Do Young People Want? What Do Young People Want?

If President Biden and the Democrats want to keep young voters engaged, the party needs to actually address their concerns.

Jan 20, 2023 / StudentNation / Porter Wheeler

California Is Still Underwater

California Is Still Underwater California Is Still Underwater

The rains that caused major flooding this month have tapered off, but the damage to the landscape—and to the state's economy—is severe.

Jan 18, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

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