Environmental Issues

Statue of Liberty

What Might the World Look Like in 2025? What Might the World Look Like in 2025?

A dispatch from the future.

Feb 15, 2022 / John Feffer

Fossil Fools

Fossil Fools Fossil Fools

Company profits, poisoned environment.

Feb 11, 2022 / OppArt / Erika Harrsch

Flight Shame in Great Barrington

Flight Shame in Great Barrington Flight Shame in Great Barrington

When it comes to aviation, small is not beautiful.

Feb 9, 2022 / Susan Brind Morrow

The New York Stock Exchange

ALEC Is Driving Laws to Blacklist Companies That Boycott the Oil Industry ALEC Is Driving Laws to Blacklist Companies That Boycott the Oil Industry

The American Legislative Exchange Council has drafted legislation modeled on efforts to block divestment from Israel.

Feb 8, 2022 / Chris McGreal

Eden Trashed

Eden Trashed Eden Trashed

Disregarding the gifts of the natural world.

Feb 4, 2022 / OppArt / Cristián Pietrapiana

firefighters

Getting Personal About Climate Change Made Me a Better Reporter Getting Personal About Climate Change Made Me a Better Reporter

Journalists need to start demanding solutions and stop worrying about bad-faith critics.

Feb 3, 2022 / Sammy Roth

Several police officers surround a person whose hands are wrapped around a piece of construction equipment.

A Landmark Environmental Precedent Was Just Set in Virginia A Landmark Environmental Precedent Was Just Set in Virginia

Thanks to frontline activists and a new law promoting environmental justice, Virginia became one of the first states to recognize the disproportionate impact of pollution on Black,...

Feb 2, 2022 / Crystal “Red Bear” Cavalier-Keck

Quality Control Engineer

A Transformative Green New Deal Requires Inclusive Manufacturing A Transformative Green New Deal Requires Inclusive Manufacturing

Without a new approach to manufacturing, we may protect the environment better but continue to reinforce racial and economic inequality.

Jan 28, 2022 / Carl Davidson, Bill Fletcher Jr., and Nina Gregg

The Line 3 construction site

Should Environmental Activists Sabotage Fossil Fuel Infrastructure? Should Environmental Activists Sabotage Fossil Fuel Infrastructure?

Andreas Malm argues that property destruction can be inspiring, while Daniel Sherrell writes that it would reduce the climate movement’s ability to effect change.

Jan 27, 2022 / The Debate / Andreas Malm and Daniel Sherrell

The Supreme Court vs. the Earth

The Supreme Court vs. the Earth The Supreme Court vs. the Earth

The conservatives on the Supreme Court are increasingly inserting themselves into the climate fight—and you guess which side they’re on.

Jan 26, 2022 / Elie Mystal

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