Environmental Issues

Can Farm Collectives Challenge Big Ag?

Can Farm Collectives Challenge Big Ag? Can Farm Collectives Challenge Big Ag?

The pandemic gave co-ops, food hubs, and community agriculture a boost, but keeping the momentum going will require help from policy-makers.

Dec 14, 2021 / Feature / Dean Kuipers

Michelle Wu: Cities Must Lead for the Green New Deal

Michelle Wu: Cities Must Lead for the Green New Deal Michelle Wu: Cities Must Lead for the Green New Deal

An interview with the newly elected mayor of Boston about building on the accomplishments of progressive pioneers and shaping a new politics at the municipal level.

Dec 14, 2021 / Q&A / John Nichols

The Finger Lakes Are Being Poisoned

The Finger Lakes Are Being Poisoned The Finger Lakes Are Being Poisoned

The birthplace of American feminism is being buried under a mountain of garbage.

Dec 14, 2021 / Susan Brind Morrow

Port Arthur

The Export Boom That Could Transform Texas—and the World The Export Boom That Could Transform Texas—and the World

The United States’ oil and gas export boom has been a decade in the making. All along the Texas coast, communities are fighting back against the industry’s expansion.

Dec 7, 2021 / Amal Ahmed

The Drought That May Never End

The Drought That May Never End The Drought That May Never End

This is the American West in the early days of climate change.

Dec 3, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Flooding Climate Change Rice University

How Climate Change Threatens Colleges Across the Country How Climate Change Threatens Colleges Across the Country

We asked students to tell us how rising sea levels, forest fires, and flash floods impact their local communities.

Dec 2, 2021 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Standard Oil Meeting

If You Fund the Research, You Can Shape the World If You Fund the Research, You Can Shape the World

Before the Koch brothers, Standard Oil realized the power of universities to spread its free-market ideology and prevent the growth of socialism.

Dec 1, 2021 / Amy Westervelt

Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall In Louisiana Leaving Devastation In Its Wake

The Fog After the Storm The Fog After the Storm

The effects of a hurricane don’t end when the wind stops blowing.

Nov 30, 2021 / Mary Annaïse Heglar

Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados

At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark

The new focus on equity in the climate movement will keep the pressure where it belongs: on the Global North.

Nov 29, 2021 / Tina Gerhardt for The Nation

Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor

Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor

The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus could be in line to step into the Democratic leader’s shoes.

Nov 26, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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