Environmental Issues

Scotland Police COP Conference

Cover the COP26 Climate Summit Like Our Lives Depend on It Cover the COP26 Climate Summit Like Our Lives Depend on It

Summit reporting is always rife with tabloid-style clickbait. COP26 demands better.

Oct 28, 2021 / Andrew McCormick

Exxon Mobile Protesters Rally

Congress Has Oil Executives Cornered. But Will They Lie Under Oath? Congress Has Oil Executives Cornered. But Will They Lie Under Oath?

When the CEOs of four top oil firms testify before Congress, they’ll have two options: apologize for their decades of lies, or risk perjury.

Oct 28, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

Woman's March NYC

The Resistance Has Come Too Far to Stop Now The Resistance Has Come Too Far to Stop Now

With the fight for Build Back Better raging, this is no time to shrink from the political fray.

Oct 28, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A globe with a mini Eiffel tower on top of it, with a sign of 1,5 degrees Celsius

Decades of Global Temperature Rise Are Not Baked in if We Cease All Emissions Decades of Global Temperature Rise Are Not Baked in if We Cease All Emissions

Aggressive policies, now, can extend the deadline and prevent the worst catastrophes.

Oct 27, 2021 / Mark Fischetti

Central American migrant caravan

How Climate Change and Gang Violence Intersect in Honduras How Climate Change and Gang Violence Intersect in Honduras

As climate impacts worsen in this struggling country, migration increases and that puts many in danger of gang violence.

Oct 27, 2021 / Mark Scialla

Nassau Hall Princeton University

What Will It Take for Princeton to Finally Take Bold Climate Action? What Will It Take for Princeton to Finally Take Bold Climate Action?

After Harvard and Dartmouth’s divestments. Princeton remains one of the few remaining Ivies still invested in the fossil fuel industry

Oct 27, 2021 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds

A man carries a briefcase with the words 'Profits of Doom'...

There Can Be No Compromise on a Burning Planet There Can Be No Compromise on a Burning Planet

Business interests invaded the environmental policy realm even before climate change emerged as a key issue. It’s time to kick them out.

Oct 27, 2021 / Amy Westervelt

Climate Change Has Exposed the Decline of the American Empire

Climate Change Has Exposed the Decline of the American Empire Climate Change Has Exposed the Decline of the American Empire

Responding to the climate crisis has become a race against time, and our government still dawdles at the starting line.

Oct 26, 2021 / William deBuys

Joe Manchin’s Surefire Strategy to Ensure That Democrats Lose in 2022

Joe Manchin’s Surefire Strategy to Ensure That Democrats Lose in 2022 Joe Manchin’s Surefire Strategy to Ensure That Democrats Lose in 2022

If Democrats appease Manchin and fail to act on the climate crisis, they will lose a vital appeal to the young voters they need to win.

Oct 25, 2021 / John Nichols

Steven Donziger

Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced

The environmentalist lawyer says Chevron has “to try and destroy what I represent.”

Oct 25, 2021 / James North

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