Big Oil’s Delay Tactics Are the New Climate Science Denialism Big Oil’s Delay Tactics Are the New Climate Science Denialism
Academic researchers say the fossil fuel industry engages in “discourses of delay” to divert attention away from the crisis.
Sep 9, 2021 / Amy Westervelt
To Survive Climate Change, We Need to Rebuild the World as We Know It To Survive Climate Change, We Need to Rebuild the World as We Know It
Extreme weather events like Hurricane Ida prove that we need to rethink everything we think we know about the built and natural worlds.
Sep 6, 2021 / Jake Bittle
The New New Deal? The New New Deal?
Bernie Sanders says the Democratic caucus’s budget will be “the most consequential piece of legislation for working people, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the poor” since...
Sep 6, 2021 / John Nichols
For Outdoor Workers, California Air Is Becoming Unbreathable For Outdoor Workers, California Air Is Becoming Unbreathable
As huge fires become the catastrophic new norm, vast numbers of low wage workers are exposed to ever-higher levels of toxins.
Sep 3, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
This Is What the First Hours of a Near-Total Ban on Abortion Look Like This Is What the First Hours of a Near-Total Ban on Abortion Look Like
The Texas law SB 8 will force abortion clinics in the state to turn away about 80 percent of all patients.
Sep 2, 2021 / Amy Littlefield
Why Won’t TV News Say “Climate Change” About Hurricane Ida? Why Won’t TV News Say “Climate Change” About Hurricane Ida?
It’s media malpractice not to mention that burning fossil fuels drives extreme weather events.
Sep 2, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard
How Do You Tell the Story of a Fire? How Do You Tell the Story of a Fire?
A conversation with reporter Lizzie Johnson about the aftermath of wildfires and the human cost of neglected infrastructure.
Sep 1, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager
Our Dying Oceans Our Dying Oceans
Vanishing life in the sea: the clock is ticking on taking action.
Aug 27, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The Real Existential Threat Is Our Overheating Planet The Real Existential Threat Is Our Overheating Planet
By 2049, China will be too busy dealing with climate disasters to launch a war with the United States.
Aug 26, 2021 / Michael T. Klare
Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue
The good place… Overconsumed…
Aug 24, 2021 / Our Readers