Environmental Issues

Flooding in Dhaka, Bangladesh

The Media’s Climate Blind Spot Is Geographic The Media’s Climate Blind Spot Is Geographic

When climate coverage ignores the Global South, it’s bad for everyone.

Jul 15, 2021 / Saleemul Huq and Mark Hertsgaard

Is There No Way Out of the Climate Crisis?

Is There No Way Out of the Climate Crisis? Is There No Way Out of the Climate Crisis?

There isn’t without global action against fossil fuel companies.

Jul 13, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon

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Letters From the July 26/August 2, 2021, Issue Letters From the July 26/August 2, 2021, Issue

Holiday spirit… The other greenhouse gases… A last resort… A plague on both houses (web only)…

Jul 13, 2021 / Our Readers and Gilbert Achcar

If They Can Tear Down This Highway in Texas… Yes, Texas!

If They Can Tear Down This Highway in Texas… Yes, Texas! If They Can Tear Down This Highway in Texas… Yes, Texas!

Texas planned to spend $25 billion widening highways to relieve congestion. But a movement to tear them down instead is growing in influence—even here in the Lone Star State.

Jul 12, 2021 / Feature / Megan Kimble

Exxon

It’s Time to Repeal Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Say Progressives It’s Time to Repeal Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Say Progressives

Oil and gas executives are being called on to publicly answer for their industry’s decades-long misinformation campaign and destruction of the planet.

Jul 9, 2021 / Aída Chávez

California's Drought Goes From Bad To Worse

Drought Takes Hold of California Drought Takes Hold of California

As the recall election nears, rising heat and access to water may become defining political issues for the state.

Jul 9, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg: ‘Nature and Physics Are Not Entertained nor Distracted by Your Theater’ Greta Thunberg: ‘Nature and Physics Are Not Entertained nor Distracted by Your Theater’

The Swedish climate activist delivered a blistering speech at the Austrian World Summit, condemning those in power who have continued to brutalize the climate.

Jul 6, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

The End of the World Is Closer Than It Seems

The End of the World Is Closer Than It Seems The End of the World Is Closer Than It Seems

While prioritizing nuclear weapons over climate change, we risk annihilation of the possibility of life on earth

Jul 2, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

Eureka Oil Platform

Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price. Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price.

Via an unprecedented wave of lawsuits, America’s petroleum giants face a reckoning for the devastation caused by fossil fuels

Jun 30, 2021 / Chris McGreal

Oil Tanker Fire

The Climate Crisis Is a Crime Story The Climate Crisis Is a Crime Story

Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price. Shouldn’t those lies be central to the public narrative?

Jun 30, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

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