Environmental Issues

What Joe Manchin Doesn’t Get About the GOP’s Voter Suppression

What Joe Manchin Doesn’t Get About the GOP’s Voter Suppression What Joe Manchin Doesn’t Get About the GOP’s Voter Suppression

It’s central to Republicans’ political strategy, because their platform is an electoral loser.

Jun 8, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Charting a Sustainable Course for the Blue Economy Charting a Sustainable Course for the Blue Economy

Ocean industries are often even more polluting than their terrestrial counterparts.

Jun 8, 2021 / David Helvarg and Jason Scorse

USS Curtis Wilson

We Don’t Have Time to Waste on Cold Wars We Don’t Have Time to Waste on Cold Wars

The US and China are the world’s two greatest carbon emitters—if they can’t figure out how to cooperate, the future of humanity is grim.

Jun 8, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

Call It What It Is: A Climate Emergency

Call It What It Is: A Climate Emergency Call It What It Is: A Climate Emergency

Why are media outlets still not treating climate change as the catastrophic threat it truly is?

Jun 3, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

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Letters From the June 14/21, 2021, Issue Letters From the June 14/21, 2021, Issue

You don’t say… Facts and fairness… World citizens… The revolutionary spirit… A survivor speaks (web only)…

Jun 1, 2021 / Our Readers and Katha Pollitt

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‘Bipartisan’ Is How Republicans Say ‘Sucker!’ ‘Bipartisan’ Is How Republicans Say ‘Sucker!’

The GOP counterproposal to Biden’s infrastructure plan is not a “bipartisan” gesture. It’s a scam to gut programs that care for the elderly and save the planet.

May 28, 2021 / John Nichols

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Big Oil Loses Big in a Day of Game-Changing Climate News Big Oil Loses Big in a Day of Game-Changing Climate News

A Dutch court ruling and two shareholder revolts have brought new hope in the climate emergency fight.

May 27, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

Recent History

Recent History Recent History

Reviewing the year, in stitches.

May 25, 2021 / OppArt / India Tresselt

Andreas Malm

What’s Worse Than Climate Catastrophe? Climate Catastrophe Plus Fascism. What’s Worse Than Climate Catastrophe? Climate Catastrophe Plus Fascism.

A conversation with Andreas Malm about his new book, White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism.

May 25, 2021 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson

Rare earth mine

The Future of Renewable Energy Depends on China The Future of Renewable Energy Depends on China

Hawkish foreign policy is a losing game when China provides 70 percent of the world’s rare-earth supplies.

May 24, 2021 / Michael T. Klare

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