Environmental Issues

A driver in a car on the left talks to two health workers in protective suits.

The Covid-19 Stimulus Debate Is a Pivotal Climate Story The Covid-19 Stimulus Debate Is a Pivotal Climate Story

US coronavirus stimulus measures can help prevent the world from doubling down on another mass-casualty event: climate change.

May 13, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Mark Hertsgaard

People looking at a destroyed home with trees

We Really Can’t Screw Up Disaster Season This Year. Global Health Depends on It. We Really Can’t Screw Up Disaster Season This Year. Global Health Depends on It.

Amid a pandemic, FEMA and HUD must be ready to provide renters with safe homes.

May 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Vanessa A. Bee

Electoral Triumph Spurs Green New Deal in South Korea

Electoral Triumph Spurs Green New Deal in South Korea Electoral Triumph Spurs Green New Deal in South Korea

Citizens say they are ready for a renewed emphasis on making peace with North Korea and creating a greener future less dependent on fossil fuels.

May 1, 2020 / Tim Shorrock

Bill McKibben Speaks.

Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Bill McKibben Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Bill McKibben

The award-winning author and environmental activist and Nation editor D.D. Guttenplan for our weekly virtual series.

Apr 30, 2020 / Conversations With ‘The Nation’ / The Nation

Michael Moore

Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore

Planet of the Humans is wildly unscientific, outdated, full of falsehoods, and benefits fossil fuel industry promoters and climate deniers.

Apr 30, 2020 / Josh Fox

CNN’s Exceptional Climate Journalism Achievement

CNN’s Exceptional Climate Journalism Achievement CNN’s Exceptional Climate Journalism Achievement

Human stories, robust science, and calling out corporate villains makes The Road to Change a must-see tour de force.

Apr 29, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Mark Hertsgaard

Under Europe’s Strictest Lockdown, the World Is Only as Big as Our Windows

Under Europe’s Strictest Lockdown, the World Is Only as Big as Our Windows Under Europe’s Strictest Lockdown, the World Is Only as Big as Our Windows

Yet you can still tell a lot from those windows—about capitalism, climate change, and the love status of the couple across the way.

Apr 28, 2020 / no-paywall / Ben Ehrenreich

Census form

Out for the Count? Terri Ann Lowenthal on the Coronavirus Threat to the Census Out for the Count? Terri Ann Lowenthal on the Coronavirus Threat to the Census

The Census expert explains the impact of the pandemic on the decennial count.

Apr 24, 2020 / no-paywall / Sam Adler-Bell

Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don’t Use Single-Use Plastics.

Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don’t Use Single-Use Plastics. Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don’t Use Single-Use Plastics.

The fossil fuel industry is dependent on our plastic dependency. We can starve it.

Apr 23, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Annie Leonard

A farmer wearing gloves and a bandana as a face cover holds a mint plant.

‘We Were Asking Ourselves, How Can We Support Black Farmers?’ ‘We Were Asking Ourselves, How Can We Support Black Farmers?’

Scenes from a pandemic: 4

Apr 22, 2020 / no-paywall / Cynthia Greenlee

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