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Covid-19: A Best Case Scenario Covid-19: A Best Case Scenario

Now is the time to imagine a better world.

Mar 20, 2020 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Progressives, There’s Reason to Hope. Really!

Progressives, There’s Reason to Hope. Really! Progressives, There’s Reason to Hope. Really!

While the world grapples with the coronavirus, it’s important to remember how much the progressive movement has moved the ball.

Mar 19, 2020 / Leah Hunt-Hendrix

The Coronavirus Connection

The Coronavirus Connection The Coronavirus Connection

Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change—and Indigenous peoples are on the frontlines of the destruction.

Mar 18, 2020 / Covering Climate Now

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Letters From the March 30, 2020, Issue Letters From the March 30, 2020, Issue

A deeply rooted story… The Iowa debacle… The forgotten foreign policy… They’ve crossed a line…

Mar 17, 2020 / Our Readers

California Is Fighting Trump for Clean Air

California Is Fighting Trump for Clean Air California Is Fighting Trump for Clean Air

The president has overturned a 50-year waiver that allows the state to set its own standards—but California, allied with other states, is fighting back.

Mar 16, 2020 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’

‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’ ‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’

A massive standoff over a pipeline through Wet’suwet’en land is pushing Canada to confront how it deals with Indigenous rights.

Mar 5, 2020 / Jillian Kestler-D’Amours

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Network News’s Climate Disappearing Act—Will 2020 Be Different? Network News’s Climate Disappearing Act—Will 2020 Be Different?

With Super Tuesday past, can we finally talk seriously about climate change?

Mar 4, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard

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Trump Wants to Gut Crucial Environmental Regulation Trump Wants to Gut Crucial Environmental Regulation

Rolling back the National Environmental Policy Act would prevent the public from learning about the consequences of massive construction projects.

Mar 2, 2020 / Michelle Chen

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Donald Trump’s Climate Policy: ‘Get Your Mops and Buckets Ready’ Donald Trump’s Climate Policy: ‘Get Your Mops and Buckets Ready’

Election Day is eight months away. It’s time for national and local news to step up and give the climate crisis the visibility that the science demands.

Feb 28, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard

Making the Climate Emergency the Story of the 2020 Elections

Making the Climate Emergency the Story of the 2020 Elections Making the Climate Emergency the Story of the 2020 Elections

America’s journalists must do much better this time around.

Feb 19, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard

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