Climate Justice
Want to Understand California’s Water Crisis? Look to the Pistachio.
A conversation with the documentarians Rowan Wernham and Yasha Levine about their film Pistachio Wars, a look at how one family came to control much of the state’s water.
Lara-Nour Walton
A conversation with the documentarians Rowan Wernham and Yasha Levine about their film Pistachio Wars, a look at how one family came to control much of the state’s water.
Climate Hushers Need to Get Real
Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.
Mark Hertsgaard Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.
The US Needs India to Buy Coal. Who Pays the Cost?
As the country doubles down on coal exports, local communities—like those in Baltimore and Ennore—will bear the environmental burden.
Alex Norbrook As the country doubles down on coal exports, local communities—like those in Baltimore and Ennore—will bear the environmental burden.
Covering Climate Now
The US Is a Violent Petro-State
Trump’s attack on Venezuela illustrates fossil fuels’ many perils.
Mark Hertsgaard Trump’s attack on Venezuela illustrates fossil fuels’ many perils.
Backsliding in Belém
Petrostates at COP30 quash fossil fuel and deforestation phaseouts.
Mark Hertsgaard Petrostates at COP30 quash fossil fuel and deforestation phaseouts.
Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”
Indigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.”
Mark Hertsgaard Indigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.”
Covering Climate Now
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November 13, 2025
Global Leaders Are Glad the US Isn’t Attending COP30
Mark HertsgaardMomentum behind decarbonizing the global economy has built to the point where it is inevitable—with or without the United States.
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November 8, 2025
At COP30, Will Lula Be a Rain Forest Champion?
Jonathan WattsDuring this term, Brazil’s president has reduced deforestation but he is government is pushing projects that would open up the Amazon to extractivism.
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November 7, 2025
How Much Suffering Can COP30 Prevent?
Andrew McCormickBill Gates gets climate change wrong. It’s not a binary—humanity survives or goes extinct—it’s a questions of scale: How many people will die or be left destitute?
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November 5, 2025
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
Amy WesterveltThe vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
Climate Change Archive
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January 5, 2026
What Justice on a Burning Planet?
Wen Stephenson, Andreas Malm and Thea RiofrancosAndreas Malm and Thea Riofrancos joined The Nation’s Wen Stephenson in an urgent conversation about the left and the climate emergency.
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December 18, 2025
The Fight for the Last Wild Salmon
Colin WarrenIn Alaska, the last stronghold for wild salmon, Native tribes and conservationists are working to save the fish from both climate change and decades of corporate greed.
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December 11, 2025
The UK’s Climate National Emergency Briefing Should Be a Wake-Up Call to Everyone
Mark HertsgaardThe briefing was a rare coordinated effort to make sure the media reflects the science: Humanity’s planetary house is on fire, but we have the tools to put that fire out.
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December 4, 2025
AI Will Only Intensify Climate Change. The Tech Moguls Don’t Care.
Juan ColeThe AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost.