Climate Change

Trump’s Action on Climate Change

Trump’s Action on Climate Change Trump’s Action on Climate Change

Climate conference meets in Brazil and the US is MIA.

Nov 13, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

World leaders attend a session on the energy transition on the second day of COP30 on November 7, 2025, in Belém, Brazil.

Global Leaders Are Glad the US Isn’t Attending COP30 Global Leaders Are Glad the US Isn’t Attending COP30

Momentum behind decarbonizing the global economy has built to the point where it is inevitable—with or without the United States.

Nov 13, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

Protesters stage a “die-in” during a rally for Climate Justice in Seoul on September 27, 2025.

There’s No Quitting the Climate Fight There’s No Quitting the Climate Fight

This is the worst-ever year for climate politics—but the struggle is far from over.

Nov 12, 2025 / Wen Stephenson

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, speaks during the COP30 Leaders Summit in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on November. 6, 2025.

At COP30, Will Lula Be a Rain Forest Champion? At COP30, Will Lula Be a Rain Forest Champion?

During this term, Brazil’s president has reduced deforestation but he is government is pushing projects that would open up the Amazon to extractivism.

Nov 8, 2025 / Jonathan Watts

Bill Gates

How Much Suffering Can COP30 Prevent? How Much Suffering Can COP30 Prevent?

Bill 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?

Nov 7, 2025 / Andrew McCormick

Students and alumni at Tufts University demonstrate for fossil fuel divestment in April 2015.

Winning a Fossil Fuel Divestment Pledge Is Hard. Keeping It Is Harder. Winning a Fossil Fuel Divestment Pledge Is Hard. Keeping It Is Harder.

Nearly a decade after promising to withdraw millions in fossil fuel investments, the University of Massachusetts has stalled on its clean energy transition. What happened?

Nov 6, 2025 / StudentNation / Eric Ross

A TV reporter braces against the wind as Hurricane Irma approaches in Miami, Florida, on September 10, 2017.

The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion

The 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.

Nov 5, 2025 / Amy Westervelt

Climate Disasters Are Traumatizing Brazil’s Children

Climate Disasters Are Traumatizing Brazil’s Children Climate Disasters Are Traumatizing Brazil’s Children

The generation coming into the world now is expected will face unprecedented extreme weather events throughout their lives.

Nov 3, 2025 / Giovana Girardi

Memphis vs. Musk, With Representative Justin J. Pearson

Memphis vs. Musk, With Representative Justin J. Pearson Memphis vs. Musk, With Representative Justin J. Pearson

“No matter how many billions you have, you don't have enough to buy our lives.”

Nov 1, 2025 / Podcast / Shilpi Chhotray

All Revolution Is Based on Land, with Leah Penniman

All Revolution Is Based on Land, with Leah Penniman All Revolution Is Based on Land, with Leah Penniman

On A People's Climate: What the soil can teach us in the fight for climate justice.

Oct 25, 2025 / Podcast / Shilpi Chhotray

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