Climate Change

Cattle herd seen at the Amazonia rainforest in Brazil

The Planetary Stakes of the Brazilian Election The Planetary Stakes of the Brazilian Election

If Jair Bolsonaro remains in power—legally or illegally—his government will sabotage the global campaign to slow climate change.

Sep 9, 2022 / James North

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Letters From the September 19/26, 2022, Issue Letters From the September 19/26, 2022, Issue

Studying ecology... Pipelines to plowshares... Graphic depictions...

Sep 6, 2022 / Our Readers

Pakistan flood

Pakistan’s Floods Are a Wind From the West Pakistan’s Floods Are a Wind From the West

The devastating natural disaster could be just an early glimpse of the consequences of industrialization in the Global North.

Sep 2, 2022 / Hasan Ali

Senator Joe Manchin departs the Capitol as the Senate breaks for the Memorial Day recess.

Here’s What’s Wrong With Manchin’s Side Deal to the Inflation Reduction Act Here’s What’s Wrong With Manchin’s Side Deal to the Inflation Reduction Act

In an impassioned call to allies in the national climate movement, a community organizer explains: “We in Appalachia are done with being a sacrifice zone.”

Sep 1, 2022 / Crystal Mello

Britain’s Summer of Discontent

Britain’s Summer of Discontent Britain’s Summer of Discontent

Richard Seymour joins The Time of Monsters for a live conversation in London, to discuss climate change and economic crisis in the United Kingdom.

Aug 31, 2022 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Barry McCovey Jr. with two of his children on a beach.

In the Pacific Northwest, Salmon Declines Upend a Way of Life In the Pacific Northwest, Salmon Declines Upend a Way of Life

Chinook salmon numbers in the Klamath River have fallen by more than 90 percent over the last century.

Aug 30, 2022 / Audrey Carleton and Briana Flin

Paul Salomone, a fisheries management biologist

This Tiny Fish Holds Together Ecosystems and Cultures—It’s Also Under Threat This Tiny Fish Holds Together Ecosystems and Cultures—It’s Also Under Threat

The Sitka Tribe of Alaska is fighting to protect the Pacific herring, challenging the idea of what it means to manage a fishery sustainably.

Aug 29, 2022 / Feature / Brett Simpson

Volunteers put a tarp on the roof of damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in Golden Meadow, La.

Trying to Keep the Roof on in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Trying to Keep the Roof on in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

While the petrochemical industry keeps blowing it off.

Aug 19, 2022 / Michael Esealuka

Abortion Rights Victories in Red States, Plus the Crisis in Haiti

Abortion Rights Victories in Red States, Plus the Crisis in Haiti Abortion Rights Victories in Red States, Plus the Crisis in Haiti

On this week’s episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Katha Pollitt on choice, and Amy Wilentz on Port-au-Prince.

Aug 18, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

We Can Thank Green New Dealers for the Inflation Reduction Act

We Can Thank Green New Dealers for the Inflation Reduction Act We Can Thank Green New Dealers for the Inflation Reduction Act

It was the Green New Deal movement that made massive federal investment in clean energy a must-pass priority of the Democratic Party.

Aug 17, 2022 / Matthew Miles Goodrich

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