We’re Trying to Fight the Human Nightmare of Climate Change With Guns We’re Trying to Fight the Human Nightmare of Climate Change With Guns
For the United States the only answer to the climate crisis and its mass displacement of people is yet more border enforcement.
Jun 10, 2025 / Todd Miller
Now That He’s Turned on Trump, Should Democrats Align With Elon Musk? Now That He’s Turned on Trump, Should Democrats Align With Elon Musk?
No! Hell no! Never! The enemy of your enemy is still a corrupt plutocrat who wants to destroy democracy.
Jun 9, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Sleepwalking Through the Climate Emergency Sleepwalking Through the Climate Emergency
A shrewd observer of authoritarianism warns against normalizing what should shock us.
Jun 5, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
I’m Very Glad That New York Has Ranked-Choice Voting I’m Very Glad That New York Has Ranked-Choice Voting
I can vote for two candidates—Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander—who’ve made climate a cornerstone of their campaigns, with real hopes that one or the other will prevail.
Jun 3, 2025 / Bill McKibben
One Solution to the Housing Crisis Is in Plain Sight One Solution to the Housing Crisis Is in Plain Sight
The shortage can be addressed not through costly new development but by reusing existing buildings.
Jun 2, 2025 / Kate Wagner
The False Promise of Nuclear Power The False Promise of Nuclear Power
A new book by Joe Romm explains why nuclear is not much of a climate solution.
May 29, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Peter Kuper’s Graphic Novel, Where the Insects Draw Us Peter Kuper’s Graphic Novel, Where the Insects Draw Us
Insectopolis explores the often-unseen—and rapidly disappearing—world we share.
May 29, 2025 / Steve Brodner
So Much for Saving the Planet. Climate Careers Evaporate for the Class of 2025. So Much for Saving the Planet. Climate Careers Evaporate for the Class of 2025.
The Trump administration is disrupting career paths for new graduates hoping to work in climate and sustainability, international aid, public service, and the sciences
May 29, 2025 / Lawrence Lanahan
If You Think Multinational Mining Interests Want to Save the Environment, I’ve Got a Bridge to Sell You If You Think Multinational Mining Interests Want to Save the Environment, I’ve Got a Bridge to Sell You
A sacred site for Native Americans is on the verge of being destroyed for profit, and profit alone—just one more colonial conquest of lands in the American West.
May 22, 2025 / Joshua Frank
Warren Buffett Is a Climate-Wrecker Warren Buffett Is a Climate-Wrecker
Los Angeles Times climate columnist Sammy Roth scoops his business beat colleagues.
May 22, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard