Environment

It’s Never a Strategy to Remain Quiet, With Nick Tilsen

It’s Never a Strategy to Remain Quiet, With Nick Tilsen It’s Never a Strategy to Remain Quiet, With Nick Tilsen

On A People's Climate: A call for big, bad, bold courage.

Oct 11, 2025 / Podcast / Shilpi Chhotray

President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2025, in New York City.

Reporting the Truth When Politicians Lie Reporting the Truth When Politicians Lie

With the global rise of organized misinformation campaigns, outlets should embrace “the truth sandwich” and place a false claim between the actual facts.

Oct 9, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

Mass Movements, With Patrisse Cullors

Mass Movements, With Patrisse Cullors Mass Movements, With Patrisse Cullors

On Episode 2 of A People's Climate: This is when people-powered movements matter most.

Oct 4, 2025 / Podcast / Shilpi Chhotray

An Unreasonable Woman, With Diane Wilson

An Unreasonable Woman, With Diane Wilson An Unreasonable Woman, With Diane Wilson

On A People's Climate: one woman’s fight against one of the most powerful chemical companies in the world.

Sep 27, 2025 / Podcast / Shilpi Chhotray

An aerial view of houses that have had partial pipe replacements of their lead pipes in Memphis, Tennessee, in April 2024.

In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated

As Trump deploys the National Guard to “make Memphis safe and restore public order,” the health risks from the city’s aging infrastructure, plumbing, and paint continue to be igno...

Sep 26, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin

The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism

The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism

Traditional journalists complain that he is an advocate—the same criticism Woodward and Bernstein faced during Watergate.

Sep 25, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

The water level at Lake Mendocino continues to drop, hitting a record low of 29 percent capacity in June 2021.

We’re Not Ready for a World of Water Scarcity We’re Not Ready for a World of Water Scarcity

Will aquifers become the United States’ strategic reserves, alongside oil reserves and the nuclear weapons we keep in “reserve” to protect our wealth?

Sep 24, 2025 / Frida Berrigan

Thousands of protesters gathered on Park Avenue for the “Make Billionaires Pay March” on September 20 ahead of New York City’s Climate Week.

Where Did All the Youth Climate Activists Go? Where Did All the Youth Climate Activists Go?

The “Make Billionaires Pay” march might hint at where the climate movement is headed—away from fossil fuel divestment and toward broader resistance, with fewer young people.

Sep 24, 2025 / StudentNation / Heather Chen

The Problem of Green Capitalism

The Problem of Green Capitalism The Problem of Green Capitalism

A conversation with Thea Riofrancos about her new book Extraction and the hidden cost and obscured history of the capitalist push to monetize the energy transition.

Sep 23, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Does “Weather Girl” Forecast Our Planet’s Future?

Does “Weather Girl” Forecast Our Planet’s Future? Does “Weather Girl” Forecast Our Planet’s Future?

In the new play by Brian Watkins, a California meteorologist struggles to deliver daily weather reports that whitewash our unfortunate climate reality.

Sep 23, 2025 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

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