Climate Change
Can Psychedelics Treat Climate Grief?
Author Michael Pollan talks about whether drugs that comfort the terminally ill can also help people mourning the climate future.
Mark HertsgaardThe Coronavirus Has Lessons for Journalists Covering the Climate Crisis
Earth Day’s 50th anniversary serves as a moment to reflect on how to more rigorously cover the climate story.
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle PopeOrganizing on the Coasts Won’t Save the Planet
Rural America has the land, the people, and the potential to flip the political equation on climate change.
Jane Fleming KleebCovering Climate Now
Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don’t Use Single-Use Plastics.
The fossil fuel industry is dependent on our plastic dependency. We can starve it.
Annie LeonardCan Psychedelics Treat Climate Grief?
Author Michael Pollan talks about whether drugs that comfort the terminally ill can also help people mourning the climate future.
Mark HertsgaardThis Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline
We’re cooked unless investors stop funding fossil fuel companies.
Bill McKibbenClimate Refugees
What Does It Mean to Be a Climate Refugee?
A recent ruling opens the door to new types of protected status.
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian100 Seconds to Midnight
Stumbling Toward Doomsday
With the Doomsday Clock now set to 100 seconds to midnight, elder statesmen and scientists urge action.
James CardenDirect Action
Voices From the Front Lines of a Climate Direct Action Campaign
“We are removing our consent from this system, and we are not asking for anyone’s permission.”
Wen StephensonBow, N.H., September 28, 20191 On a bright, sweaty Saturday in late September, a group of about 50 determined people marched down freight tracks toward the mountain of coal that rises at the rear of Merrimack Station, the last big coal-fired power plant in New England. Continue Reading >
United Nations
This Is Why the World Is Facing Climate Catastrophe
At the COP 25 summit in Madrid, the powerful countries stalled and squabbled while activists marched and pleaded for serious climate action.
Ben EhrenreichFrom the Archives
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Chemistry
Our leaders thought fracking would save our climate. They were wrong. Very wrong.
Bill McKibbenAustralia Is Burning
Australia’s Devastating Wildfires Were Not Inevitable
The country was once actually poised to lead on climate politics.
Daniel JudtWhat if Australia Were Its Own Planet?
As the world’s leading coal exporter, Australia is burning down its own house.
Bill McKibbenAustralia’s Decade of Burning Environmental Apathy
The country is paying a deadly price for its conservative politicians’ climate denialism.
Edward CavanoughDirect Action
‘This Is an Emergency,’ the Caller Said. ‘You Need to Stop the Train.’
Climate justice protesters blockaded train tracks in Massachusetts this week. Despite an emergency call and other warnings, the train kept coming.
Wen StephensonGlobal War + Climate Change
How Rising Temperatures Increase the Likelihood of Nuclear War
As climate changes stresses our human institutions, we are likely to face deadly conflicts over critical resources.
Michael T. KlareCalifornia in Flames
California’s Fires Prove the American Dream Is Flammable
If we want to keep cities safe in the face of climate change, we need to seriously question the ideal of private homeownership.
Kian GohThis story was published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 400 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story, co-founded by The Nation and Columbia Journalism Review. Continue Reading >
United Nations and Climate
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September 20, 2019
Trump Will Snub the Climate Summit for a Religious Freedom Meeting at the UN
Senior UN official confirms White House booked a room so Trump can attend a gathering in the same building as the summit.
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September 16, 2019
Why Today’s UN Climate Action Summit Matters
The media and climate activists must “name and shame” laggards, says the UN special envoy.
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December 12, 2015
The Paris Climate Deal Will Not Save Us
The agreement will still raise global temperatures 3 to 4 degrees Celsius.
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September 19, 2019
What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like?
The United States will be a nonentity at this fall’s UN climate summit. But the 2020 election is a chance to change the game.
Zoë Carpenter
The US Navy Has a Water Problem
The Second Fleet was reactivated to patrol the Arctic. Only problem is, the fleet’s home is on the front lines of sea-level rise: Naval Station Norfolk.
Dave LindorffThis story was published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story, co-founded by The Nation and Columbia Journalism Review. Continue Reading >
Voices
Green New Deal
Wanted: Shovel-Ready Projects for a Green New Deal
As we learned in the previous recession, backing projects before they’re ready has a political cost.
Robert PollinLet Us Now Praise Bernie Sanders
The progressive leader surely will be counted as one of this century’s most important political figures.
Robert L. BorosageOut From Under ‘the Economy’
Covid-19 proves we can’t conflate the market’s health with workers’ well-being.
Sheetal Chhabria and Aparna GopalanFrom the Archives