Climate Justice
Climate Stories Are Everywhere
Why do many news outlets ignore the connections between climate change and the struggle for democracy?
Mark Hertsgaard
Why do many news outlets ignore the connections between climate change and the struggle for democracy?
The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction
If the corporate and political powers carry on with business as usual, such growth will end in chaotic, violent collapse.
Stan Cox If the corporate and political powers carry on with business as usual, such growth will end in chaotic, violent collapse.
Want to Understand California’s Water Crisis? Look to the Pistachio.
A conversation with the documentarians Rowan Wernham and Yasha Levine about their film Pistachio Wars, a look at how one family came to control much of the state’s water.
Lara-Nour Walton A conversation with the documentarians Rowan Wernham and Yasha Levine about their film Pistachio Wars, a look at how one family came to control much of the state’s water.
Covering Climate Now
Climate Hushers Need to Get Real
Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.
Mark Hertsgaard Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.
The US Is a Violent Petro-State
Trump’s attack on Venezuela illustrates fossil fuels’ many perils.
Mark Hertsgaard Trump’s attack on Venezuela illustrates fossil fuels’ many perils.
Backsliding in Belém
Petrostates at COP30 quash fossil fuel and deforestation phaseouts.
Mark Hertsgaard Petrostates at COP30 quash fossil fuel and deforestation phaseouts.
Covering Climate Now
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November 17, 2025
Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”
Mark HertsgaardIndigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.”
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November 13, 2025
Global Leaders Are Glad the US Isn’t Attending COP30
Mark HertsgaardMomentum behind decarbonizing the global economy has built to the point where it is inevitable—with or without the United States.
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November 8, 2025
At COP30, Will Lula Be a Rain Forest Champion?
Jonathan WattsDuring this term, Brazil’s president has reduced deforestation but he is government is pushing projects that would open up the Amazon to extractivism.
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November 7, 2025
How Much Suffering Can COP30 Prevent?
Andrew McCormickBill 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?
Climate Change Archive
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January 15, 2026
The US Needs India to Buy Coal. Who Pays the Cost?
Alex NorbrookAs the country doubles down on coal exports, local communities—like those in Baltimore and Ennore—will bear the environmental burden.
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January 5, 2026
What Justice on a Burning Planet?
Wen Stephenson, Andreas Malm and Thea RiofrancosAndreas Malm and Thea Riofrancos joined The Nation’s Wen Stephenson in an urgent conversation about the left and the climate emergency.
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December 18, 2025
The Fight for the Last Wild Salmon
Colin WarrenIn Alaska, the last stronghold for wild salmon, Native tribes and conservationists are working to save the fish from both climate change and decades of corporate greed.
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December 11, 2025
The UK’s Climate National Emergency Briefing Should Be a Wake-Up Call to Everyone
Mark HertsgaardThe briefing was a rare coordinated effort to make sure the media reflects the science: Humanity’s planetary house is on fire, but we have the tools to put that fire out.