Climate Justice
What if the Wind and Sunshine Really Belonged to All of Us?
Only by taking a more radical approach to renewables—one inspired by American history—can we build the constituency needed to make climate justice a reality.
David McDermott HughesExxon Doubles Down on “Advanced Recycling” Claims That Yield Few Results
The petroleum company is under investigation for misleading the public while exacerbating the global plastic pollution crisis.
Amy WesterveltThe Climate Movement in Its Own Way
A straightforward “price on carbon” was once thought appealing to left and right alike. It is now abjured by both.
Charles KomanoffCovering Climate Now
“Act or Die”: Earth Day, Still a Question of Survival
If a point of view is inevitable in journalism, let ours be one that favors defusing the catastrophic climate threat to our planet.
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Blue State Activists Are Working to Decarbonize Trillions
And they don’t need Joe Manchin’s permission.
Nathan Newman
Press Freedom Is an Essential Climate Solution
The climate emergency demands more and louder coverage—and that journalists be free to provide it.
Giles TrendleCovering Climate Now
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April 11, 2022
Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand
The extraction of hydrocarbons tends to support despotism, whereas sun and wind are much closer to being democratic.
Bill McKibben -
April 1, 2022
You Can’t Isolate the Food Crisis From the Climate Crisis
Interrupted food exports from Russia and Ukraine could have disastrous consequences for regions that are already food insecure due in part to climate change.
Andrew McCormick -
March 17, 2022
The Man Who Could Help Big Oil Derail America’s Climate Fight
Phil Goldberg, a self-described “committed environmentalist,” has a powerful strategy to shield the largest oil companies in America.
Chris McGreal -
March 1, 2022
Climate Looms Large Over Biden’s First State of the Union. Will the Coverage Say So?
Ukraine is rightly top-of-mind, but this evening journalists should also make room for the environment in their coverage of the president’s address.
Andrew McCormick
Climate Change Archive
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April 22, 2022
The Global South Is Calling for Climate Reparations
Wealthy nations have largely driven global warming, but it is felt most in countries that have contributed the least to global greenhouse gas emissions.
Olúfémi O. Táíwò and Patrick Bigger -
April 21, 2022
Against World War III
Is a long, bloody war between Russia and Ukraine really in our national interest?
David Bromwich -
April 20, 2022
Wearing Down Joe Manchin and His Fossil Fuel Allies
As a veteran climate and social justice activist, I see our side finally beginning to turn the tide.
Ted Glick -
April 15, 2022
Jackie Robinson, Pioneer of BDS
The Dodgers great didn’t just break Major League Baseball’s color line. He was also an activist whose legacy reaches from Brooklyn to South Africa to Palestine.
Robert Ross