Drought

firefighters

News Deserts Are Obscuring the Breadth of Climate Disasters News Deserts Are Obscuring the Breadth of Climate Disasters

Bootstrapped publications like mine do their best to keep the news alive in communities now struggling just to survive.

May 15, 2024 / Jane Braxton Little

Drought

Our Warming Planet Is Becoming a Hotbed of Violence Our Warming Planet Is Becoming a Hotbed of Violence

There has always been violent conflict. But we may now be preparing to top off that sorry record with climate-induced conflict.

Jul 7, 2023 / Stan Cox

Climate Crisis Forest Fire

California’s Extreme Weather Is the Future of Climate Change California’s Extreme Weather Is the Future of Climate Change

After years of thirst, the state has been drowning, and the poorest people have been among those hardest hit.

Feb 8, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon

Flooded homes in New Jersey

Global Warming Is the Front-Page Story of Our Lifetime Global Warming Is the Front-Page Story of Our Lifetime

So why isn't it treated that way?

Jan 9, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt

Caldor Fire

This Year, It Was New Mexico’s Turn to Burn This Year, It Was New Mexico’s Turn to Burn

We may have dodged a bullet, but climate change has unlimited ammo.

Jul 29, 2022 / William deBuys

Paradise fire

“Hell on Earth” Used to Just Be a Figure of Speech “Hell on Earth” Used to Just Be a Figure of Speech

When will the pain of climate change become too great to ignore any longer—and will it then be too late?

Jul 7, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt

Can California Democrats Do Enough to Block a Rural Right-Wing Revolt?

Can California Democrats Do Enough to Block a Rural Right-Wing Revolt? Can California Democrats Do Enough to Block a Rural Right-Wing Revolt?

Democratic legislators are stepping up their efforts to bring relief to voters, but amid soaring gas prices and an intensifying drought, they may not be sufficient.

Jun 3, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

Who Drives the Climate Train?

Who Drives the Climate Train? Who Drives the Climate Train?

As both its victims and its drivers, humans could, at least theoretically, apply the brakes on the locomotive.

Mar 23, 2022 / Jane Braxton Little

California's Drought Goes From Bad To Worse

Drought Takes Hold of California Drought Takes Hold of California

As the recall election nears, rising heat and access to water may become defining political issues for the state.

Jul 9, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

California’s Desert Ecosystems Will Never Recover

California’s Desert Ecosystems Will Never Recover California’s Desert Ecosystems Will Never Recover

Fire in the Anthropocene has become the environmental equivalent of nuclear war.

Sep 16, 2020 / Feature / Mike Davis

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