Climate Disaster Is Upon Us Climate Disaster Is Upon Us
The question is no longer whether or not we are going to fail, but how are we going to comport ourselves in the era of failure?
Jan 15, 2019 / Dahr Jamail
To Those Who Think We Can Reform Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis To Those Who Think We Can Reform Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
Our only hope is to stop exploiting the earth—and its people.
Jan 15, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich
America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion
Not to mention 240,000 civilian deaths and 21 million displaced. And yet a congressional commission is urging yet more money for a bloated Pentagon.
Nov 21, 2018 / Editorial / William D. Hartung
The Fire This Time The Fire This Time
California’s Camp Fire is a reckoning, an alarm shrieking that our leaders won’t save us from climate change—but perhaps we can.
Nov 15, 2018 / Editorial / Ben Ehrenreich
Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room
It’s called climate change, and we’re running out of time to solve it.
Nov 13, 2018 / John Feffer
The Climate Won’t Stop Changing In 2100 The Climate Won’t Stop Changing In 2100
Computing power and time put limits on long-term climate modeling—but that doesn’t mean things will get better on their own.
Oct 19, 2018 / Alex Lubben
When Disaster Capitalism Comes for the University of Puerto Rico When Disaster Capitalism Comes for the University of Puerto Rico
The ongoing privatization of Puerto Rico’s recovery threatens not only the university’s autonomy, but its very existence.
Sep 20, 2018 / StudentNation / Rima Brusi, Yarimar Bonilla, and Isar Godreau
Too Hot for Work? Too Hot for Work?
Climate change is already worsening working conditions across the country.
Sep 20, 2018 / Michelle Chen
This Hurricane Season, Puerto Ricans Are Imagining a Sustainable Future This Hurricane Season, Puerto Ricans Are Imagining a Sustainable Future
Puerto Rican movements are rebuilding their island in a way that not only enhances climate resilience, but also reclaims their political power.
Jul 13, 2018 / Celia Bottger
Trump Wants to Expand Oil Drilling to 90 Percent of Our Seas. We’re Marching on June 9 to Stop Him. Trump Wants to Expand Oil Drilling to 90 Percent of Our Seas. We’re Marching on June 9 to Stop Him.
The March for the Ocean is promoting a rapid transition from drilling and spilling to clean, job-generating renewable energy.
May 14, 2018 / David Helvarg and Bill McKibben