Elon Musk Will Not Help Lead a Climate Leap Elon Musk Will Not Help Lead a Climate Leap
Los Angeles activists are fighting for climate justice, but, at nearby Tesla, green jobs aren’t good jobs.
Nov 15, 2017 / Cities Rising / Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis
The Paris Climate Accord Didn’t Go Nearly Far Enough—Can Bonn Do Better? The Paris Climate Accord Didn’t Go Nearly Far Enough—Can Bonn Do Better?
If negotiators are going to meaningfully combat the climate crisis this week, they’ll need to forget about pleasing fossil-fuel corporations.
Nov 7, 2017 / Michelle Chen
It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them
In the wake of this year’s devastating hurricanes, cities need to focus on equity in all of their future climate-adaptation plans.
Oct 24, 2017 / Cities Rising / Michelle Chen
Wanna Save the Planet? Follow the Haida Nation’s Example. Wanna Save the Planet? Follow the Haida Nation’s Example.
Indigenous peoples steward 80 percent of earth’s biological diversity, but need sovereignty to resist corporate plunder. The amazing triumph of the Haida shows how to get there.
Aug 16, 2017 / Mark Dowie
Over 3,000 New Yorkers Could Die From Summer Heat Each Year by 2080 Over 3,000 New Yorkers Could Die From Summer Heat Each Year by 2080
Unless we act now, deaths from extreme heat will become much more common as the globe warms.
Aug 8, 2017 / Michelle Chen
The Missed Opportunities of ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ The Missed Opportunities of ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’
Al Gore’s latest film draws climate change back into the political limelight, but fails to draw connections between environmental and economic justice.
Aug 3, 2017 / Kate Aronoff
Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke Are Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke Are Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth
Dozens of senior officials have been reassigned at the Department of the Interior, including Dr. Virginia Burkett, who contributed to the IPCC reports that won the Nobel Peace Priz...
Aug 2, 2017 / Adam Federman
How to Protect the Environment Where It’s Worked by Human Hands How to Protect the Environment Where It’s Worked by Human Hands
In Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, Miriam Horn reminds us what Middle America looks like as a place, not an ideology.
Jun 19, 2017 / Madeline Ostrander
This Indigenous Group Traveled 500 Miles Across Argentina to Deliver a Simple Message This Indigenous Group Traveled 500 Miles Across Argentina to Deliver a Simple Message
In the province of Río Negro, the Mapuche are engaged in the fight of their lives to protect their land.
Jun 19, 2017 / Brandon Jordan
A Brutal Expulsion in Guatemala Shows How Neoliberalism Gets Greenwashed A Brutal Expulsion in Guatemala Shows How Neoliberalism Gets Greenwashed
Government and big media portray it as a conflict between squatters and conservationists, but it’s just as much about extraction, displacement, militarization, and narcotics.
Jun 8, 2017 / Greg Grandin