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
Bob Massie Is Putting Climate and Democracy at the Center of the Massachusetts Governor’s Race Bob Massie Is Putting Climate and Democracy at the Center of the Massachusetts Governor’s Race
If this racial-justice and climate activist wins the nomination, he’ll be on the ballot along with Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Jun 1, 2017 / Wen Stephenson
After Promising a ‘Fair Hearing’ on Monuments, Secretary Zinke Shuts Out the Public After Promising a ‘Fair Hearing’ on Monuments, Secretary Zinke Shuts Out the Public
As the Interior Department considers unprecedented changes to protected lands, avenues for public input have been curtailed.
May 18, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter
The Policy Weapon Climate Activists Need The Policy Weapon Climate Activists Need
Government can save the climate from burning the same way it saved the economy from depression: Buy out the companies behind the crisis.
Apr 26, 2017 / Gar Alperovitz, Joe Guinan, and Thomas M. Hanna