![Supporters gather at a theater next to the Helena, Mont., courthouse on June 12, 2023, to watch the court proceedings for the nation's first youth climate change trial at Montana's First Judicial District Court. Sixteen plaintiffs, ranging in age from 6 to 22, are suing the state for promoting fossil fuel energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment.”](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/montana-climate-getty.jpg)
It’s Time for the US to Declare a National Climate Emergency It’s Time for the US to Declare a National Climate Emergency
The US has no comprehensive climate action plan with clear, enforceable targets, timelines, and road maps for climate protection and restabilization—and it desperately needs one.
Jun 25, 2024 / John J. Berger
![Sarah Lloyd works on her farm in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1228115177-1.jpg)
Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like
A strategy for building a rural-urban working-class coalition.
Apr 23, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
![I Saw the Future of Climate Technology—and Its Big-Oil Investors](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/carbon-capture-cleantech-getty.jpg)
I Saw the Future of Climate Technology—and Its Big-Oil Investors I Saw the Future of Climate Technology—and Its Big-Oil Investors
At the Cleantech North America conference, the fates of climate-tech start-ups are tangled into the balance sheets of companies who caused the crisis in the first place.
Feb 15, 2024 / Molly Taft
![Students take part in a “youth strike to act on climate change” in France in March 2019.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/climate-change-protest-hand-img.jpg)
The Green New Deal Is the Opiate of the Masses The Green New Deal Is the Opiate of the Masses
In the Global North, measures to stop climate change cannot double as ways to further economic growth
Dec 4, 2023 / Kohei Saito
![Tiffany Cabán at an NYC climate protest](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DSA-climate-rally-138KB-ap.jpg)
How to Win a Green New Deal in Your State How to Win a Green New Deal in Your State
New York passed a publicly funded renewable energy program. This is how DSA did it—and how you can too.
May 11, 2023 / Ashley Dawson
![Climate Change Protest](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1169965792-img.jpg)
Around the World, Students Are Ready to Occupy Campuses for Climate Action Around the World, Students Are Ready to Occupy Campuses for Climate Action
Between now and December, activists will form encampments at dozens of schools to demand solutions for the climate crisis.
Sep 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Mira Sydow
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We Can Thank Green New Dealers for the Inflation Reduction Act We Can Thank Green New Dealers for the Inflation Reduction Act
It was the Green New Deal movement that made massive federal investment in clean energy a must-pass priority of the Democratic Party.
Aug 17, 2022 / Matthew Miles Goodrich
![Worker with Wind Turbines](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/woman_wind-turbines_gty_img.jpg)
This Doesn’t Have to Hurt: An Argument Against BDSM Economics This Doesn’t Have to Hurt: An Argument Against BDSM Economics
Inflicting pain on workers to fix inflation isn’t just unfair. It’s stupid, ineffective, and completely unnecessary.
Jul 13, 2022 / Zack Exley and Robert Hockett
![Matthew T. Huber](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Huber-Climate_Change_as_Class_War_img.jpg)
The Green Transition Must Be Union-Powered The Green Transition Must Be Union-Powered
A conversation with scholar Matt Huber on climate strategy and class politics.
Jun 9, 2022 / Q&A / Sara Van Horn and Cal Turner
![Exxon Mobile Protesters Rally](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/exxon-protest-getty.jpg)
For the Sake of Humanity, Let’s Abandon American Exceptionalism For the Sake of Humanity, Let’s Abandon American Exceptionalism
It’s useless in the face of climate change.
Mar 29, 2022 / Aviva Chomsky