Can the Caribbean’s Tourism Economy Survive Climate Change?

Rising sea levels, ocean acidification, catastrophic storm surges—the threat is dire, and requires a rapid transition to renewable energy.

Juan Cole

Even Republican Mayors Are Rejecting Trump’s Energy Policies

From Aspen to Abita Springs, cities are committing to running on 100 percent renewable energy.

Jimmy Tobias

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.

Gar Alperovitz, Joe Guinan and Thomas M. Hanna

The Other Poison Gas Killing Syrians: Carbon Dioxide Emissions

If Trump and his cronies really cared about children killed by noxious gases, they wouldn’t be trying to spew ever more CO₂ into the atmosphere.

Juan Cole

Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive

If Trump continues his assault on common sense about climate change, America is going to lose—and lose big.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Inspired by Standing Rock, West Texans Take Action to Fight Another Pipeline

Opponents of the Trans-Pecos Pipeline are finding hope in their last resort.

Sasha von Oldershausen

Running on Empty

Was the failure to solve the US energy crisis of the 1970s a product of bad government policy, or of voters demanding that their government do the impossible?

Jefferson Decker

Growing Up With Climate Change

Chloe Maxmin

Get Ready for a Wave of Green Civil Disobedience, America

On Thursday, climate activists in the US began a week of direct action to “Break Free” from fossil fuels.

Zoë Carpenter

Just Because Big Coal Is Collapsing Doesn’t Mean Appalachia Has to Follow

Is an environmentally sustainable economic transition possible?

Michelle Chen