Life Circa 2050 Will Be Bad. Really Bad. Life Circa 2050 Will Be Bad. Really Bad.
Future widespread suffering won’t be caused by some unforeseen disaster but by all-too-obvious, painfully predictable reasons.
Dec 20, 2021 / Alfred McCoy
The Fog After the Storm The Fog After the Storm
The effects of a hurricane don’t end when the wind stops blowing.
Nov 30, 2021 / Mary Annaïse Heglar
Before the Storm: How Do You Know When to Go? Before the Storm: How Do You Know When to Go?
Even on the eve of a Category 4 hurricane, choosing to leave is never easy.
Nov 23, 2021 / Mary Annaïse Heglar
Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil Youth and Age Unite to Demand That Banks Stop Lending to Big Oil
When both ends of the age spectrum come together, bankers had better pay attention.
Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Bill McKibben and Vidya Muthupillai
Republican Representative Lauren Boebert Goes Full Blunderbuss Republican Representative Lauren Boebert Goes Full Blunderbuss
The insurrection cheerleader’s HR 273 would spell the end of constituent services as we know it.
Sep 24, 2021 / Tom Gogola
Do African Lives Matter? Do African Lives Matter?
The response of the outside world to the latest disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo suggests the answer is no.
Jun 11, 2021 / James North
The Real Reasons Texas’s Power Grid Is So Vulnerable The Real Reasons Texas’s Power Grid Is So Vulnerable
What’s happening in Texas is not an indicator that renewable energy is less reliable—it’s a signal that our infrastructure is frighteningly unprepared for extreme weather.
Feb 19, 2021 / Zoë Carpenter
First Came the Hurricane, Then Came the Campaign of Terror First Came the Hurricane, Then Came the Campaign of Terror
Climate change made Hurricane Dorian a monster that pummeled the Bahamas’s Haitian minority. Human cruelty made its aftermath brutal. Both could have been prevented.
Sep 22, 2020 / Feature / Sonia Shah
As the Hurricane Season Intensifies, Is Puerto Rico Ready? As the Hurricane Season Intensifies, Is Puerto Rico Ready?
Tropical Storm Isaías is a warning for what could come as disaster preparedness funds continue to be squandered.
Aug 6, 2020 / Ed Morales
Silver Linings on a River Silver Linings on a River
Scenes from a pandemic: 14
Jul 1, 2020 / no-paywall / Vasia Markides