Natural disasters

Hurricane Maria, Virgin Islands

Trump Is Embracing Climate Destruction Trump Is Embracing Climate Destruction

Can we act in time to avoid the worst?

May 21, 2019 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

It’s Time to Pay Our Climate Debt to Countries Like Mozambique

It’s Time to Pay Our Climate Debt to Countries Like Mozambique It’s Time to Pay Our Climate Debt to Countries Like Mozambique

As a start, the US and other Western countries must help rebuild the vast areas destroyed by Cyclone Idai.

Apr 22, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

What Fracking Has Wrought

What Fracking Has Wrought What Fracking Has Wrought

Eliza Griswold’s new book, Amity And Prosperity, examines the high human and environmental costs of natural gas extraction in two Pennsylvania towns.  

Apr 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jones

Mother and Child in Boston

Parenting in a World Hurtling Toward Catastrophe Parenting in a World Hurtling Toward Catastrophe

How do you raise children under the ever-present threat of climate change?

Mar 14, 2019 / Frida Berrigan

Margerie Glacier

Climate Disaster Is Upon Us Climate Disaster Is Upon Us

The question is no longer whether or not we are going to fail, but how are we going to comport ourselves in the era of failure?

Jan 15, 2019 / Dahr Jamail

Rex Tillerson

Conspiracy Theorists Are Obsessed With the Wrong ‘New World Order’ Conspiracy Theorists Are Obsessed With the Wrong ‘New World Order’

The real globalists have been destroying civilization for decades.

Dec 17, 2018 / John Feffer

Drought

Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room

It’s called climate change, and we’re running out of time to solve it.

Nov 13, 2018 / John Feffer

In San Juan, people leave shoes to represent the victims of Hurricane Maria.

Nearly One Year After Hurricane Maria, Build Solidarity With Puerto Rico Nearly One Year After Hurricane Maria, Build Solidarity With Puerto Rico

You can also donate to help reunite separated families and help to “whip the vote” to block Kavanaugh.

Aug 28, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction

Hyroponic Farm in Puerto Rico

This Hurricane Season, Puerto Ricans Are Imagining a Sustainable Future This Hurricane Season, Puerto Ricans Are Imagining a Sustainable Future

Puerto Rican movements are rebuilding their island in a way that not only enhances climate resilience, but also reclaims their political power.

Jul 13, 2018 / Celia Bottger

Puerto Rico Matters More

Puerto Rico Matters More Puerto Rico Matters More

Estimates that more than 4,600 people died after Hurricane Maria demand attention.

May 31, 2018 / John Nichols

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