Air Pollution

People carry a body, covered with a blanket, as they conduct a search and rescue operation after the second bombardment of the Israeli army in the last 24 hours at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza, on November 1, 2023.

The Fingerprints Climate Change Leaves Behind The Fingerprints Climate Change Leaves Behind

A top climate-attribution scientist helps journalists understand and explain them.

May 15, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

A green lantern was lit in the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston to announce a day of action—Sun Day—to celebrate that we no longer need fossil fuels.

We Can Run the World Without Fossil Fuels We Can Run the World Without Fossil Fuels

By lighting a green lantern in Boston’s Old North Church, environmentalists announce a new global day of action—Sun Day—to celebrate a world that no longer needs fossil fuels.

Apr 30, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard and Bill McKibben

Taking Action

Taking Action Taking Action

Only genuine change can pull us back from the precipice of environmental collapse.

Apr 11, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Barney Oursler, director of the Mon Valley Unemployed Committee, is photographed at US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pennsylvania, January 23, 2025.

The Unemployment System Is Failing Workers. Barney Oursler’s Here to Help. The Unemployment System Is Failing Workers. Barney Oursler’s Here to Help.

Oursler and his staff at the Mon Valley Unemployment Committee have shown over the past 40 years what it means to really care about workers—on the job and off.

Apr 3, 2025 / Daniel Napsha

A Gulfstream G650ER jet prepares to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on November 7, 2023.

These Activists Are Right: The World Doesn’t Need Any More Private Jets These Activists Are Right: The World Doesn’t Need Any More Private Jets

Local activists in Massachusetts have taken on the private jet lobby—and they might just win.

Mar 26, 2025 / Chuck Collins

Trump Undoes Environmental Protections

Trump Undoes Environmental Protections Trump Undoes Environmental Protections

Denying reality as climate disasters spread.

Feb 28, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Climate. ACTION!

Climate. ACTION! Climate. ACTION!

California Fires Fossil Fueled By The Oil Industry.

Jan 30, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

The Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, California on January 8, 2025.

How the Wildfires Could Reshape the Climate Movement in California How the Wildfires Could Reshape the Climate Movement in California

As the city debates how it can best address the impacts of increasingly devastating natural disasters, organizers hope to seize the moment.

Jan 28, 2025 / StudentNation / Amber X. Chen and Maggie Grether

(Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires

(Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires (Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires

Exxon has been knowingly pouring gas on climate problems for decades.

Jan 22, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Minerals displayed at the showroom of a battery recycling plant in Wuhan, China, in 2023.

Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals

China’s latest export restriction lays bare the complex geopolitics behind President Trump’s proposed tariffs—and the green energy transition.

Jan 2, 2025 / Nicolas Niarchos

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