The False Promise of Nuclear Power The False Promise of Nuclear Power
A new book by Joe Romm explains why nuclear is not much of a climate solution.
May 29, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
If You Think Multinational Mining Interests Want to Save the Environment, I’ve Got a Bridge to Sell You If You Think Multinational Mining Interests Want to Save the Environment, I’ve Got a Bridge to Sell You
A sacred site for Native Americans is on the verge of being destroyed for profit, and profit alone—just one more colonial conquest of lands in the American West.
May 22, 2025 / Joshua Frank
Warren Buffett Is a Climate-Wrecker Warren Buffett Is a Climate-Wrecker
Los Angeles Times climate columnist Sammy Roth scoops his business beat colleagues.
May 22, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Climate Costs of Occupation The Climate Costs of Occupation
As Israel expands its settlements in the West Bank, it has destroyed forests and boosted CO2 emissions.
May 20, 2025 / Haitham Al-Sharif
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
Letters From the June 2025 Issue Letters From the June 2025 Issue
Boys don’t cry… A call to action… The war party… Traveling to Cuba… Bill vs. Hill… Burning questions… The best medicine… Correction…
May 13, 2025 / Our Readers
Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished
The president is a brazen crook, but Democrats are too compromised to challenge him.
May 12, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Thinking Like an Ancestor on a Burning Planet Thinking Like an Ancestor on a Burning Planet
A conversation with Olúfémi Táíwò about the struggle for racial and climate justice in the face of catastrophe.
May 5, 2025 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson
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
A Silent Climate Majority A Silent Climate Majority
Most of the world’s people want stronger climate action—but don’t realize they’re the majority.
Apr 23, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope