The Australian Fires Are a Prelude to Our Climate Suffering The Australian Fires Are a Prelude to Our Climate Suffering
The fires could just be the beginning in a slow-motion climate reckoning of rising sea levels, unprecedented storms, and hellish heat waves.
Jan 28, 2020 / Dispatch / Tom Engelhardt
The Road to the Green New Deal Lies Through This Overlooked Agency The Road to the Green New Deal Lies Through This Overlooked Agency
The Department of Interior will shape the fate of this country’s climate resilience—but first it will have to be rebuilt after being ransacked by Trump cronies.
Jan 27, 2020 / Jimmy Tobias
What if Australia Were Its Own Planet? What if Australia Were Its Own Planet?
As the world’s leading coal exporter, Australia is burning down its own house.
Jan 9, 2020 / Bill McKibben
Harvard and Yale Students Storm the Field for Fossil Fuel Divestment Harvard and Yale Students Storm the Field for Fossil Fuel Divestment
This won’t be the last of these disruptive protests against “business as usual” on both campuses.
Nov 25, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Trump’s Greatest Dereliction of Duty—His Disgraceful Denial of Climate Change Trump’s Greatest Dereliction of Duty—His Disgraceful Denial of Climate Change
The worst part? That the president believes his position is a political winner.
Nov 5, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump Throws More Red Meat to Nativists, Polluters, and Evangelicals Trump Throws More Red Meat to Nativists, Polluters, and Evangelicals
He’s shoring up his bigoted base for 2020, but he’s also courting the broader GOP coalition of big business and the Christian right.
Nov 5, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
The University of California Finally Has Divested From Fossil Fuels The University of California Finally Has Divested From Fossil Fuels
Now, Fossil Free UC wants to set the record straight about why.
Oct 8, 2019 / StudentNation / Emily Williams and Theo LeQuesne
‘How Dare You!’ Greta Thunberg Rebukes World Leaders ‘How Dare You!’ Greta Thunberg Rebukes World Leaders
“We will not let you get away with this,” the 16-year-old climate strike leader tells the UN Climate Action Summit.
Sep 23, 2019 / Covering Climate Now / Mark Hertsgaard
Why Today’s UN Climate Action Summit Matters Why Today’s UN Climate Action Summit Matters
The media and climate activists must “name and shame” laggards, says the UN special envoy.
Sep 16, 2019 / Covering Climate Now / Mark Hertsgaard
What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class? What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class?
Some of the strongest evidence that our country needs structural change, that our problems go much deeper than one white nationalist president, lies in history that is rarely taugh...
Sep 5, 2019 / StudentNation / Abe Asher