Energy Policy

What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change?

What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change? What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change?

Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis, and Wen Stephenson discuss the truly transformative change that our climate crisis requires.

Oct 26, 2015 / Wen Stephenson, Naomi Klein, and Avi Lewis

The Day After Tomorrow

Are Disaster Movies Predicting Our Future? Are Disaster Movies Predicting Our Future?

The latest IPCC report suggests that sudden climate catastrophes with irreversible consequences may not be as improbable as we once thought.

Oct 8, 2015 / Michael T. Klare

Mother and child in Detroit

The Art of Parenting on a Disappearing Planet The Art of Parenting on a Disappearing Planet

From mommy magazines to child-development specialists, we are constantly told how to protect our children—but how do we protect them from climate change?

Oct 6, 2015 / Frida Berrigan

It’s Time to Lock In the Wins of the Climate Movement

It’s Time to Lock In the Wins of the Climate Movement It’s Time to Lock In the Wins of the Climate Movement

This is a new generation’s moment in history.

Oct 1, 2015 / Tom Hayden

How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East

How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East

We’re still paying the price of Henry Kissinger’s “grand strategies.”

Sep 28, 2015 / Greg Grandin

Iran Business Boom

Iran Will Soon Be a Corporate Gold Mine—and for Once, the GOP Doesn’t Care Iran Will Soon Be a Corporate Gold Mine—and for Once, the GOP Doesn’t Care

With the easing of sanctions, countries are rushing to invest, but Republicans are still caught up in a paroxysm of Islamophobia.

Sep 21, 2015 / Juan Cole

Obama

Three Weeks After Obama Announced His Clean-Power Plan, He Greenlit New Oil Drilling in the Arctic Three Weeks After Obama Announced His Clean-Power Plan, He Greenlit New Oil Drilling in the Arctic

What’s driving the president’s bafflingly two-faced climate policy?

Aug 26, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

Hawaii Gov David Ige

Hawaii’s Governor Dumps Oil and Gas in Favor of 100 Percent Renewables Hawaii’s Governor Dumps Oil and Gas in Favor of 100 Percent Renewables

An unlikely partnership between Hawaii’s local government and the US military makes the island a leader in energy policy.

Aug 26, 2015 / Juan Cole

California Drought

If You Want to Know the Future of the Climate, Look at California If You Want to Know the Future of the Climate, Look at California

California’s struggle with climate change will soon reach the rest of the country.

Aug 17, 2015 / William deBuys

Abandoned coal mine in Kentucky

Could Obama’s Clean Energy Plan Be Good For Coal Country? Could Obama’s Clean Energy Plan Be Good For Coal Country?

Coalitions between labor and environmentalists are pointing the way to a future beyond coal for Appalachia.

Aug 5, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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