“No One Wins on a Dead Planet”: A Former UN Climate Chief Loses Faith in Fossil Fuel Companies “No One Wins on a Dead Planet”: A Former UN Climate Chief Loses Faith in Fossil Fuel Companies
At COP28, Christiana Figueres, the architect of the Paris climate agreement, said people must balance outrage and optimism.
Nov 30, 2023 / Ajit Niranjan
Protect the Planet Protect the Planet
COP28: Representatives from around the world unite to coordinate global climate action with an emphasis on clean energy.
Nov 29, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Spinning Out of Balance Spinning Out of Balance
Oil companies double down as Earth heats up.
Nov 24, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The Folksy Fanaticism of Mike Johnson The Folksy Fanaticism of Mike Johnson
The new speaker of the House combines Christian nationalism and MAGA.
Nov 3, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The UAW’s “Stand Up Strike” Strategy Led to a Huge Win—and Not Just for Autoworkers The UAW’s “Stand Up Strike” Strategy Led to a Huge Win—and Not Just for Autoworkers
The question now is whether that victory provides a launchpad for rebuilding worker power in the auto industry and beyond. Or is just a blip in labor’s steady generational decline...
Nov 3, 2023 / Jonathan Rosenblum
Supply-Side Liberals Keep Peddling the Fossil Fuel Fix Supply-Side Liberals Keep Peddling the Fossil Fuel Fix
“As long as they can get away with it, they will continue to invest in fossil fuels,” climate activist Greta Thunberg warned earlier this year. “They will continue to throw people…
Nov 2, 2023 / Hannah Story Brown and Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
Leonardo DiCaprio Is Just the Latest of Martin Scorsese’s Husbands From Hell Leonardo DiCaprio Is Just the Latest of Martin Scorsese’s Husbands From Hell
Killers of the Flower Moon offers a vivid and compelling study of racism as domestic violence.
Oct 27, 2023 / Jeet Heer
In Exxon’s Orwellian World, Lower Emissions Means More Oil Production In Exxon’s Orwellian World, Lower Emissions Means More Oil Production
In the corporation's version of Newspeak, "carbon emissions" means whatever it wants—and any investment in renewables is just a facade.
Oct 24, 2023 / Brad Swanson
Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along
As global instability spreads, the president remains committed to failed strategies.
Oct 23, 2023 / Jeet Heer
This Groundbreaking California Court Case Is Taking on Big Oil This Groundbreaking California Court Case Is Taking on Big Oil
In an overheating world, the denialism of Big Oil and its henchmen, including most of the Republican Party, is a crime of the first order.
Oct 17, 2023 / Juan Cole