Plundering Our Natural Resources Plundering Our Natural Resources
Drilling, mining, draining. The EPA’s response?
Feb 19, 2021 / OppArt / Henrik Drescher
The Real Reasons Texas’s Power Grid Is So Vulnerable The Real Reasons Texas’s Power Grid Is So Vulnerable
What’s happening in Texas is not an indicator that renewable energy is less reliable—it’s a signal that our infrastructure is frighteningly unprepared for extreme weather.
Feb 19, 2021 / Zoë Carpenter
While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal
Republican politicians try—and fail—to deflect blame with outrageous spin.
Feb 18, 2021 / John Nichols
Bill Gates, Climate Warrior. And Super Emitter. Bill Gates, Climate Warrior. And Super Emitter.
The billionaire’s new book, a bid to be taken seriously as a climate campaigner, has attracted the usual worshipful coverage. When will the media realize that with Gates you have t...
Feb 16, 2021 / Tim Schwab
How a Climate-Justice Champion Won Office in Rural, Working-Class Maine How a Climate-Justice Champion Won Office in Rural, Working-Class Maine
State Senator Chloe Maxmin, a progressive activist who unseated the GOP minority leader in November, talks about social-movement organizing.
Feb 16, 2021 / Conversations With ‘The Nation’ / Wen Stephenson
At Long Last, a President Declares That the Era of Small Government Is Over At Long Last, a President Declares That the Era of Small Government Is Over
President Biden has demonstrated that he intends to launch initiatives that go beyond those of the Obama era.
Feb 2, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Biden’s First Climate Actions Are Missing Coal’s Long Tail Biden’s First Climate Actions Are Missing Coal’s Long Tail
Despite setting an extensive initial climate agenda, by not addressing existing leases, the Biden administration risks leaving billions of tons of publicly owned coal for the takin...
Feb 1, 2021 / Josh Lappen
Taking Action on Climate Change Taking Action on Climate Change
Rejoining the Paris Agreement.
Jan 29, 2021 / OppArt / Dara Herman Zierlein
Here’s What Students Think Biden Needs to Do in His First 100 Days Here’s What Students Think Biden Needs to Do in His First 100 Days
From reimagining the Postal Service to combating climate change to reforming OIRA, students across the country told us what they think Biden’s top priority should be.
Jan 20, 2021 / StudentNation / StudentNation