Environment

Signs of the Times

Signs of the Times Signs of the Times

In NYC and across the nation, protests erupt.

May 1, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Steve Brodner

A green lantern was lit in the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston to announce a day of action—Sun Day—to celebrate that we no longer need fossil fuels.

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

Saving Sinking Homes

Saving Sinking Homes Saving Sinking Homes

How climate change is escalating a housing crisis in Alaska’s Native villages.

Apr 24, 2025 / Photo Essay / Jess Zhang and Megan Gannon

Harmony Cummings holds a sign outside the office of Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO) during a Time to Thrive rally organized by the Colorado Green New Deal coalition to demand support for the THRIVE act on March 31, 2021, in Denver.

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

Earth Day 2025

Earth Day 2025 Earth Day 2025

Against the odds, nature fights for it’s life.

Apr 22, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

New York City mayoral candidate and Democratic State Representative Zohran Mamdani campaigns in New York City on April 16, 2025.

Zohran Mamdani Tackles Climate Change and New York City’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Zohran Mamdani Tackles Climate Change and New York City’s Cost-of-Living Crisis

The mayoral hopeful’s Green Schools plan would renovate 500 public schools, build 500 green schoolyards, and turn 50 schools into resilience hubs.

Apr 22, 2025 / Gabriel Hetland

A man holds a placard reading

The Game-Changing Truth That Could Save the Planet The Game-Changing Truth That Could Save the Planet

Dispelling the myth that climate action is unpopular could push the world over a social tipping point and lead to unstoppable progress.

Apr 22, 2025 / Damian Carrington

The Gulf

The Gulf The Gulf

The Un-United States of America.

Apr 18, 2025 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Friedrich Merz (l), CDU candidate for chancellor and CDU federal chairman, and Lars Klingbeil, SPD parliamentary group and federal chairman, hold a press conference of the CDU/CSU and SPD party chairmen to present the coalition agreement in the Paul Löbe House.

“A Matter of Survival”: Germany’s New Coalition Government “A Matter of Survival”: Germany’s New Coalition Government

Is the country’s latest grand coalition a shaky marriage of convenience—or “democracy’s last bullet”?

Apr 18, 2025 / Linda Mannheim

Hands Off!

Hands Off! Hands Off!

Signs from the NYC rally and march, April 5, 2025.

Apr 16, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

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