Environment

Colstrip coal plant

The Coronavirus Has Lessons for Journalists Covering the Climate Crisis The Coronavirus Has Lessons for Journalists Covering the Climate Crisis

Earth Day’s 50th anniversary serves as a moment to reflect on how to more rigorously cover the climate story.

Apr 20, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

Trump sitting at a table in the White House.

10 Ways Trump Could Use His Power for Good, Not Evil 10 Ways Trump Could Use His Power for Good, Not Evil

The president can still use his executive powers to do the right thing.

Apr 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Todd N. Tucker

Organizing on the Coasts Won’t Save the Planet

Organizing on the Coasts Won’t Save the Planet Organizing on the Coasts Won’t Save the Planet

Rural America has the land, the people, and the potential to flip the political equation on climate change.

Apr 20, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Jane Fleming Kleeb

Student Climate Strike

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Suffering Under the Coronavirus. Good. Fossil Fuel Companies Are Suffering Under the Coronavirus. Good.

If fossil fuel companies and their financial backers are scared now, then they should be terrified of what’s to come.

Apr 16, 2020 / no-paywall / Ilana Cohen

Can Biden Go Left?

Can Biden Go Left? Can Biden Go Left?

The Sanders movement won’t be won over with empty gestures.

Apr 15, 2020 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan for The Nation

Bernie Sanders rally

Joe Biden, Here’s How to Earn Our Support Joe Biden, Here’s How to Earn Our Support

The presumptive Democratic nominee says he understands “the urgency of this moment.” Young people need him to prove he means it.

Apr 10, 2020 / Waleed Shahid

Civilian Conservation Corps

Wanted: Shovel-Ready Projects for a Green New Deal Wanted: Shovel-Ready Projects for a Green New Deal

As we learned in the previous recession, backing projects before they’re ready has a political cost.

Apr 9, 2020 / Robert Pollin

A trailer attached to a tent sits on the street near a hospital

Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change

We can flatten the curve on climate change, too—but only by altering the balance of power in Washington.

Apr 8, 2020 / no-paywall / Ana María Archila, George Goehl, and Maurice Mitchell

Silence of the Climate Watchdogs

Silence of the Climate Watchdogs Silence of the Climate Watchdogs

Fixated on the coronavirus, many newsrooms are missing brazen assaults on a livable climate.

Apr 8, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Mark Hertsgaard

The Earthquake in Utah Was a Reminder That Our Culture Was Built by Catastrophe

The Earthquake in Utah Was a Reminder That Our Culture Was Built by Catastrophe The Earthquake in Utah Was a Reminder That Our Culture Was Built by Catastrophe

Scenes from a pandemic: 2

Apr 8, 2020 / no-paywall / Kate Savage

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