Environment

John McCain and Mitch McConnell

Climate Deniers Are Quickly Bringing About Their Own Worst Nightmare Climate Deniers Are Quickly Bringing About Their Own Worst Nightmare

How climate denial became second nature to the new Republican Party.

Jun 17, 2015 / Naomi Oreskes

Climate March

Cracks Appear in the Climate Change Deniers’ Defenses Cracks Appear in the Climate Change Deniers’ Defenses

The world's largest oil and gas companies are finally admitting climate change is real—and that they're to blame.

Jun 16, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Carwasheros

These Carwashers Were Being Paid as Little as $125 a Week These Carwashers Were Being Paid as Little as $125 a Week

How everyone benefits from the merger of worker protection and sustainability in one of the city’s least-regulated industries.

Jun 12, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Michigan’s Attempt to Destroy Democracy and the Environment

Michigan’s Attempt to Destroy Democracy and the Environment Michigan’s Attempt to Destroy Democracy and the Environment

The state’s form of austerity politics is a massive experiment in unraveling US democracy.

Jun 9, 2015 / Laura Gottesdiener and Eduardo Garcia

Canada’s New Climate Movement

Canada’s New Climate Movement Canada’s New Climate Movement

Time is too short to allow our divisions to keep us from building the kind of coalitions that will safeguard life on earth.

Jun 5, 2015 / Naomi Klein

Ecuador’s Battle for Environmental Justice Against Chevron

Ecuador’s Battle for Environmental Justice Against Chevron Ecuador’s Battle for Environmental Justice Against Chevron

For more than two decades, impoverished indigenous people have been seeking restitution from the oil giant for polluting their region.

Jun 2, 2015 / Feature / James North

Who Killed Public Housing in New Orleans?

Who Killed Public Housing in New Orleans? Who Killed Public Housing in New Orleans?

After Hurricane Katrina, big developers, government bureaucrats and anti-housing ideologues pushed to destroy “Bricks.”

Jun 2, 2015 / Feature / Roberta Brandes Gratz

California Is Finally Getting Serious About Pesticides Near Schools

California Is Finally Getting Serious About Pesticides Near Schools California Is Finally Getting Serious About Pesticides Near Schools

After a dozen years of foot-dragging, regulators are doing something about the toxins.

Jun 1, 2015 / Liza Gross

World Governments Subsidize the Burning of Fossil Fuels to the Tune of $10 Million a Minute

World Governments Subsidize the Burning of Fossil Fuels to the Tune of $10 Million a Minute World Governments Subsidize the Burning of Fossil Fuels to the Tune of $10 Million a Minute

According to a new IMF study, we’re subsidizing the digging of our own graves.

May 21, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

Lituya Bay, Gulf of Alaska

Here Are the Navy’s Plans to Bomb the Arctic Here Are the Navy’s Plans to Bomb the Arctic

The waters of the Gulf of Alaska are some of the most pristine in the world. That will change next month.

May 21, 2015 / Dahr Jamail

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