The Pork Oligarchs of Iowa Have Local Politicians in Their Pockets The Pork Oligarchs of Iowa Have Local Politicians in Their Pockets
Jeff and Deb Hansen spend hundreds of thousands to keep the state friendly to their business.
Mar 12, 2026 / Column / Chuck Collins
Rep. Summer Lee: The Fight for Environmental Justice Is Far From Over Rep. Summer Lee: The Fight for Environmental Justice Is Far From Over
The Trump administration’s destructive environmental policies will cost us all. But we must not give up.
Mar 12, 2026 / Summer Lee
A World on Fire Needs More Climate Reporting—Not Less A World on Fire Needs More Climate Reporting—Not Less
War is a climate story, but billionaire media owners don’t want to tell it.
Mar 12, 2026 / Kyle Pope
What to Expect From a Mammoth Disruption of Global Oil and Gas Supplies What to Expect From a Mammoth Disruption of Global Oil and Gas Supplies
And why was the Trump team so unprepared for shock waves?
Mar 11, 2026 / Stanley Reed
The Iran War Is Also a Climate War The Iran War Is Also a Climate War
Climate change is not a peripheral part of what we’re seeing in Iran—it’s structurally embedded in modern warfare.
Mar 5, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard and Giles Trendle
Cuba’s Oil Crisis Cuba’s Oil Crisis
Much of Cuba goes dark as a US oil blockade chokes the island’s energy supply. Major carriers have halted services now that aviation fuel is no longer available at nine internation...
Feb 27, 2026 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
The Planet-Sized Hole in Trump’s State of the Union Address The Planet-Sized Hole in Trump’s State of the Union Address
Although climate change received no attention during the president’s speech, Americans must continue to find new ways of making progress against the ongoing environmental crisis.
Feb 26, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
Japan’s New Climate Bomb—in the US Japan’s New Climate Bomb—in the US
Bloomberg Green reveals the climate costs of the US-Japan trade deal.
Feb 26, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard
Do Humans Really Understand the World’s Disorderly Rivers? Do Humans Really Understand the World’s Disorderly Rivers?
In James C. Scott’s last book, In Praise of Floods, he questions the limits of human hegemony and our misplaced sense that we have any control over the Earth’s depleted watershed....
Feb 24, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Sherrell
The Scramble for Lithium The Scramble for Lithium
Thea Riofrancos’s Extraction tells the story of how a critical mineral became the focus of a worldwide battle over the future of green energy and, by extension, capitalism.
Feb 23, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Casey A. Williams