Environment

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

Beyond the Ball: How Colombia’s Indigenous Peoples are Betting Their Future on Soccer

Beyond the Ball: How Colombia’s Indigenous Peoples are Betting Their Future on Soccer Beyond the Ball: How Colombia’s Indigenous Peoples are Betting Their Future on Soccer

On the field at the most ambitious indigenous sporting event in Colombian history.

May 8, 2015 / Steven Cohen

Coal, Like Tobacco, Has to Go—But It Must Be Phased Out Carefully

Coal, Like Tobacco, Has to Go—But It Must Be Phased Out Carefully Coal, Like Tobacco, Has to Go—But It Must Be Phased Out Carefully

The leaders of Britain’s three main parties have committed to it. We can do the same.

May 6, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

How Climate Protection Has Become Today’s Labor Solidarity

How Climate Protection Has Become Today’s Labor Solidarity How Climate Protection Has Become Today’s Labor Solidarity

Union-led action on climate change has proliferated across the country.

May 6, 2015 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher

Is the Tide Turning Against Water Privatization?

Is the Tide Turning Against Water Privatization? Is the Tide Turning Against Water Privatization?

You can’t squeeze clean water out of dirty business.

Apr 27, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen

Dear Grandson: I’m Sorry for the World You’ll Inherit From Us

Dear Grandson: I’m Sorry for the World You’ll Inherit From Us Dear Grandson: I’m Sorry for the World You’ll Inherit From Us

From climate change to endless war, we owe the next generation an apology for the mess we’re leaving them.

Apr 23, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

Can Australians Give Up Coal?

Can Australians Give Up Coal? Can Australians Give Up Coal?

The land down under is in the midst of a desperate battle that pits green energy advocates against the prime minister and his dirty-energy allies.

Apr 23, 2015 / Bob Massie

Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866

Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866 Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866

We look back to the time when a science columnist wrote up one possible replacement for "the fossil fuel which is now so important an element in the existing order of human society...

Apr 22, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

Is the Carbon-Divestment Movement Reaching a Tipping Point?

Is the Carbon-Divestment Movement Reaching a Tipping Point? Is the Carbon-Divestment Movement Reaching a Tipping Point?

Interviews with Harvard professors Naomi Oreskes and James Anderson about universities’ moral imperative to join the fight against fossil fuel.

Apr 22, 2015 / Wen Stephenson

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