This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins
The most important day to advocate for the Earth is not April 22nd, but April 23rd.
Apr 23, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why the Campaign Against Keystone XL Still Matters Why the Campaign Against Keystone XL Still Matters
Rejecting Keystone isn’t a comprehensive solution, but it would signal that the easy cycle of business as usual can be disrupted.
Apr 22, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Racial and Environmental Justice Are Two Sides of the Same Coin Racial and Environmental Justice Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
Those of us who haven’t been paying enough attention to climate change can no longer take for granted that others will do the work. It’s time for all of us to show up. ...
Apr 22, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
The New Abolitionism The New Abolitionism
Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up at least $10 trillion in wealth.
Apr 22, 2014 / Feature / Chris Hayes
If Rick Weiland Can Say ‘No’ to Keystone, So Can Barack Obama If Rick Weiland Can Say ‘No’ to Keystone, So Can Barack Obama
A South Dakota Senate candidate rejects the pipeline as “an awful lot of risk… and very little reward.”
Apr 22, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
We’re the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Cheap Date We’re the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Cheap Date
Fossil fuel companies spend just a tiny fraction of their colossal profits on lobbying, and get that back by an order of magnitude in tax subsidies, but they still have Washington ...
Apr 22, 2014 / Blog / George Zornick
Why I’m Not Totally Bummed Out This Earth Day Why I’m Not Totally Bummed Out This Earth Day
These heroes of the climate change movement, at least on my better days, lend me hope that my children will inherit something salvageable.
Apr 22, 2014 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
This Is My Brain on Paper Towels This Is My Brain on Paper Towels
My little green guilts.
Apr 22, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
Fighting Despair to Fight Climate Change Fighting Despair to Fight Climate Change
Without hope, the horror of climate change paralyzes rather than politicizes.
Apr 22, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
Climate Change Is the Tragedy of the Global Commons Climate Change Is the Tragedy of the Global Commons
It’s not like women’s rights or prison reform. There are too many people making money out of feeding our insatiable demand for more.
Apr 22, 2014 / Blog / Katha Pollitt