Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. This Town Listened. Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. This Town Listened.
Through executive orders, Congress, and a loyalist cabinet, the Trump administration has delivered big for enclaves of coal country like Colstrip, Montana. But how long can it las...
Nov 20, 2025 / StudentNation / Ezra Graham
China Is Now the World’s Climate Champion China Is Now the World’s Climate Champion
The news out of COP30 does not engender much hope, but China’s embrace of renewable energy shows that climate protection makes smart economic sense.
Nov 18, 2025 / Paul Hockenos
Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death” Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”
Indigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.”
Nov 17, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Trump’s Action on Climate Change Trump’s Action on Climate Change
Climate conference meets in Brazil and the US is MIA.
Nov 13, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Global Leaders Are Glad the US Isn’t Attending COP30 Global Leaders Are Glad the US Isn’t Attending COP30
Momentum behind decarbonizing the global economy has built to the point where it is inevitable—with or without the United States.
Nov 13, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
There’s No Quitting the Climate Fight There’s No Quitting the Climate Fight
This is the worst-ever year for climate politics—but the struggle is far from over.
Nov 12, 2025 / Wen Stephenson
At COP30, Will Lula Be a Rain Forest Champion? At COP30, Will Lula Be a Rain Forest Champion?
During this term, Brazil’s president has reduced deforestation but he is government is pushing projects that would open up the Amazon to extractivism.
Nov 8, 2025 / Jonathan Watts
How Much Suffering Can COP30 Prevent? How Much Suffering Can COP30 Prevent?
Bill Gates gets climate change wrong. It’s not a binary—humanity survives or goes extinct—it’s a questions of scale: How many people will die or be left destitute?
Nov 7, 2025 / Andrew McCormick
Winning a Fossil Fuel Divestment Pledge Is Hard. Keeping It Is Harder. Winning a Fossil Fuel Divestment Pledge Is Hard. Keeping It Is Harder.
Nearly a decade after promising to withdraw millions in fossil fuel investments, the University of Massachusetts has stalled on its clean energy transition. What happened?
Nov 6, 2025 / StudentNation / Eric Ross
Clear-Cutting Our Future Clear-Cutting Our Future
Deforestation is destroying the lungs of our planet.
Nov 5, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper