In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated
As Trump deploys the National Guard to “make Memphis safe and restore public order,” the health risks from the city’s aging infrastructure, plumbing, and paint continue to be igno...
Sep 26, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin
The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism
Traditional journalists complain that he is an advocate—the same criticism Woodward and Bernstein faced during Watergate.
Sep 25, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Where Did All the Youth Climate Activists Go? Where Did All the Youth Climate Activists Go?
The “Make Billionaires Pay” march might hint at where the climate movement is headed—away from fossil fuel divestment and toward broader resistance, with fewer young people.
Sep 24, 2025 / StudentNation / Heather Chen
We’re Not Ready for a World of Water Scarcity We’re Not Ready for a World of Water Scarcity
Will aquifers become the United States’ strategic reserves, alongside oil reserves and the nuclear weapons we keep in “reserve” to protect our wealth?
Sep 24, 2025 / Frida Berrigan
Does “Weather Girl” Forecast Our Planet’s Future? Does “Weather Girl” Forecast Our Planet’s Future?
In the new play by Brian Watkins, a California meteorologist struggles to deliver daily weather reports that whitewash our unfortunate climate reality.
Sep 23, 2025 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
The Problem of Green Capitalism The Problem of Green Capitalism
A conversation with Thea Riofrancos about her new book Extraction and the hidden cost and obscured history of the capitalist push to monetize the energy transition.
Sep 23, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
The Climate Movement Has Blind Spots. We’re Here to Expose Them. The Climate Movement Has Blind Spots. We’re Here to Expose Them.
The people most harmed by ecological violence are usually the least represented in the stories we consume about climate change. That’s why the podcast A People’s Climate exists.
Sep 22, 2025 / Shilpi Chhotray
The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush
As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse.
Sep 15, 2025 / Feature / Jocelyn C. Zuckerman
Are We Distracting Ourselves Into Climate Catastrophe? Are We Distracting Ourselves Into Climate Catastrophe?
When shocking news about how soon civilization might collapse is overshadowed by Taylor Swift’s engagement, we might have a problem.
Sep 11, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Meet the “Coal-igarch” Jim Grech, CEO of Peabody Energy Meet the “Coal-igarch” Jim Grech, CEO of Peabody Energy
Fossil fuel oligarchs are getting their payback for helping electing Trump.
Sep 4, 2025 / Chuck Collins