The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction
If the corporate and political powers carry on with business as usual, such growth will end in chaotic, violent collapse.
Jan 20, 2026 / Stan Cox
Want to Understand California’s Water Crisis? Look to the Pistachio. Want to Understand California’s Water Crisis? Look to the Pistachio.
A conversation with the documentarians Rowan Wernham and Yasha Levine about their film Pistachio Wars, a look at how one family came to control much of the state’s water.
Jan 15, 2026 / Q&A / Lara-Nour Walton
Climate Hushers Need to Get Real Climate Hushers Need to Get Real
Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.
Jan 15, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard
The US Needs India to Buy Coal. Who Pays the Cost? The US Needs India to Buy Coal. Who Pays the Cost?
As the country doubles down on coal exports, local communities—like those in Baltimore and Ennore—will bear the environmental burden.
Jan 15, 2026 / StudentNation / Alex Norbrook
The US Is a Violent Petro-State The US Is a Violent Petro-State
Trump’s attack on Venezuela illustrates fossil fuels’ many perils.
Jan 8, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard
“Take the Oil” “Take the Oil”
Trump’s Venezuelan petroleum fantasies.
Jan 7, 2026 / Michael T. Klare
What Justice on a Burning Planet? What Justice on a Burning Planet?
Andreas Malm and Thea Riofrancos joined The Nation’s Wen Stephenson in an urgent conversation about the left and the climate emergency.
Jan 5, 2026 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson, Andreas Malm, and Thea Riofrancos
The Fight for the Last Wild Salmon The Fight for the Last Wild Salmon
In Alaska, the last stronghold for wild salmon, Native tribes and conservationists are working to save the fish from both climate change and decades of corporate greed.
Dec 18, 2025 / StudentNation / Colin Warren
Anger at Corporate Power Is Everywhere Anger at Corporate Power Is Everywhere
It should guide the Democrats.
Dec 16, 2025 / Ron Knox