Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off
Colombia is the first country to declare that it wants to stop digging. Will the world, and particularly the United States, now lend a hand in pulling it out of its economic hole?
Apr 7, 2023 / John Feffer
Why Has the Right Become Obsessed With Climate-Friendly Banking? Why Has the Right Become Obsessed With Climate-Friendly Banking?
It’s not because they're concerned about climate catastrophe.
Apr 6, 2023 / Stan Cox
How Vanuatu’s Climate Campaign Could Save the World How Vanuatu’s Climate Campaign Could Save the World
The tiny island country has pushed the UN and the International Court of Justice to take unprecedented action that could help avert planetary catastrophe.
Apr 5, 2023 / Julian Aguon and Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh
Corporations Are Recruiting High School Students to Help Fuel the Climate Crisis Corporations Are Recruiting High School Students to Help Fuel the Climate Crisis
Energy, technology, defense, and finance companies have launched youth outreach programs designed to attract students before college and cover up their contributions to climate cha...
Apr 4, 2023 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia
The Planet Will Warm Past 1.5°C. What Now? The Planet Will Warm Past 1.5°C. What Now?
The only way of ensuring that the overshoot is temporary is to decisively defeat the fossil fuel cartel.
Apr 4, 2023 / Tom Athanasiou
The Media’s Recent Turn to “Climate Optimism” Is a Cruel Fantasy The Media’s Recent Turn to “Climate Optimism” Is a Cruel Fantasy
Beneath the upbeat messaging, the latest UN climate report makes it clear that while the means to save the planet may still be available, the political will is nowhere in sight.
Apr 3, 2023 / Wen Stephenson
Fossil Fuel Companies Are Donating Millions to Skew University Research Fossil Fuel Companies Are Donating Millions to Skew University Research
A new report from Data for Progress and Fossil Free Research examines the influence Big Oil and other polluters have in higher education.
Mar 30, 2023 / StudentNation / Abby Saks and Phoebe Barr
The End of the World Has Always Been Just Around the Corner The End of the World Has Always Been Just Around the Corner
We've been predicting the world's final days from the very beginning—it now just seems closer than ever before.
Mar 28, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
A Meditation on Trans-Species Love A Meditation on Trans-Species Love
The Nation spoke with Shaunak Sen, whose film All That Breathes follows a bird hospital in New Dehli and the monumental mission of saving a city's dying black kites.
Mar 27, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jasmine Liu
Indigenous Leaders Are Being Forced Into Exile Indigenous Leaders Are Being Forced Into Exile
Facing institutionalized violence from the government and opposition groups, some Indigenous activists in Guatemala have no choice but to flee.
Mar 23, 2023 / María Inés Taracena