Environmental Issues

Students attend a rally to protest ICE in lower Manhattan

An Uncertain Future for NYC Student Activism An Uncertain Future for NYC Student Activism

A controversial bill is proposing that NYPD create a plan for instituting anti-protest buffer zones around many NYC schools.

Jun 3, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Billionaire Charles Koch Pollutes the World

Billionaire Charles Koch Pollutes the World Billionaire Charles Koch Pollutes the World

Sabotaging the environment for profit.

May 22, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

The ConocoPhillips Oil Refinery is seen in Wilmington, California, on April 11, 2026.

The Oil Era Is Ending The Oil Era Is Ending

Is the Iran war a death knell for America’s oil hegemony?

May 21, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

Passengers watch as unseen health personnel assists patients onto a boat from the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 6, 2026. Evacuations were taking place because of a deadly outbreak of hantavirus.

The Hantavirus Is Also a Climate Warning The Hantavirus Is Also a Climate Warning

Higher temperatures, like this coming summer’s, bring more infectious diseases.

May 14, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge spanning New York Harbor.

What Would Happen if You Walked All of New York’s Shoreline? What Would Happen if You Walked All of New York’s Shoreline?

The art and architecture of New York’s vast and sweeping waterfront.

May 14, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs

A transport helicopter of the Dutch Royal Air Force carrying a water bucket for extinguishing wildfires in nature, loads water into the bucket to put out a wildfire in the Veluwe nature reserve on April 29, 2026.

As Global Drought Deepens—Climate Change Kills by a Thousand Cuts As Global Drought Deepens—Climate Change Kills by a Thousand Cuts

Like climate change in general, drought acts as a “threat multiplier,” and making the drought-climate connection helps audience grasp its wide-ranging impacts.

May 7, 2026 / David Dickson

Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday, March 23, 2026.

Why Is New York Running Away From Renewables? Why Is New York Running Away From Renewables?

Kathy Hochul is proposing to retreat from the state’s nation-leading climate and energy strategy. That would be a disaster.

May 4, 2026 / Zephyr Teachout

No Blood in Palestine

No Blood in Palestine No Blood in Palestine

Street poster, Barcelona.

Apr 29, 2026 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

A press conference from the First International Conference on the Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels.

Wait, Could This Be a Climate Conference That Actually Works? Wait, Could This Be a Climate Conference That Actually Works?

As the Iran war highlights fossil fuel risks, a coalition of the willing pursues a global phaseout.

Apr 27, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

A gas mask is held aloft at the inaugural Earth Day protest in New York City, New York, on April 22, 1970.

Earth Day Was Born in Protest Earth Day Was Born in Protest

Now protest may have put Greenpeace USA on the brink of extinction.

Apr 23, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

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