Ralph Northam Says He’s Committed to Racial Equity. So Why is He Ignoring Union Hill? Ralph Northam Says He’s Committed to Racial Equity. So Why is He Ignoring Union Hill?
Residents of a historic African-American community in Virginia are asking the governor to keep a major natural-gas project out of their town.
Apr 25, 2019 / Jesse James DeConto
Bill McKibben: ‘We’re Capable of Doing Remarkable Things to Combat Climate Change’ Bill McKibben: ‘We’re Capable of Doing Remarkable Things to Combat Climate Change’
Plus: Richard J. Evans on Eric Hobsbawm.
Apr 25, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
What It’s Like to Run the Arctic’s Alt-Weekly Newspaper What It’s Like to Run the Arctic’s Alt-Weekly Newspaper
Q&A with Mark Sabbatini, editor, writer, and publisher of Svalbard’s Icepeople.
Apr 24, 2019 / Interview / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
The Green New Deal Isn’t a Wish List—It’s Good Strategy The Green New Deal Isn’t a Wish List—It’s Good Strategy
Climate policies that explicitly advance both racial and economic justice will help build a broader, more popular movement.
Apr 23, 2019 / Guido Girgenti and Aru Shiney-Ajay
It’s Time to Pay Our Climate Debt to Countries Like Mozambique It’s Time to Pay Our Climate Debt to Countries Like Mozambique
As a start, the US and other Western countries must help rebuild the vast areas destroyed by Cyclone Idai.
Apr 22, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich
The Media Are Complacent While the World Burns The Media Are Complacent While the World Burns
But there’s a brand-new playbook for journalists fighting for a 1.5°C world.
Apr 22, 2019 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Why Are ‘The New York Times’ and ‘The Washington Post’ Producing Ads for Big Oil? Why Are ‘The New York Times’ and ‘The Washington Post’ Producing Ads for Big Oil?
It looks like real news, but “native advertising” is greenwashing for the climate-wrecking industry.
Apr 22, 2019 / Feature / Amy Westervelt
Trump’s Tax Returns: Why We Will See Them, and What We Will Find Trump’s Tax Returns: Why We Will See Them, and What We Will Find
David Cay Johnston on Trump’s taxes, Zoë Carpenter on plastics, and Laurie Winer on Stephen Miller.
Apr 18, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
We Value Our Planet? We Value Our Planet?
The price we all pay for the benefit of the few.
Apr 17, 2019 / OppArt / Eneko Las Heras
Why Won’t New York State Take Bold Action on Climate Change? Why Won’t New York State Take Bold Action on Climate Change?
With the federal government gridlocked, it’s time for states to act.
Apr 16, 2019 / Sean McElwee