Environmental Issues

Sheldon Whitehouse

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s ‘Web of Denial’ Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s ‘Web of Denial’

This week, Democratic lawmakers are speaking up about “a colossal political scheme” to mislead the public about climate science.

Jul 13, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Obama Hiroshima Wreath

There Are 15,000 Nuclear Weapons Still Posing an Intolerable Threat to Humanity There Are 15,000 Nuclear Weapons Still Posing an Intolerable Threat to Humanity

These mayors are trying to change that.

Jul 8, 2016 / Cities Rising / Mayor Frank Cownie

This Keystone Activist Is Bringing the Tactics That Defeated the Pipeline Into the Democratic Party

This Keystone Activist Is Bringing the Tactics That Defeated the Pipeline Into the Democratic Party This Keystone Activist Is Bringing the Tactics That Defeated the Pipeline Into the Democratic Party

Until now, the movement against climate change hasn’t waded into party politics. With the 2016 election, that’s changing.

Jul 1, 2016 / Madeline Ostrander

Protest at Syria and Iraq hearing

America Needs a New Peace Movement—Especially if Clinton Wins in November America Needs a New Peace Movement—Especially if Clinton Wins in November

Another escalation, especially in Syria, is the present danger.

Jun 30, 2016 / Tom Hayden

Oregon TPP protest

The Democratic Party’s Draft Platform Doesn’t Oppose the TPP—That’s Bad Policy and Bad Politics The Democratic Party’s Draft Platform Doesn’t Oppose the TPP—That’s Bad Policy and Bad Politics

Working-class Americans have had enough of trade policies that accelerate the race to the bottom.

Jun 27, 2016 / Larry Cohen

Paul LePage

Big Solar’s Obstructionism in Maine Big Solar’s Obstructionism in Maine

Will Big Solar perpetuate the abuses of Big Oil?

Jun 27, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

Democrats to Exxon: Stop Trying to Change the Conversation

Democrats to Exxon: Stop Trying to Change the Conversation Democrats to Exxon: Stop Trying to Change the Conversation

A forum on Wednesday laid out the case for treating oil like the “new tobacco.”

Jun 23, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Growing Up With Climate Change Growing Up With Climate Change

My generation will be the first to have lived an entire lifetime in a climate changed world. We witnessed the first climate impacts. We will experience the worst. We were born into…

Jun 15, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

Zephyr Teachout

Can Zephyr Teachout Win a Seat in Congress? Can Zephyr Teachout Win a Seat in Congress?

The anti-corruption crusader, who gave New York Governor Cuomo a run for his money in 2014, is one of several promising Berniecrats running this year.

Jun 14, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Is Removing Climate Skepticism From Textbooks Censorship?

Is Removing Climate Skepticism From Textbooks Censorship? Is Removing Climate Skepticism From Textbooks Censorship?

The public-school board in Portland, Oregon, tried to broaden the district’s climate-change curriculum. Now it’s being accused of suppressing debate.

Jun 14, 2016 / StudentNation / Zoë Carpenter

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