This Holiday Season, You Can Find Ways to Talk to Your Family About the Climate Crisis This Holiday Season, You Can Find Ways to Talk to Your Family About the Climate Crisis
Once you ask people about the ways they see the climate changing around them, many want to engage.
Nov 23, 2022 / Madeline Ostrander
The Undocumented Can Work Jobs at the University of California, and Latinas Are Fighting Toxic Pollution The Undocumented Can Work Jobs at the University of California, and Latinas Are Fighting Toxic Pollution
On this week's episode of Start Making Sense, UCLA law professor Ahilan Arulanantham and writer Eliza Moreno join the show.
Nov 23, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
In a Historic Move, Frontline Communities Will Be Compensated for Climate Crisis Impacts In a Historic Move, Frontline Communities Will Be Compensated for Climate Crisis Impacts
At the UN climate negotiations, delegates celebrated the decision to create a mechanism by which developed countries will compensate developing countries for the havoc wreaked upon...
Nov 23, 2022 / Tina Gerhardt
Students Tell Their Universities: Keep Fossil Fuel Companies Out of Climate Research Students Tell Their Universities: Keep Fossil Fuel Companies Out of Climate Research
Amid COP27, members of the Fossil Free Research movement took action around the world, protesting the influence of Big Oil on crucial climate change studies.
Nov 22, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
These Moms Are Leading the Fight Against Environmental Racism These Moms Are Leading the Fight Against Environmental Racism
In Los Angeles, the fight against toxic air pollution is a family affair.
Nov 17, 2022 / Photo Essay / Eliza Moreno
The “International Community” Is an Ineffectual Fantasy The “International Community” Is an Ineffectual Fantasy
World leaders invoke it. We're lead to believe it will act on our behalf. Does it even exist?
Nov 16, 2022 / Rajan Menon
Should Governments Reinvest in Nuclear Power to Fight Climate Change? Should Governments Reinvest in Nuclear Power to Fight Climate Change?
Jessica Lovering argues that nothing scales up like nuclear, while Paul Hockenos says it is just too expensive and slow to deploy.
Nov 16, 2022 / The Debate / Jessica Lovering and Paul Hockenos
Kiribati’s Disorder in the Court Kiribati’s Disorder in the Court
The Pacific island nation's attempted deportation of an Australian-born judge shows how the decolonizing world’s reliance on foreign-born judges threatens nascent democracies.
Nov 15, 2022 / Pete McKenzie
Rich, Polluting Nations Must Pay Up Rich, Polluting Nations Must Pay Up
As a bare minimum, a windfall tax on the combined profits of the largest oil and gas companies needs to be enacted.
Nov 15, 2022 / Various Contributors
As COP 27 Begins, Demands for Loss and Damage Compensation Grow Louder As COP 27 Begins, Demands for Loss and Damage Compensation Grow Louder
Nations in the Global South have been increasingly focused on securing the means to address the impacts of climate change that are already here.
Nov 11, 2022 / Tina Gerhardt