Life Circa 2050 Will Be Bad. Really Bad. Life Circa 2050 Will Be Bad. Really Bad.
Future widespread suffering won’t be caused by some unforeseen disaster but by all-too-obvious, painfully predictable reasons.
Dec 20, 2021 / Alfred McCoy
The Export Boom That Could Transform Texas—and the World The Export Boom That Could Transform Texas—and the World
The United States’ oil and gas export boom has been a decade in the making. All along the Texas coast, communities are fighting back against the industry’s expansion.
Dec 7, 2021 / Amal Ahmed
If You Fund the Research, You Can Shape the World If You Fund the Research, You Can Shape the World
Before the Koch brothers, Standard Oil realized the power of universities to spread its free-market ideology and prevent the growth of socialism.
Dec 1, 2021 / Covering Climate Now / Amy Westervelt
Harvard and Yale Should Do More Than Just Divest Harvard and Yale Should Do More Than Just Divest
Two years ago, climate activists stormed the field during a Harvard-Yale football game to protest fossil fuel investments. What has changed since then?
Nov 23, 2021 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen and Josie Steuer Ingall
You Can’t Beat Climate Change Without Tackling Disinformation You Can’t Beat Climate Change Without Tackling Disinformation
Over more than a century, PR firms built and fine-tuned a machine to deceive the public.
Nov 17, 2021 / Covering Climate Now / Amy Westervelt
If You Care About the Climate, Pay Attention to Koch Cash If You Care About the Climate, Pay Attention to Koch Cash
The Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University receives millions in Koch and ExxonMobil funding, using academic credibility to undermine environmental protections.
Nov 17, 2021 / StudentNation / Jake Lowe
Forgive Humans, Not Oil Companies Forgive Humans, Not Oil Companies
It might seem like prison abolition and fossil fuel abolition have nothing in common, but they couldn’t be more related.
Nov 16, 2021 / Covering Climate Now / Mary Annaïse Heglar
COP26 Ends With Promises, but Not Nearly Enough Progress COP26 Ends With Promises, but Not Nearly Enough Progress
The UN climate conference’s agreement acknowledges several key issues for the first time—but doesn’t do enough to address them.
Nov 15, 2021 / Covering Climate Now / Tina Gerhardt
Youth Activists Fight for Their Future at COP 26 Youth Activists Fight for Their Future at COP 26
On emissions targets, on funding to developing nations, and on phasing out fossil fuels, youth are demanding that COP26 deliver.
Nov 12, 2021 / Covering Climate Now / Tina Gerhardt
“Nice” Isn’t Going to Save the Planet “Nice” Isn’t Going to Save the Planet
In a rapidly heating world, we don’t have time for etiquette.
Nov 10, 2021 / Covering Climate Now / Mary Annaïse Heglar and Amy Westervelt