This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of a Habitable Planet This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of a Habitable Planet
The US economy depends on consumers consuming and the earth depends on us not consuming. Which are we going to choose?
Dec 23, 2021 / Frida Berrigan
How Climate Change Threatens Colleges Across the Country How Climate Change Threatens Colleges Across the Country
We asked students to tell us how rising sea levels, forest fires, and flash floods impact their local communities.
Dec 2, 2021 / StudentNation / StudentNation
This 5-Point Plan Will Fix Climate Coverage This 5-Point Plan Will Fix Climate Coverage
Number 1: It’s the planet, stupid.
Oct 20, 2021 / Covering Climate Now / Amy Westervelt and Mary Annaïse Heglar
Why Ecology Is the Infrastructure of the Future Why Ecology Is the Infrastructure of the Future
Landscape architect Kate Orff says we must restore and harness natural systems to protect ourselves from the worsening climate crisis.
Oct 15, 2021 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
The Battle for Thacker Pass The Battle for Thacker Pass
In Nevada’s high desert, environmentalists, Indigenous organizers, and ranchers have locked arms to block a lithium mine.
Sep 23, 2021 / Evan Malmgren
Progressive Democrats Set Out to Defund the Fossil Fuel Industry Progressive Democrats Set Out to Defund the Fossil Fuel Industry
A new bill seeks to protect both the climate and the economy.
Sep 15, 2021 / Aída Chávez
When It Rains in Detroit When It Rains in Detroit
Even an ordinary rainfall in the Motor City can prompt devastating floods, turning the fortunes of many upside down.
Sep 10, 2021 / Bilal Baydoun
Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue
The good place… Overconsumed…
Aug 24, 2021 / Letters / Our Readers
Cut Military Spending to Deliver Covid Vaccines to the World Cut Military Spending to Deliver Covid Vaccines to the World
The US cannot police the globe and should reject isolationist anti-refugee stances. Representative Mark Pocan proposes another path for American foreign policy.
Aug 20, 2021 / John Nichols
Seeing the Climate Crisis Through the Eyes of Henry Thoreau Seeing the Climate Crisis Through the Eyes of Henry Thoreau
“I walk toward one of our ponds,” Thoreau wrote in “Slavery in Massachusetts,” “but what signifies the beauty of nature when men are base?”
Aug 11, 2021 / Feature / Wen Stephenson