Sustainability

Bernie Sanders

Can Markets Solve Climate Change? This Democratic Socialist Thinks So. Can Markets Solve Climate Change? This Democratic Socialist Thinks So.

Here’s how.

Apr 12, 2016 / Mark Paul, Anders Fremstad, and James K. Boyce

COP21

Good News on Climate Change… and Bad News Good News on Climate Change… and Bad News

Global emissions may have peaked—but temperatures are rising at record speed, threatening a massive sea-level rise that could destroy major cities by 2100.

Apr 7, 2016 / Editorial / Mark Hertsgaard

Flint Water Plant tower

Private Infrastructure Contracting May Be a Quick Way to Round Up Capital, but Does It Create Lasting Jobs? Private Infrastructure Contracting May Be a Quick Way to Round Up Capital, but Does It Create Lasting Jobs?

To avoid “disaster capitalism,” community organizations need to be deeply involved.

Apr 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Climate change protest

While Global Temperatures Rise, the Poor Burn Faster While Global Temperatures Rise, the Poor Burn Faster

In order to rebalance the world’s ecology, we’ll have to rebalance its wealth.

Jan 20, 2016 / Michelle Chen

The Poisoning of Flint

The Poisoning of Flint The Poisoning of Flint

Decades of catastrophic austerity policies and ruinous government fealty to corporate interests are jeopardizing the people of Michigan—and the rest of the country.  

Jan 19, 2016 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Titan II ICBM

Why ISIS Is the Minor Leagues of Terror Why ISIS Is the Minor Leagues of Terror

Putting threats into perspective for 2016.

Jan 5, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

VIDEO: What Does Climate Change Have to Do With Hunger in America?

VIDEO: What Does Climate Change Have to Do With Hunger in America? VIDEO: What Does Climate Change Have to Do With Hunger in America?

A conversation about what true food security would look like in America, and how we’ll get there.

Dec 14, 2015 / Video / The Nation

After Paris, There Is Some Room for Hope

After Paris, There Is Some Room for Hope After Paris, There Is Some Room for Hope

Good news and climate change are not normally associated with each other, but let’s give a tentative cheer for COP21.

Dec 14, 2015 / Michael T. Klare

Youth Power and Powerlessness at COP21

Youth Power and Powerlessness at COP21 Youth Power and Powerlessness at COP21

Young people have been banging their heads on the walls of the political establishment for far too long. It’s time we figure out something new.

Dec 10, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation

A couple wades through floodwaters in Jakarta, Indonesia.

How Climate Change Will Transform Work How Climate Change Will Transform Work

Workers in the Global South need more than wind turbines and high-brow organic farms—they need livelihoods that can mitigate ecological crisis.

Dec 9, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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