Climate Change
‘The Silenced’: Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump
Six former government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury the truth about climate change—and why they won’t stay quiet.
Oliver MilmanWhy Next Monday’s UN Climate Action Summit Matters
The media and climate activists must “name and shame” laggards, says the UN special envoy.
Mark HertsgaardA New Beginning for Climate Reporting
Could it be that the press, especially the US press, is finally waking up to the climate story?
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle PopeCovering Climate Now Launches
A New Beginning for Climate Reporting
Could it be that the press, especially the US press, is finally waking up to the climate story?
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II?
The new Covering Climate Now project will help media “tell the story so people get it.”
Bill Moyers
Why I’m Climate Striking Against Fox News on Friday
The news media is society’s alarm clock: It needs to wake us up.
Alexandria VillaseñorClimate Kids
The Climate Kids Are Coming
With a Green New Deal and Student Strikes For Climate, will young people save us yet?
Mark Hertsgaard‘Why Go to School When You Have No Future?’: A Q&A; With a 13-Year-Old Climate Striker
Alexandria Villaseñor doesn’t have time to wait until she’s in power.
Angely MercadoEurope’s Striking Climate Kids Show How to Defeat the Far Right
Fighting climate change now polls as a top priority among European voters—while most far-right leaders are climate denialists.
Paul HockenosInterview
Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’
The No Logo author talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes, and how she finds hope.
Natalie HanmanWhy are you publishing this book now? I still feel that the way that we talk about climate change is too compartmentalized, too siloed from the other crises we face. A really strong theme running through the book is the links between it and the crisis of rising white supremacy,… Continue Reading >
Green New Deal
The Green New Deal Is Cheaper Than Climate Change
The economic cost of allowing temperatures to rise even a couple of degrees above that target is simply staggering.
Joshua HollandAOC on the Green New Deal
What if we actually pulled off a Green New Deal? What would the future look like?
Molly CrabappleThe Case for a Coercive Green New Deal
Only a massive, democratically elected administrative apparatus can stop climate change.
John FefferRevolt
‘Like a Sunburn on Your Lungs’: How Does the Climate Crisis Impact Health?
Children, pregnant people, and the elderly are the most at risk from extreme weather and heat—but the impact is already being felt across every specialty of medicine.
Emily HoldenThe climate crisis is making people sicker—worsening illnesses ranging from seasonal allergies to heart and lung disease. Children, pregnant people, and the elderly are the most at risk from extreme weather and rising heat. But the impact of the climate crisis—for patients, doctors, and researchers—is already being felt across every… Continue Reading >
From the Archives
Climate and Politics
Joe Biden Doesn’t Sound Very Serious About the Climate Crisis
CNN’s climate change town hall was a good moment for activists—and a rough one for the Democratic front-runner.
Zoë CarpenterThe Problem With Our Climate Debate Is That Only Democrats Are Showing Up
While Democrats are getting ambitious on climate change, the GOP continues to derail the conversation from the sidelines.
Jeet HeerThe Once Common Republican Environmentalist Is Virtually Extinct
Our corrupted American elections may well be the greatest environmental threat facing the planet. But if elections pose a threat, they also offer a possibility.
John Nichols
