Derrick Z. Jackson: President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections
Left in the wake are demonized and demoralized federal scientists.
Ashley Berke, et al: How the World Hides Liability for Climate Deaths
Nearly half the world’s children “live in countries where risks to their health and safety due to the effects of climate change are extremely high,” according to UNICEF.
Paige Curtis: What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
What if we had systems that loved us and, by extension, the planet?”
LeeAnn Hall: Public Transit, Our Bulwark Against Climate Change
The transportation sector is the largest source of U.S. climate pollution — and 80 percent of transportation emissions come from the cars and trucks on our roads. It’s one of the only major sectors where emissions are still rising.
Rebecca Gordon: Trump Showed Us Who He Is the First Time Around
Trump 2.0 Would Be Even Worse
Rebecca Gordon: Rain and Heat, Fire and Snow
Life in a Destabilized California
Rebecca Gordon: American Exceptionalism on Full Display
Why This Country Might Want to Lower Its Expectations
Hanganh Vo: COP27 | Progress or Performance?
COP27 was sponsored by Coca-Cola, the world’s leading polluter of plastics. Unilever, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Endesa, and a host of coal companies are past sponsors.
Jake Johnson: ‘Deeply Depressing’ Study Shows Planet-Warming Emissions Continue to Rise
Scientists with the Global Carbon Project estimate that total CO2 emissions will reach 40.6 billion tonnes this year—driven by rising pollution from fossil fuels—and will likely continue to rise in 2023 without bold action from policymakers worldwide.
Zane McNeill: Why glue your head to a painting?
The recent climate actions targeting museums are themselves a form of participatory, socially-engaged art.
Tom Engelhardt: Living in a Sci-fi World
Honestly, if you had described this America to me more than half a century ago, I would have laughed in your face.
Vox Populi: OMG! An Interview with Michael Simms about his Debut Novel ‘Bicycles of the Gods’
Who wouldn’t love a story about badass vigilante nuns and the end of the world?
Tom Engelhardt: The Decline and Fall of Everything (Including Me)
I find myself experiencing three versions of that ultimate story: that of my own fall; that of my country; and that of an increasingly overheating planet as a habitable place for us all.
Julia Conley: NASA Images of Shrinking Lake Mead Offer ‘Stark Illustration’ of Climate Crisis
“This is not a drought, this is aridification,” said one water law expert. “This is the new world we live in.”
