Liza Featherstone

@lfeatherz

Kamala Harris chose to stay silent on climate change. Activists mostly let her. And now the White House and likely both houses of Congress will be controlled by climate deniers.

The options for president are a climate denier and a Democrat who doesn’t like talking about climate change very much. State policy could still help avert disaster.

Emissions from Apple, Meta, and Google are growing. Somehow, they’re still treated as plausible sponsors for climate events.

A.I. is no substitute for real teaching. And kids who are already anxious about climate change shouldn’t be forced to use new technology that is exacerbating the crisis.

Coming out strongly against microplastics, pesticides, and other forms of pollution could pull RFK Jr. voters to the Democrats. It’s also just good policy.

The trumped-up contempt charges against a climate protester are only the latest example of extreme punishments for peaceful protests.

Rejecting conventional wisdom is what got the party this current momentum. Don’t give it up now.

Democrats seem resigned in the wake of Biden’s stubborn refusal to step aside and Trump’s high poll numbers. But just waiting around for four years is not an option.

Rich homeowners are cutting or poisoning trees for a better view and even better profit. Weak fines won’t stop them.

The New York governor is getting soundly roasted on congestion pricing. But it’s not her only policy failure this year.

Making polluters pay for the damage they cause isn’t radical. The federal Superfund law has been notching up successes for decades.

The congressman from New York has been a remarkably effective champion for climate policy. Now, because he’s critical of Israel, AIPAC and local Democrats are supporting his opponent.

The PFAS in playing fields—and the open question of what they might do to kids—is turning into a culture war.

A new bill from Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna seeks to ban the trade of water futures. Let's go one step further.

More than “hope” or “optimism,” the climate movement needs joy.

The former president’s anti-E.V. vendetta is dangerous and violent, and rooted in prejudice that is alarmingly mainstream.

Congestion pricing will provoke backlash unless New Yorkers get better public transit now—not later.

Between its water use, energy use, e-waste, and need for critical minerals that could better be used on renewable energy, A.I. could trash our chances of a sustainable future.

Over 60 years since Silent Spring, the Environmental Protection Agency still can’t seem to bring itself to curtail products like Roundup or paraquat.

The fight against the natural gas scam continues.