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June 1, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Exxon CEO Says ESG Is Good, Actually
Has one of the world’s biggest oil and gas drillers gone woke?
May 30, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Ron DeSantis Threatens to “Make America Florida”
The GOP hopeful’s climate denial papers over a horrifying reality in his home state.
May 26, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
What Fossil Fuels Have Done to Summer Is Unforgivable
There’s nothing fun about deadly heat.
May 24, 2023
Kate Aronoff
80 Percent of Shell Shareholders Vote to Let the World Burn
This is why we shouldn’t trust businesses to save the planet.
May 22, 2023
Kate Aronoff
The Republicans’ Debt Ceiling Trap
In exchange for not blowing up the economy, the GOP is asking for expedited pipeline approval, and pretending it will help clean energy as well.
May 17, 2023
Kate Aronoff
What the Hell Is Going On at the Sierra Club?
The progressive organization now faces two National Labor Relations Board charges and widespread criticism from staff, following chaotic layoffs.
May 15, 2023
Kate Aronoff
The U.S. Created This Migration Crisis. Here’s How to Fix It.
It doesn’t involve more border patrol. Instead, policymakers need to address climate change and decades of bad U.S. foreign policy.
May 12, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
Why Do Republicans Hate Something That Creates Jobs and Saves Consumers Money?
This is your brain on fossil fuels.
May 11, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Republicans Are Truly Losing Their Minds Over ESG
Right-wingers at a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday insisted this boring investment strategy is some kind of global conspiracy.
May 10, 2023
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Ben Ehrenreich
How Climate Change Has Shaped Life on Earth for Millennia
A new history should show how closely civilization and the environment are linked—and urge us to respond to today’s crisis.
May 9, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Cars Are Deadly Weapons
What happened in Brownsville is yet to be determined. The figures on vehicular fatalities, however, are clear.
May 5, 2023
Liza Featherstone
People Are Mad About the Willow Project for the Wrong Reason
Biden’s approval of oil drilling in Alaska won’t have the impact some people fear—but the administration’s broader pro-drilling stance will.
May 4, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Green New Deal Advocates Just Won Big in New York. Here’s How They Did It.
Passing the Build Public Renewables Act into the state budget took years of organizing and canny political strategy to build support for public renewable energy generation.
May 4, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
Why a Big Climate Victory in New York Matters Everywhere
After two years of last-minute failures, a groundbreaking bill made it into the state budget—providing a blueprint for climate activists in other states.
May 3, 2023
Marion Renault
Animals Are Dying in Droves. What Are They Telling Us?
From flu-ridden sea lions to elephant die-offs, mass mortality events are becoming more common. We understand very little about their repercussions.
May 2, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Private Jets Are a Moral Abomination
What do Elon Musk, Jeffrey Epstein, Clarence Thomas, and Kendall Roy all have in common? Toxic travel habits!
May 1, 2023
Kate Aronoff
The Fossil Fuel Industry Needs an FDIC
Unlike First Republic Bank, struggling drillers don’t have a government safety net to keep them from passing their crises on to the public.
April 28, 2023
Kate Aronoff
The Chevy Bolt’s Death Is a Bad Sign for Biden’s Climate Plan
A nation of electric SUVs won’t solve our problems.
April 27, 2023
Prem Thakker
MTG Brings up Taxes During the Ice Age as Proof Climate Change Isn’t Real
Marjorie Taylor Greene is at it again with the mental gymnastics.
April 26, 2023
Prem Thakker
Republican Senator Says Climate Change Only Sucks If You’re in Africa
This is not clickbait.
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