The self-immolation of an environmental activist in Washington, D.C., revives an uncomfortable debate over the practice—and how we should talk about it.

It’s tempting to believe high prices are all about price gouging. But the reality is far wilder.

In a warming world, failing to invest in infrastructure will be deadly.

Chuck Schumer’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act shows the perils of trying to pass climate policy to make America more “competitive.”

Climate justice is moral. But it’s also practical.

From New York to Texas, a new crop of candidates rejecting fossil fuel donations are calling for legislative action.

The climate is too far gone for Joe Manchin’s “compromises”—all of which seem to include handouts to fossil fuel companies.

Clean energy tax credits won’t help the climate if they come with more funding for fossil fuels.

Climate change is driving animals into new habitats, increasing the encounters that give rise to viruses like Covid-19.

Can we preserve ancient monuments without losing sight of what global warming is doing to humans living today?

The three banks have rejected shareholder resolutions to make their lending practices consistent with climate targets.

Louis DeJoy’s plan to invest over $11 billion in gas-powered trucks can still be stopped.

Joe Manchin isn’t the final word on policy in this country. The president still has a lot of power.

As the BA.2 variant moves through the U.S., our data on Covid-19 and its variants is getting worse, not better.

It’s been disgustingly co-opted by the likes of ExxonMobil. But it belongs to an environmental movement that fused both radical and mainstream America.

Poor countries need debt relief fast. The International Monetary Fund’s new “sustainability” idea probably won’t help and might even make the climate crisis worse.

Joe Biden’s climate adviser denies reports that she has resigned. But if she does decide to bounce, she’d have good reason.

The far-right candidate facing French President Emmanuel Macron in a runoff election favors picturesque localism: no wind turbines or immigrants.

Most schoolchildren get only an hour or two of climate education per year. It’s up to their parents to teach them optimism and action in the face of a daunting crisis.

Demanding that we source lithium domestically will just slow down the transition to clean energy.