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March 24, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Why Optimism Can’t Fix Our Climate Politics
This week’s U.N. report shows how hard it is to save the world when capitalism is working against you.
March 21, 2023
Ketan Joshi
The U.N.’s Disturbing New Climate Report Is a Call to Battle
Every bit of oil kept in the ground counts.
March 20, 2023
Prem Thakker
Days After Biden Approves Willow, IPCC Says That Current Fossil Fuel Production Will Doom Us All
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there.
April 11, 2022
Andrew Bergman
,
Holly Buck
,
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
,
Toly Rinberg
Give Communities Control of Carbon Removal
To keep polluters from profiting from the technology, we need public ownership.
April 5, 2022
Kate Aronoff
Why Is the U.N.’s Climate Panel Tiptoeing Around Fossil Fuels?
The full report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says we need to stop burning fossil fuels right now. But that reality was excluded from a summary for the people who need to hear it most: policymakers.
April 4, 2022
Genevieve Guenther
Carbon Removal Isn’t the Solution to Climate Change
Climate models that assume we can deploy large-scale carbon capture are leading us into a trap, distracting from the urgent need to reduce fossil fuels.
October 21, 2021
Magazine
Win McCormack
Climate of Ignorance
How much evidence of climate change will the right dismiss?
August 18, 2021
Liza Featherstone
We Need Better Climate Propaganda
Warnings about the catastrophes ahead need to name the enemy and give people something to do.
August 9, 2021
Kate Aronoff
Playing Nice With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Climate Denial
A new report on climate change shows the futility of the Biden administration’s electric vehicle dream.
May 13, 2021
Kate Aronoff
Giving Up on Economic Growth Could Make Us Cooler and Happier
Limitless GDP growth, even in rich countries, is baked into climate modeling. It shouldn’t be.
March 18, 2021
Magazine
Ben Ehrenreich
We’re Hurtling Toward Global Suicide
Why we must do everything differently to ensure the planet’s survival
April 18, 2019
Magazine
Jason Frederick Lambacher
Selling the Green New Deal With Optimism, Not Fear
If citizens are encouraged to help shape climate justice, they will be far more likely to join the project.
October 9, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Case for Climate Pessimism
A frightening report on climate change has some experts pondering the perils of optimism about the future.
November 5, 2014
Jeffrey Ball
Climate Change Is Hurting Poor Countries Right Now. Why Won't Rich Countries Act?
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