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September 24, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Threatens Flights to Pennsylvania in Weird Anti-Immigrant Rant
Donald Trump has a bonkers new plan to halt immigration.
June 18, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Josh Hawley Unfortunately Makes a Point on Boeing’s Shady CEO
The worst person you know did a good job grilling Boeing’s CEO in a congressional hearing.
January 15, 2024
Kate Aronoff
Carbon Offsets (Taylor’s Version)
The pop star’s use of hazily defined offsets to deflect criticism perfectly illustrates how the offsets market works in practice.
January 12, 2024
Kate Aronoff
Flying Less Could Be Fun, Actually
Air travel isn’t just bad for the planet—it’s also an objectively miserable experience. The right policies could give us much better options.
November 16, 2023
Liza Featherstone
Electric Planes Offer the Promise of a Better, Cooler World
As both technology and the climate fight become grimmer, it’s good to remember that innovation can still drive hope and make the world a nicer place.
June 23, 2023
Molly Taft
Confessions of a Frequent Flier
Why is the airline industry so hard to decarbonize—and can we ever expect to fly guilt-free?
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!
December 28, 2022
Liza Featherstone
Most Hopeful Climate Story of the Year: Cleaning Up the Airline Industry
Aviation is a major polluter and has missed most targets for reducing emissions. But this year, thanks to years of pressure, companies and policymakers began to change that.
June 4, 2021
Kate Aronoff
United Airlines’ Supersonic Jet Is a Bad Idea
Like a lot of rich-people hobbies, bringing back really fast planes is dumb and helps wreck the planet.
September 18, 2019
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Maureen Tkacik
Crash Course
How Boeing's managerial revolution created the 737 MAX disaster
December 22, 2015
Tim McDonnell
Why Flying Home for the Holidays Might Be Greener Than Driving
Thanks to a host of ingenious tech tweaks, air travel is light-years better for the planet than it used to be.
January 12, 2015
Jon Emont
Flying in Indonesia Isn't Nearly as Frightening as Riding Its Ferries
Flight 8501 is only the most visible example of a dangerous national transit system
January 11, 2015
Linda Kinstler
Russian Jets Are Flying Under the Radar and Endangering Civilian Airplanes
March 14, 2014
Geoffrey Gray
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Is Still Missing. You Secretly Hope It Stays That Way.
November 22, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Dear FCC, Please Don't Let Me Use My Phone on Airplanes
November 13, 2013
Jennifer Kirby
Two Maps That Show How Big the US Airways–American Merger Is
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