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June 11, 2021
Kate Aronoff
Corporations Urging “Bold Action” on Climate at the G7 Gave $1.7 Million to Politicians Blocking It in the U.S.
There’s money to be made from energy transition. There’s also money to be made from supporting Republicans who favor low taxes and deregulation.
June 10, 2021
Kate Aronoff
The Democrats Successfully Crafted a Bipartisan Bill. It’s a Failure in Every Way.
Chuck Schumer’s anti-China legislation won enough Republican support to pass, but at the expense of the planet.
June 9, 2021
Kate Aronoff
Democrats Control New York but Can’t Even Pass Climate Legislation
They have a supermajority in the state legislature, but several climate bills have gone nowhere.
June 7, 2021
Nick Martin
Republican Obstructionism Meets Pipeline Hysteria in North Carolina
GOP leaders’ choice to block the nomination of a key environmental official for Governor Roy Cooper may prove counterproductive in the long run.
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.
June 3, 2021
Kate Aronoff
The Green New Dealers Propose Their Own Infrastructure Idea: Socialize Your Energy Bill
Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and others are uniting behind a new resolution backing public electric power.
June 2, 2021
Nick Martin
The Biden White House Is Strangely Calm About Our Burning Planet
Jennifer Granholm, John Kerry, and the rest of the Biden climate team consistently downplay how much we need to do.
June 2, 2021
Toby Jaffe
Ron DeSantis Is the Depressing Future of “Climate-Friendly” Republicans
The 2022 Florida gubernatorial race is going to be a lesson in how to talk a lot about climate while doing nothing.
May 28, 2021
Ketan Joshi
The Surprise Court Ruling That Cut Through Shell’s Greenwashing Facade
A good P.R. team used to be enough to shield extractive industries from climate accountability. A recent court decision may signal a change.
May 26, 2021
Magazine
Benjamin Kunkel
The Climate Case for Property Destruction
Andreas Malm’s “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” urges activists to turn to tougher tactics.
May 24, 2021
Kate Aronoff
The Road to Decarbonization Is Littered With Dumb Lawsuits
The USMCA, which replaced Nafta, preserves fossil fuel companies’ right to sue any government that messes with their profits.
May 21, 2021
Jo Livingstone
Angelina Jolie’s
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Is a Different Kind of Disaster Movie
Hollywood’s most compelling action star returns to the big screen in a rare movie about wildfire.
May 20, 2021
Kate Aronoff
Why Is Wall Street Profiting From Clean Energy Tax Credits?
Tax credits don’t give people money for solar panels and wind turbines up front. That’s where investors come in.
May 19, 2021
Jan Dutkiewicz
John Kerry Doesn’t Understand How Cows Work
Small tweaks to the meat industry can’t save Americans from a simple truth: We need to eat less meat.
May 18, 2021
Kate Aronoff
Even the International Energy Agency Thinks It’s Time to Stop Drilling New Oil Wells
The IEA was founded by Henry Kissinger. It’s not run by radicals.
May 17, 2021
Colin Jerolmack
This Could Be the Start of a Rural Anti-Fracking Coalition
Landowners who lease their land to gas companies aren’t always pleased with the results.
May 14, 2021
Kate Aronoff
Republicans Are High on Colonial Pipeline’s Fumes
Hack or no hack, the GOP-to-fossil-fuel-industry pipeline is running just fine.
May 13, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Can Elon Musk’s Bitcoin Betrayal Expose the Grift of Cryptocurrency?
The Tesla executive’s reversal affirms that Bitcoin is an environmentally wasteful multilevel marketing scheme. But the true believers won’t hear it.
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.
May 11, 2021
Eleanor Cummins
Listen Closely to the Cicadas. They’re Telling Us Something.
Periodical cicadas were born out of crisis. Now we’ve created a crisis they may not survive.
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