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Climate Justice
November 6, 2023
Tom Athanasiou
Rich People Are the Big Barrier to Stabilizing the Climate
Efforts to curb climate change are failing. That’s partly due to the staggering contributions of the global elite.
November 22, 2022
Stephen Lezak
Giving Up on Limiting Warming to 1.5 Degrees Celsius Is a Luxury Only the Rich Can Afford
The growing consensus that two degrees Celsius wouldn’t be so bad could spell doom for vulnerable communities.
November 3, 2022
PodcastHow to Save a Country
How the Green New Deal Changed the Conversation
Rhiana Gunn-Wright, one of the architects of the climate proposal, on what she wants to build next
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October 21, 2022
Heather Souvaine Horn
Nigeria’s Floods Should Be Front-Page News
Imagine if three-quarters of U.S. states were flooded.
May 6, 2022
Liza Featherstone
Rich Countries Should Give Poor Countries Money out of Sheer Self-Interest
Climate justice is moral. But it’s also practical.
December 29, 2021
Dorothy Slater
One Unexpected Way for Biden to Help the Climate and Rural America at the Same Time
The president has the power to reform the wayward Tennessee Valley Authority. It’s a bigger deal than you think.
May 26, 2021
MagazineBenjamin Kunkel
The Climate Case for Property Destruction
Andreas Malm’s “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” urges activists to turn to tougher tactics.
October 23, 2020
Isabel Cristo
The Bernie Organizers Who Want to Elect Biden—Then Defeat Him
A grassroots coalition is fighting like hell to build power for the left. Securing a Democratic win this presidential election is a necessary detour on that path.
September 16, 2020
Alessandra de la Torre, Allie Rosenbluth
We Work in Climate Justice. Our Office Burned Down, Thanks to Climate Change.
A tale from the front lines of the Oregon wildfires
March 25, 2020
Mary Annaïse Heglar
What Climate Grief Taught Me About the Coronavirus
How to find humanity amid an ever-present dread
September 19, 2016
Kyle Powys Whyte
North Dakota’s Pipeline Protest is About Climate Justice
August 25, 2015
PodcastIntersection
Intersection Episode 3: It’s Not Mother Nature Who’s Racist

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