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Earth Day
April 21, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
The Real Reason Gas Stoves Are Controversial Now
Municipalities have been banning gas hookups for years. There’s a reason the backlash only went national very recently.
April 20, 2023
Liza Featherstone
Nixon Was the Weirdest Environmentalist
Richard Nixon, the original culture warrior, helped establish Earth Day and poured millions of dollars into conservation, despite his own ambivalence about the environmental movement.
April 14, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
Why Climate Journalists Hate Earth Day
The annual event began with good intentions. Now it’s a source of dread.
April 22, 2022
Kate Aronoff
How Biden Can Help the Climate on Earth Day—Without Congress
Joe Manchin isn’t the final word on policy in this country. The president still has a lot of power.
April 21, 2022
Liza Featherstone
Remember When Earth Day Used to Be Cool?
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.
April 20, 2017
Emily Atkin
Earth Day Is Too White and Out of Touch With Reality
Why is the annual event so benign and toothless when the threats to the planet—particularly to its most vulnerable populations—are so severe?
April 22, 2014
Jeffrey Ball
The Politics of Climate Change Stink. That's Why 'Think Globally, Act Locally' Is Back
April 22, 2013
Michael Kazin
Earth Day Once Mattered. Why Doesn't It Anymore?
April 26, 2012
Alec MacGillis
Is Climate Change A Wedge Issue vs Romney?
April 22, 2011
Michael Fitzgerald
Earth Day: The BP Oil Spill's Long-Term Damage
July 8, 2010
Jonathan Cohn
Complacent About the Planet. Or Not.
April 15, 2010
Bradford Plumer
Happy Offshore Drilling Day!
March 2, 2010
Bradford Plumer
How Strong Was That Chile Quake?
November 20, 2009
Bradford Plumer
Global Warring
May 20, 2009
Ted Nordhaus
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Michael Shellenberger
The Green Bubble
April 16, 2008
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