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Greta Thunberg
December 21, 2023
Liza Featherstone
The Most Disingenuous Attack on Greta Thunberg This Year
That’s saying something, given that Thunberg reliably seems to bring out the nutty in conservatives.
July 12, 2023
Liza Featherstone
The Children Won’t Save Us From Climate Change
It’s long past time for adults with real power to force change to join the climate movement.
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.
August 6, 2020
Stella Levantesi
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Giulio Corsi
Climate “Realism” Is the New Climate Denial
Climate change deniers like Naomi Seibt claim to be fighting Greta Thunberg’s “alarmism,” but their real target is climate action itself.
March 17, 2020
Kirsten Denker
The Education of Greta Thunberg
A new memoir reveals a family’s sacrifices and triumphs.
December 27, 2019
Ben Ehrenreich
The Passion of Greta Thunberg
The icon of the movement for action on climate change is a teenager. Shouldn't that worry us?
December 9, 2019
Rachel Riederer
Climate Change Is the Ultimate “OK, Boomer” Issue
The genesis of a generational conflict
December 3, 2019
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Liza Featherstone
The Failure of the Adults
Teenage activists like Greta Thunberg are uncomfortable reminders that the grown-ups have failed the next generation.
December 2, 2019
Mythili Sampathkumar
Thunberg Isn’t the Only Young Voice We Should Be Listening To
Many youth activists preceded her. Many others, with underprivileged perspectives, stand with her now.
November 12, 2019
Eleanor Cummins
The Quickest Way to Reduce Airplane Emissions
Jet fuel isn't taxed on international trips. Maybe it's time to change that, seeing as the rule was decided in 1944.
October 1, 2019
Christopher F. Jones
The Delusion and Danger of Infinite Economic Growth
How economists came to ignore the natural world.
September 25, 2019
Osita Nwanevu
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Greta Thunberg
Many of the Swedish climate activist's putative allies aren't down for the cause. They're simply hoping to be absolved.
March 14, 2019
Matt Ford
Climate Change Is This Generation’s Vietnam War
It's an existential threat to millennials—and older Americans are standing in the way of action.
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