Transformative solutions will have to address both the benefits and the costs—and provide a path to a healthy future for those facing the greatest losses.
Climate Change
Environmental advocates in Houston and Detroit are striking a balance between acting fast and making lasting change.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, big tech and climate and you.
We can begin by embracing mythologies aimed at exalting environmental sustainability and social equality.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, five quick tips that really do work!
This decision comes with the privileges of race, class, and citizenship status—which is why reproductive justice needs to be part of the climate conversation.
We need to make it easier to understand basic climate science and emissions reductions.
Taking care of the soil is the key to making farms and farmers more resilient.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
As the U.S. considers how to reopen, stimulate, and recover its economy post-pandemic, how radically could it be reimagined?
There’s a growing environmental movement in Kentucky, and more leaders than ever are speaking the language of sustainability.
The Sunrise Movement and progressive allies are applying new strategies to turn out young voters—and to convince parents to pull the lever for Democrats.
A tax on CO2 emissions was long seen as a critical tool for tackling climate change. But it may be time for something bigger.
Analysis | 2020 Election | Covering Climate Now | #ClimatePolitics2020 | Voting | Youth Climate Movement
Young voters are intimately aware that they will be forced to bear the full effects of climate change—and they’re voting with that in mind.
American climate policy can be salvaged, but environmentalists say action has to be swift and sweeping.
Quannah Chasinghorse is continuing the legacy of Gwich’in women working to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The 23-year-old Ugandan climate activist explains what the U.S. election will mean for the future of the planet.
Opinion | Activism | Racial Equity | Black Voters | 2020 Election | Covering Climate Now | #ClimatePolitics2020
If climate activists invest in Black voters leading up to the election, they could be a crucial voting bloc in November.
Opinion | Covering Climate Now | #ClimatePolitics2020 | Climate Crisis | Democrats | Youth Climate Movement | 2020 Election
A first-time voter explains why this election is our opportunity to lead on the climate crisis—locally, nationally, and globally.
Four more years of Trump’s anti-environmental policies will make it too late to change course. So come November, let’s turn this ship around.
The energy and intersectionality of youth along with the experience and engagement of elders are putting climate issues at the forefront of the 2020 elections.
In California’s most catastrophic wildfire season yet, an organization is challenging the state to hire firefighters who were previously incarcerated to help meet public safety needs.
Heat is deadlier than other climate-related disasters, but the solutions are simpler.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
If we focus on the best possible outcomes, journalist Judith D. Schwartz argues together we can restore ecosystems.
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