The Case for Prosecuting Fossil Fuel Companies for Homicide
They knew what would happen. They kept selling fossil fuels and misleading the public anyway. “Climate change is not a tragedy, it’s a crime.” This …
View ArticleFlorida Closes a Particularly Stupid, Cruel Legislative Session
Lawmakers voted to ban lab meat and keep teenagers working in heat waves, rather than tackle the state’s collapsing insurance market. Florida is in …
View ArticleNo, Republicans Have Not Evolved on Climate Change
News articles periodically portray the Conservative Climate Caucus as evidence that the GOP is ready to pitch in to fight global warming. Nope! Every …
View ArticleSick Because of Roundup? These Bills Could Make Suing Impossible.
High-profile lawsuits have accused pesticides of causing cancer and Parkinson’s. But three states are now considering bills that would prevent these …
View ArticleClimate Change Is Turning Prisons Into Death Traps
Heat waves and floods are making Californian prisons increasingly unlivable. The state needs a better plan to address that. Jessie Milo began serving …
View ArticleSouthern Europe Is in Serious Trouble
A new report suggests climate change will hit some countries in the EU much harder than others. The European Environment Agency this week released a …
View ArticleHow to Fix New York City’s Latest Controversial Policy
Congestion pricing will provoke backlash unless New Yorkers get better public transit now—not later. A nurse boarded the Bx18A bus, whose route …
View ArticleOil Executives Are Getting Refreshingly Honest These Days
They don’t expect fossil fuels to be phased out anytime soon. For the last few years, oil and gas industry executives have talked a big game about …
View ArticleThe Amazon Rain Forest Needs Donald Trump to Lose
Stopping deforestation before it reaches a doom loop will require delicate international and domestic negotiation. A scraping sound reverberated from …
View ArticleThe Bleak Backdrop to the Kate Middleton Frenzy
Much like “covfefe” in 2017, the internet is converging on a story that, while bonkers, feels safer and more fun than everything else that’s going on. …
View ArticleThe EPA Accidentally Killed Small Cars
How one quick trick in 2012 changed the way America drives—and undermined its climate rules Like the rest of us, the Environmental Protection Agency …
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Crusade Against Electric Vehicles Is Getting Racist
The former president’s anti-E.V. vendetta is dangerous and violent, and rooted in prejudice that is alarmingly mainstream. Back in 1982, a young …
View ArticleDo You Know Where Your Strawberries Come From?
Driscoll’s is an empire—one that depends on genetic patents and large infusions of water and pesticides. To understand Driscoll’s, it’s helpful to …
View ArticleHow to Avoid Food System Collapse
If Atlantic Ocean currents break down, the Northern Hemisphere could face crop failures. So why isn’t there a plan for that? Spring is here, and seeds …
View ArticleThe Truck-Size Loophole in the EPA’s Car Emissions Rule
Automakers can choose how they meet the standard. As long as their fleet as a whole is in compliance, they can keep making pretty much whatever cars …
View ArticleMike Johnson’s Proposed Ukraine Deal Is as Cynical as It Is Stupid
He'll support aid for Ukraine, he hints, in return for undoing the pause on new natural gas export terminals. Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson is …
View ArticleNew Nuclear Plants Won’t Solve A.I.’s Energy Problem
Jennifer Granholm has floated the idea of giving A.I. data centers their own nuclear power plant. The Biden administration seems to want nuclear …
View ArticleFish Are Behaving Erratically and Dying. No One Knows Why.
Endangered smalltooth sawfish are one of many species that have been seen spinning around and beaching themselves off the Florida Keys. Something …
View ArticleInside the Meltdown at the Sierra Club
Employees at the prominent environmental organization describe chaos, threats, and escalating conflict. Last year, the Sierra Club faced a $40 billion …
View ArticleThe Destructive Fantasies of the New York International Auto Show
How the car industry persuades people to buy the big cars they don’t need The Subaru pavilion at this year’s New York International Auto Show, which …
View ArticleWhy Is Anyone Still Listening to Jamie Dimon?
The JP Morgan CEO has Things to Say about the temporary pause on new natural gas terminals. They’re not smart things. Jamie Dimon is in the strata of …
View ArticleMore than “Hope” or “Optimism,” the Climate Movement Needs Joy
A mini-forest on Roosevelt Island brings more than climate resilience. I massaged the soil around the roots a bit, to allow them to breathe before I …
View ArticleAnything Elon Musk Can Do a Bus Can Do Better
Tesla’s layoffs have thrown a wrench in the green car narrative. Let’s fund public transit instead. Tesla will reportedly lay off more than 10 percent …
View ArticleWill New York’s Big Socialist Climate Policy Be Led by ... McKinsey?
The Build Public Renewables Act was hailed as a model for socialist green energy policy. But now the New York Power Authority is asking McKinsey to …
View ArticleThe U.N. Is Running Out of Time to Draft This Plastics Treaty
Meanwhile, it has yet to ban plastics industry lobbyists from the talks. In March 2022, U.N. delegates met in Ottawa and struck a historic agreement …
View ArticleClimate Change Will Cost $38 Trillion a Year. Who Will Pay for It?
A new study puts a staggering price tag on climate change. But the world’s bankers seem unconcerned. Climate change is on track to cause $38 trillion …
View ArticleIf Biden Wants Young Climate Voters, He Should Back a Gaza Cease-Fire
The Biden administration highlighted its American Climate Corps this week. But students arrested while protesting U.S. support for Israel might not …
View ArticleWhat the Hell is Elon Musk Talking About?
Tesla's quarterly earnings call also featured aliens, the IRA, and an odd proposal for self-driving cars' onboard computers. Elon Musk is prone to …
View ArticleThe Wrong Question to Ask About Climate Change
Saying people support “steps” to address climate change is meaningless unless we specify what those steps are. Remember when people weren’t even sure …
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