A New Generation of Activists Put Their Bodies on the Line to Defend California's Forests
In Humboldt County, California, activists prevent logging companies from felling trees by using their own bodies as blockades.
Climate Crimes
Faced with the irrefutable facts of global warming, sea-level rise, and large-scale climate collapse, governments and corporations remain determined to enrich themselves no matter the cost to continued life on Earth.
Two Years After the Hurricane, Puerto Rico’s “Generation Maria” Leads a Climate Strike
The most powerful youth-led climate strike movement of the moment may actually be in Puerto Rico.
Why VSCO Girls are Going on Strike for the Climate
It’s not as if all VSCO Girls are sleeper climate champions. But as climate organizing has come to involve more people, it sucks the trends of the day up.
The Environmental Left Is Softening on Carbon Capture Technology. Maybe That's OK.
There is evidence that some groups on the left are willing to moderate their maximalist opposition to investing in carbon capture technology.
Brazil's Army Wanted to "Occupy" the Amazon Before. Leaked Audio Reveals Their Plan to Try Again.
Jair Bolsonaro and Brazil’s army are reviving an old dream of the dictatorship to bring industry, mining, and settlers to the Amazon.
Saudi Arabia Denies Its Key Role in Climate Change Even as It Prepares for the Worst
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, remains a principal funder of climate denialism even as it prepares for climate extremes.
The Military Has Done Little to Prepare As Climate Change Threatens Guantánamo
Trump wants the island prison to stay open indefinitely, leaving aging detainees in deteriorating facilities at the mercy of supercharged hurricanes.
Only a Green New Deal Can Douse the Fires of Eco-Fascism
We have to confront the ways in which the fires of climate breakdown are already intersecting with white supremacy and surging xenophobia.
Industrialized Militaries Are a Bigger Part of the Climate Emergency Than You Know
Not only do conflicts leave a poisoned landscape in their wake, but the U.S. military has a larger carbon footprint than most countries on earth.
What's in a Trump Straw?
The overpriced scraps of pre-landfill known as Trump Straws can actually tell us a whole lot about why our planet’s on fire.