Ozymandias on the Potomac
Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline.
Juan Cole: The Hot Tub of Death?
Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat.
COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action
By Bob Berwyn for Inside Climate News Offering no new plans to cut fossil fuels, the UN’s climate conference failed to produce a roadmap to stop global warming BELÉM, Brazil—After…
‘The Stuff of Nightmares’: Jamaica Braces for Catastrophic Landfall as Hurricane Melissa Horrifies Experts
“Unimaginable violence is hiding in the very small and compact eyewall of Melissa,” said one hurricane specialist.
A Potentially World-Ending President
(Though Who Even Notices?)
Communities Pay the Price for ‘Free’ AI Tools
AI data centers produce massive noise pollution, use huge amounts of water, and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.
20 Years Since Katrina: How the US Refused Cuban Doctors As New Orleans Drowned
As the people of New Orleans suffered from mass devastation and state neglect following Hurricane Katrina, Cuba’s offer of solidarity was rejected.
Bank CEOs Rake In Big Profits as Wall Street Ramps Up Fossil Fuel Financing
The 65 biggest banks committed $869 billion to firms expanding the fossil fuel industry last year, a new report says.
US Government May Be Abandoning the Global Climate Fight, but New Leaders Are Filling the Void – Including China
Trump’s efforts haven’t sunk global efforts to fight climate change – instead, new leaders are stepping up and working together, even within the US.
Wildfire ‘Apocalypse’ in Türkiye As Temperature Rises to Record 122.9º F
Although the very highest temperatures were elsewhere, it was so hot and dry in northwestern Turkey south of Istanbul that massive fires broke out at Bursa and elsewhere in that…
Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: New Study
As the climate warms, new data shows huge swaths of land across the globe are quickly drying, threatening humanity’s supply of fresh water.
‘Unforgivable’: FEMA Missed Thousands of Calls from Texas Flood Victims After Noem Fired Contractors
"They are intentionally breaking government—even the parts that help us when we are deep in crisis," said Sen. Chris Murphy.
The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the…
Texas Flood Kills 82+, Including 28 Kids, Amid Drought, Trump Cuts to Weather Service, NOAA & FEMA
The speed and scale of the natural disaster has raised questions about why officials weren’t better prepared, and whether the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific positions exacerbated the situation.