Is a Chinese Cold War Still Possible in an Overheating World?
Contrary to the Biden administration's predictions, by 2049 China is more likely to be a climate disaster zone than a military superpower.
Nature’s Own Fuel Could Save Us From the Greenhouse Effect and Electric Grid Failure
Hemp fuel and other biofuels could quickly reduce carbon emissions while saving the electric grid, but they're often overlooked for more expensive, high-tech climate solutions.
Ralph Nader: The Power Structure for Deadly Lag
The climate crisis is the result of just one of many "deadly lags" that are evidence of the brutish power of the corporations over the innocents.
Larissa Zimberoff: What Has Silicon Valley Done to Our Food?
In a new book, the investigative journalist examines how companies have changed the way we eat in the name of climate change without always considering their products’ health impacts.
Towards a Fuller Awareness of Our Endangered World
In "Under a White Sky," Elizabeth Kolbert’s conversational prose draws readers across earth’s land, waters and air, animating a prismatic what’s-what of human follies and their unintended consequences.
What the U.S. Could’ve Done With the $2 Trillion Spent on the Afghanistan War
Rather than leave 240,000 people dead, the U.S. could have greened half its electrical grid--for starters.
Scotland Reaches Green Landmark
In just under 10 years, the country has pulled off a green energy miracle.
Chris Hedges: Bandaging the Corpse
Biden's bailout will not alter the structural inequities and other fundamental underpinnings of America's death spiral.
Chris Hedges: The Age of Social Murder
The ruling elites, despite the accelerating and tangible ecological collapse, mollify us, either by meaningless gestures or denial.
Fossil Fuel Companies Fuel American Fascism
The oil, gas, and coal industries all support and fund white supremacy and far-right politics.
The Climate Crisis Sets Another Grim Record
2020 was a terrible year for so many reasons, including that it tied with 2016 for being the warmest year on record.
How to Stop Big Energy in Its Tracks (Quite Literally)
A promising strategy for defeating new fossil-fuel projects has been quietly bearing fruit, even in the Trump era.
There’s One Issue Joe Biden Has Refused to Follow the Science On
The president-elect says he'll to listen to scientists when it comes to the pandemic—unlike Donald Trump—but he hasn't done so when it comes to the most pressing crisis of our…
Scientists Confirm the Culprit Behind Earth’s Biggest Extinction
A chain of calamities caused the planet’s biggest extinction, the greatest mass dying ever. Greenhouse gases explain how.
Shocking Link Found Between Air Pollution and Alzheimer’s
A new study based on nanoparticles found in the brainstems of young people could have wide-reaching consequences for global environmental policy.