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May 2019 Volume 43, Issue 05

Viewpoint
Why We Devoted an Entire Issue to Climate Change Dayton Martindale
Feature
Fossil Fuel Companies Are Enlisting Police to Crack Down on Protesters Sarah Lazare and Simon Davis-Cohen
Dispatch
Hawai‘i’s Managed Retreat Proposal Offers an Early Model for Relocation—At a Cost Alex Lubben
Culture
Thirty Years Ago, In These Times Predicted Our Climate Future In These Times Editors
Feature
What Will Our Climate-Ravaged World Look Like by 2049?

An author imagines how our lives will have changed in 30 years—and what we will have lost.

Meera Subramanian
Feature
How To Bury the Fossil Fuel Industry

We need to halt subsidies, enforce stricter regulations and bring fossil fuel corporations under public control.

Kate Aronoff
Feature
Making the Green New Deal Work for Workers

A true just transition means robust training, guaranteed jobs and pensions for fossil fuel industry workers.

Jeremy Brecher
Feature
The Green New Deal Must Have a Zero Waste Policy

Disrupting the extractivist logic of capitalism is crucial to addressing climate change.

Kali Akuno
Feature
How To Build the Zero-Carbon Economy

The Green New Deal sets an ambitious goal. Here’s how to get there.

Winona LaDuke
Feature
How Trade Agreements Stand in the Way of an International Green New Deal

To reduce emissions abroad, the U.S. must renegotiate its trade agreements.

Basav Sen
Feature
We Produce Too Much Food. The Green New Deal Can Stop This.

Overproduction spurs environmental degradation while the poor get left behind.

Eric Holt-Giménez
Feature
Electric Companies Won’t Go Green Unless the Public Takes Control

Private electric utilities are an obstacle to climate justice. Here’s how to build alternatives.

Johanna Bozuwa and Gar Alperovitz
Feature
Fossil Fuel Companies Are Enlisting Police to Crack Down on Protesters

An analysis by In These Times found, in at least seven states, the oil industry has backed critical infrastructure bills that criminalize pipeline protests.

Sarah Lazare and Simon Davis-Cohen
Culture
Thirty Years Ago, In These Times Predicted Our Climate Future
A 1989 article sketched out a worst-case vision of the future. Things got even worse than we thought.
In These Times Editors
Viewpoint
A Path to Democratic Socialism Means a Path To Climate Justice
Through ecosocialism, we can fight climate change and extreme inequality at the same time.
Thea N. Riofrancos
Viewpoint
We Don’t Have Time to End Capitalism—But Growth Can Still Be Green.
Growth, energy use and emissions are historically linked, but this trend could end with mass investment in renewables and energy efficiency.
Tobita Chow
Viewpoint
We Can’t Beat Climate Change Under Capitalism. Socialism Is the Only Way.
The changes needed to avert environmental catastrophe are incompatible with capitalism.
Ashley Dawson
Dispatch
Across the World, Youth Are Striking for Their Right to a Livable Planet
The student-led international Youth Climate Strike movement demands that politicians support the Green New Deal.
Ari Bee
Dispatch
Public Banking Can Fund the Zero-Carbon Economy
Private banks have been underwriting the expansion of the fossil fuel industry for years. It’s time for a public model.
Aaron Fernando
Viewpoint
Why We Devoted an Entire Issue to Climate Change
The most ambitious climate proposal ever seen on Capitol Hill is a call to action. We need to answer the call.
Dayton Martindale
Dispatch
Hawai‘i’s Managed Retreat Proposal Offers an Early Model for Relocation—At a Cost
As seas rise, middle- and working-class Hawaiians worry they’ll be forced out of their homes, while the rich rebuild.
Alex Lubben

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