Climate

The Search for Green Common Ground

A capitalist transition to electric cars pits auto workers, transit riders and frontline communities against each other. What happens when they sit down together?

Emmett Hopkins

Trump Meets Hurricane Victims then Heads to Fundraisers with the Oil Bosses Driving the Climate Crisis

"Hosting a fundraiser with Big Oil CEOs while we're still counting the bodies from Hurricane Helene is like hosting a fundraiser with the NRA in the midst of a school shooting.”

Edward Carver

Citibank Is Bankrolling The Largest Offshore Oil Facility In the U.S.—Just Miles From My Home

As part of the historic Summer of Heat campaign, I went to Citibank’s headquarters to demand climate justice—where dozens of protesters were arrested.

Sue Page

A "Sustainable Square Mile" Tests the Power of Biden's Billions for Climate Justice

Can $3 billion in hyperlocal funding for environmental justice create lasting change?

Adam Mahoney

Two Years and $300 Billion into Biden’s Climate Plan, Emissions Are Higher than Ever

Green energy and fossil fuels are rising hand in hand. The growth-based climate framework is fundamentally broken.

Peter Gelderloos

Scenes From a Sacrifice Zone: South Baltimore Residents Fight Back Against Industrial Pollution

“I want everybody in this community to be able to breathe clean air, and it's time to say enough's enough.”

Maximillian Alvarez

This Earth Day, Common Ground Urges us to Rethink Our Relationship With Soil

Regenerative agricultural practices can be transformative, but only if we let them.

Siri Chilukuri