Climate

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

This Emerging Green Technology Could Decarbonize Buildings and Provide Good Union Jobs
In New York and states across the country, thermal energy networks are helping unite the climate and labor movements while hastening a just transition away from fossil fuels.
Sara Van Horn

From Gaza to Atlanta, There is No Climate Justice on Occupied Land
An interview with Hamza Hamouchene and Manal Shqair on the militarization of climate politics
Ivonne Ortiz

Pollution is Displacing Black Midwesterners. White Homeowners are Profiting.
Black people in the Midwest are 33% more likely to receive lung cancer diagnoses than those living in the country's 38 other states.
Adam Mahoney
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.