Climate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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