Climate

Is Bernie Sanders Right That It’s Time to Phase Out Nuclear Energy?

30 years after Chernobyl, some say we need nuclear power to stop climate change.

Will Boisvert and Jim Riccio

Why We Must Make Green Energy a Public Good

A 'Green Tea' coalition of conservatives and environmentalists are offering market-based alternatives to fossil fuels—but creating an equitable climate future will require public-sector solutions

Kate Aronoff

Sowing Insecurity: Food and Agriculture in a Time of Climate Crisis

Zoe W. Brent, Nick Buxton and Annie Shattuck

With 19 Arrests and More Planned, Students Just Upped the Ante for Fossil Fuel Divestment

The new round of demands for divestment have taken place at nine universities, and more are coming.

Kate Aronoff

How Montanans Stopped the Largest New Coal Mine in North America

People power and civil disobedience helped stop the Otter Creek mine in a huge victory for environmentalists and Montana communities.

Nick Engelfried

Rebecca Solnit on Climate Change and How Political Activism Can Help Us Find Happiness

The longtime writer and activist discusses the hope found in uncertainty, her experience at the Paris climate talks, the role of the writer and more.

Dayton Martindale

The Immigrant Rights and Climate Justice Movements are Impractical—And That’s a Good Thing

Now what we need, more than ever, are social movements that challenge the notion of what is possible

Mark Engler and Paul Engler