Writing a new Chapter, Not an ...

Oct 13, 2018 by

A recent New York Times Magazine article suggests action to address climate change is futile.

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Life, Death and 20th Century A...

Oct 13, 2018 by

How did gentrification turn into a losing proposition for low-income neighborhoods?

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Overwhelmed by climate change?...

Oct 12, 2018 by

From campaigning to installing insulation and solar panels, some practical steps you can take to help avoid climate breakdown.

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Business case for climate acti...

Oct 11, 2018 by

A new global report from scientists amounts to an urgent call for the world to act…

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Let’s Start a Kavanaugh Watch ...

Oct 11, 2018 by

Their unjust decisions, hiding behind stylized plausibility and casuistry, need to be unmasked…

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Life after warming

Oct 10, 2018 by

UN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. It’s Actually Worse Than That.

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Now that Justice Brett Kavanau...

Oct 10, 2018 by

This was the first big fight of the Trump Era that wasn’t really about President Trump…

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Trump’s future-be-damned...

Oct 10, 2018 by

As a journalist, I go back a long way in writing about global warming…

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Citing ‘shithole countri...

Oct 10, 2018 by

Sign and send the petition to Congress: Permanently protect all TPS recipients.

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Why Aren’t American Farm...

Oct 9, 2018 by

U.S. farmers are bringing in what’s expected to be a record-breaking harvest for both corn and soybeans.

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Earth’s Ice Loss “Is a Nuclear...

Oct 9, 2018 by

Much of the frozen water portion of the Earth, otherwise known as the cryosphere, is melting.

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The Cruelty Is the Point

Oct 8, 2018 by

President Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.

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Brain Regeneration: Why ItR...

Oct 8, 2018 by

Have you ever wished you could regenerate those brain cells you sacrificed in college?

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Howard Zinn: Don’t Despair abo...

Oct 8, 2018 by

It would be naive to depend on the Supreme Court to defend the rights of poor people, women, people of color, dissenters of all kinds.

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Climate Crisis Spurs UN Call f...

Oct 8, 2018 by

The world must invest $2.4 trillion in clean energy every year through 2035 and cut…

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37 things you need to know abo...

Oct 8, 2018 by

The UN climate science panel has released its summary of the evidence around the tougher climate goal…

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7 Suppressed Technologies That...

Oct 8, 2018 by

The world is steeped in poverty with precious little achieved in the way of real humanitarian advancement.

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Look for the burning bush

Oct 8, 2018 by

Imagine for a moment that you’re by yourself in the desert…

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Forever child

Oct 8, 2018 by

Mortals will lose their sense of mortality …

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Impeach Brett Kavanaugh

Oct 8, 2018 by

There is no room for an accused sexual predator and liar on the Supreme Court.

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The Cruelty Is the Point

Oct 7, 2018 by

President Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.

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Brett Kavanaugh’s confir...

Oct 7, 2018 by

Mitch McConnell and his ilk must be delighted: they’ve waged a decades-long campaign to stack the courts with conservative ideologues

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The Pentagon is losing the bat...

Oct 7, 2018 by

Underfunding, lack of strategic planning and denialism are hindering the U.S. Defense Department’s climate response.

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Bracing for Justice Kavanaugh

Oct 7, 2018 by

Underfunding, lack of strategic planning and denialism are hindering the U.S. Defense Department’s climate response.

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Camp Amazon: Inside the ‘...

Oct 7, 2018 by

So much of the climate change story is reported from a high altitude.

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The Solar Singularity: A Statu...

Oct 6, 2018 by

he U.S. and the world have been on an impressive path to a mostly renewable electricity system over the last few decades.

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6 Charts Showing the Renewable...

Oct 6, 2018 by

Why build gas peakers when solar or wind plus energy storage is cheaper?

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Brace for Impact, as the Clima...

Sep 26, 2018 by

Over the years, writing these climate disruption dispatches…

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War In Yemen For Profits

Sep 26, 2018 by

It is urgent that you protect the Saudi alliance …

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