Showing results for: Climate Change (page 142)
With a new decade — a new hope? Reasons for optimism in a disordered world
Paul Rosenberg
It's darkest before the dawn: Social scientists say our time of crisis holds hope for change, renewal and rebirth
4 encouraging ways climate politics went mainstream in 2019
Zoya Teirstein
This was the year that the scales finally tipped in favor of political action to address climate change
Shrinking budgets, rising seas: How local newsrooms can cover climate change
Zoya Teirstein
How can local newsrooms effectively report on climate change in an era of dwindling resources?
Meet the young progressive trying to take out House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
Shira Tarlo
McKayla Wilkes, a 29-year-old student and activist, hopes to replicate AOC's model — in the Maryland suburbs
Clogging the system: The feud over flushable wipes
Diane Peters
While scientists test claims about bathroom wipes, industry and watchdog groups point fingers over sewer clogs.
Trump’s North America trade deal is poised to worsen climate change—but Dems don’t seem to mind
Rachel M. Cohen
Climate advocates point to the growing problem of “outsourced” pollution
Recovering from Madrid: Climate summit is no match for the crisis
Carl Pope
Troubling signs at the Madrid summit, even as capital moves decisively away from fossil fuels to renewables
Critic Curtis White: Capitalism needs workers who are “stupid-smart”
Keith A. Spencer
In his new book, cultural critic Curtis White argues that a reinvigorated counterculture could save the world
A year of resistance: How youth protests shaped the discussion on climate change
Joe Curnow, Anjali Helferty
Millions of youth have participated in climate strikes, negotiations, press conferences and events
Federal Toxmap shutters, raising the ire of pollution researchers
Michael Schulson
Loss of the federal pollution tracker, supporters say, will inhibit public access to data on environmental hazards
Have Americans learned nothing from climate disasters?
Alice C. Hill, Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
The Dutch think big when it comes to climate change–proofing. Why can't we?
To save the redwoods, scientists debate burning and logging
Becki Robins
Some scientists question whether controlled burns and logging are really the best way to preserve the redwoods
Over the last decade, the climate emergency became front-page news
Steven Strader
The climate has changed over the last 10 years, and public awareness is now high. But the hard work is still ahead
Doctors prescribe more of a drug if they receive money from a pharma company tied to it
Hannah Fresques
Pharmaceutical companies have paid doctors billions of dollars for consulting, promotional talks, meals and more
Wildfires are getting worse, and so is the deadly smoke they bring with them
Yvette Cabrera
New research is revealing the lasting effects of exposure to the tiny particulate matter in smoke
Exclusive: Betsy DeVos’ family foundation funnels money to right-wing groups that boost her agenda
Igor Derysh
Trump's education secretary is "effectively funding an outside propaganda operation," says watchdog group
Coal isn’t dying. It moved to Asia
Nathanael Johnson
According to the IEA’s new report, the world burns 65 percent more coal today than it did in 2000
Pro-impeachment protests sweep America on eve of historic impeachment vote in House
Matthew Rozsa
A dedicated crowd of nearly 200 people in Wisconsin “stamped their feet to revive frozen toes in 20-degree weather"
Karine Jean-Pierre of MSNBC: If we get another four years of Trump, “then it’s on us”
Dean Obeidallah
MSNBC contributor on her own immigrant story, her new book and how diversity and passion can end the nightmare
The Pentagon budget has continued to rise for the last 40 years
William D. Hartung
Spending on national security is actually higher in 2019 than at the peak of the Vietnam and Korean Wars
Mainstream media sees a puzzling obstacle to Pete Buttigieg’s rise: The voters
Joshua Cho
Media's centrist crush continues: Buttigieg's "surge" encounters a "significant hurdle" — voters aren't interested
Forest Service moves to open “America’s Amazon” to loggers
Sarah Okeson
Loggers want to raze trees more than 1,000 years old.
From ancient Athens to the town hall: Can a new wave of deliberative democracy save the world?
Paul Rosenberg
"Citizens' assemblies" and similar forms of ground-level democracy are suddenly everywhere. Can we all get along?
Greta Thunberg apologizes after saying that world leaders should be “put… against the wall”
Matthew Rozsa
Thunberg claims when she said leaders should be "put... against the wall," she was not referencing firing squads
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