Showing results for: Climate Change (page 144)
Birth strike, flygskam, Pyrocene: The words that defined our planet in 2019
Kate Yoder
The planet is ailing, and our vocabulary for describing its miseries is flourishing
A new generational conflict: Will the 2020s be the “OK boomer” decade?
Amanda Marcotte
Young people are starting to wake up to how much their elders screwed them over — and they will fight back
How to spell out Donald J. Trump?
Alon Ben-Meir
Trump has brought shame and dishonor to the most prestigious office in the world — the U.S. Presidency.
Faulty equipment, lapsed training, repeated warnings: How a preventable disaster killed six Marines
Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose, T. Christian Miller
When a training exercise ended in death, leadership blamed the very men they had neglected
Climate change activism lifted Greta Thunberg from a years-long depression
Matthew Rozsa
Greta previously did not eat or talk to people because of her depression, her father reveals in a new interview
N.Y. Times edits Bret Stephens “Jewish Genius” column to remove scholar who “promoted racist views”
Igor Derysh
Stephens' column on why "Jews are smart" cited a "eugenicist" who spoke at "white supremacist conferences"
Obama and Trump tie as America’s most admired man of 2019 in annual Gallup poll
Igor Derysh
Obama becomes the first president since Dwight Eisenhower to finish in the top spot after leaving office
Hope lies in the streets
Chris Hedges
Can the system be reformed from the inside? Or will we have to take to the streets?
The decade Republicans hijacked our democracy, via the gerrymander
David Daley
In our broken political system, majorities often can't translate the will of the people to action. This is why
Big Oil spent $3.6 billion to clean up its image, and it’s working
Kate Yoder
"When we looked at the dollar amounts, we were sort of blown away"
5 ways to stop corporations from ruining the future of work
Robert Reich
We deserve a forward-looking and open industrial policy.
Humanity can’t recycle its way out of consumption problems
Valerie Vande Panne
New documentary “The Story of Plastic” says what we all need to hear
The real lesson of Afghanistan is that regime change does not work
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies
The debacle in Afghanistan is only one case in a fundamentally flawed U.S. policy with worldwide consequences
Lemurs are the world’s most endangered mammals, but planting trees can help save them
Andrea L. Baden
Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are important indicators of rainforest health
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
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