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Elizabeth Weil

Elizabeth Weil is a freelance writer who lives in Chicago.

The Glass Fire burns behind Merus Wines vineyards in Napa Valley, California on September 27, 2020. - The Glass fire grew to 2,500 Acres on the evening of September 27. A heat wave and dry winds create critical weather conditions and mandatory evacuations are in order. (SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)

California will keep burning. But housing policy is making it worse

Elizabeth Weil, Mollie Simon

Heavy smoke from nearby wild fires covers the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco on August 20, 2020 as seen from the Marin Headlands in Sausalito, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

The climate crisis is happening right now. Just look at California’s weekend

Elizabeth Weil

Firefighters light backfires as they try to contain the Thomas wildfire which continues to burn in Ojai, California on December 9, 2017.
Brutal winds that fueled southern California's firestorm finally began to ease Saturday, giving residents and firefighters hope for respite as the destructive toll of multiple blazes came into focus. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

They know how to prevent megafires. Why won’t anybody listen?

Elizabeth Weil

Robert Lustig

Is sugar the next tobacco?

Elizabeth Weil

21st: The girl-game jinx

Elizabeth Weil