Climate Justice
Trying to Keep the Roof on in Louisiana's Cancer Alley
While the petrochemical industry keeps blowing it off.
Michael EsealukaWe Can Thank Green New Dealers for the Inflation Reduction Act
It was the Green New Deal movement that made massive federal investment in clean energy a must-pass priority of the Democratic Party.
Matthew Miles GoodrichWhy Are Fossil Fuel Companies Funding Climate Change Research?
As oil and gas companies report record profits, the Fossil Free Research campaign calls on universities to refuse their donations and maintain independence.
Ilana CohenCovering Climate Now
![Senator Chuck Schumer speaks outside the U.S. Capitol about the Inflation Reduction Act. He stands in front of the Capitol building and in front of a green sign that reads](http://web.archive.org./web/20220819154210im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/chuckschumer-img-getty-340x215.jpg)
Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus?
And three more questions about the biggest climate legislation in US history.
Mark Hertsgaard![A climate activist holds up a blue placard reading](http://web.archive.org./web/20220819154210im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fight-for-our-future-img-340x215.jpg)
Republicans Shouldn’t Get a Pass on Climate
Joe Manchin only matters because all 50 GOP senators are willing to let the planet burn.
Mark Hertsgaard![A woman in a suit at a microphone](http://web.archive.org./web/20220819154210im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/g7-getty-img-340x215.jpg)
After the G7 Summit, Germany’s Climate Envoy Says Rich Countries Are Still Falling Short
Jennifer Morgan is candid: G7 countries need to do more to halt the climate emergency and address the spike in world hunger.
Mark HertsgaardCovering Climate Now
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June 29, 2022
Food Prices Are Up. A “Bean New Deal” May Be the Answer.
With prices for poultry and beef continuing to rise, the government should ease spending on meat and pay farmers to plant beans.
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June 27, 2022
A Windfall Tax on Covid Profits Could Ease the Catastrophic Food Crisis
A levy on food and fossil fuel giants could save lives now and help create a sustainable food system, says Oxfam head Gabriela Bucher.
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June 27, 2022
Native Growers Can Help the US Meet Its Climate Goals. Will the New Farm Bill Offer Enough Support?
A conversation with Carly Griffith Hotvedt about the Native Farm Bill, traditional Indigenous knowledge, and environmental conservation.
Danielle Renwick -
June 17, 2022
“Handshake Activism” Won’t Defuse the Climate Emergency
We need to mobilize many more people from all walks of life, say climate activists Kumi Naidoo and Luisa Neubauer.
Bill McKibben
Climate Change Archive
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August 15, 2022
The Twilight Years of American Hegemony
What could better fit an America in decline than a president in decline, the more radically so the better?
Tom Engelhardt -
August 12, 2022
The Climate Crisis Is Changing Our Concept of Home
Climate journalist and author Madeline Ostrander on finding stability on a burning planet.
Danielle Renwick -
August 10, 2022
The Toxic History of the Salton Sea
A new book by Traci Brynne Voyles catalogs the alarming events that created one of the West’s most polluted bodies of water.
Kyle Paoletta -
August 4, 2022
In the Era of Climate Migration, What Will “Home” Mean?
You can cling to home as property—fight for yourself and your own financial gain. Or you can love a home and belong to it—and defend community, place, and planet.
Madeline Ostrander