Environment and climate

Politics

Testing the Waters in Texas

Whoever figures out how to save Texas might just save the rest of us in the process.

Elizabeth Catte

Poetry

Introducing “What Nature”

The poems collected in What Nature were written in the predawn of the Sixth Extinction Event.

Timothy Donnelly, B.K. Fischer, Stefania Heim

Science & Nature

Gamifying the Ocean

Silicon Valley has turned the problem of marine plastic waste into yet another avenue for “disruption.” But why should clean oceans have to make good business sense?

Matthew King

Law & Justice, Science & Nature

For American Corporations, Winning Is Not Enough

Standing Rock shows us that businesses don't simply silence protestors, they also discredit and bankrupt them.

Lauren Carasik

Science & Nature

Who Owns the Wind?

There is more than enough wind energy to power our future. But our model of paying for it is stuck in the past.

David McDermott Hughes

Class & Inequality

Draining the Swamp

Mar-a-Lago is the apotheosis of the Florida Dream in which wealthy interests degrade the environment and hollow out prospects for the poor. But as Hurricane Irma shows, this dream was never sustainable.

Julian C. Chambliss

Science & Nature

The Global Calculus of Climate Disaster

Global capitalism is no longer simply characterized by uneven development, it is characterized by uneven disaster.

Ashley Dawson

Politics

At G20, All Eyes on Germany

Can Angela Merkel circumvent Trump to build a multipolar alliance on climate change?

Paul Hockenos

Science & Nature

The Death and Life of America's Waters

From the Great Lakes to the Flint River, we have devastated our waters through negligence, lethargy, and good intentions.

Meghan O’Gieblyn

Science & Nature

The Seed Vault Flooding Is Only the Start of Our Problems

Biodiversity should be maintained by using it, not by storing it under ice.

Jack Heinemann

Reading Lists

Haiti, Disaster, and Revolution

Suffering in Haiti is a manmade, not a natural, disaster.

Gender & Sexuality

Queer in Rural America

Many see gayness as inseparable from city life. But many LGBT Americans—particularly queer black folks—live in rural places. Their invisibility to the gay rights movement is a problem.

Hugh Ryan