climate change
Rural America
Animals and Plants Are Relocating Because of Climate Change. Should They Be Considered Invasive?
Jenny Morber
Rural America
Report: More Environmentalists Were Murdered Last Year Than Ever Before
Ashoka Mukpo
Feature
The Democratic Platform Fight Shows It’s Still Obama’s Party
Bernie Sanders supporters have pushed for progressive priorities in the platform, but the Barack Obama wing of the Democratic establishment is still in the driver’s seat.
Branko Marcetic
Rural America
Bringing Back the Buffalo Was Always Important to the Rosebud Sioux. The Pandemic Made It Urgent
Stephanie Woodard
Culture
The Language of Extinction
When wildfires destroy habitats, more than species are lost.
Holly Haworth
Viewpoint
Look at How Much Sense It Makes to Do the Green New Deal Right Now
We can get out of this depression and save the planet all at once.
Sarah Lazare
Climate
Climate
Viewpoint
Fake Meat Is All the Rage—And It Can Help Us Fight Climate Change
A case for the Impossible: the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Dayton Martindale
Viewpoint
Impossible Burgers Won’t Save the Environment—They’re Just a Greenwashing Trend
High-tech fake meat giants are more interested in making a quick buck than mitigating climate change.
Alicia Kennedy
Feature
Jeff Bezos Embodies the Cruel Autocracy of Neoliberal Capitalism
Amazon CEO and richest-man-in-the-world Jeff Bezos wants you to work as much as he does—for one millionth of the pay
Branko Marcetic
Dispatch
Death Metal for a Dying Planet
Mario Reinaldo Machado
Rural America
New Trump Budget Proposes Big Cuts to Crop Insurance and Emergency Aid to Farmers
Christopher Walljasper
Viewpoint
Buttigieg and Centrist Dems Want a Military Response to Climate Change. That’s Dangerous.
The Pentagon sees climate victims as threats.
Sarah Lazare
Rural America
Does Lake Erie Deserve Legal Rights? A Federal Court Hears Arguments
Stacey Schmader
Rural America
A Green New Deal Must Offer Farmers a Way to Transition to Regenerative Agriculture
Mackenzie Feldman and John Ikerd
Viewpoint
Young People Don’t Support Biden. Why Does the Establishment Still Think He’s the Most “Electable”?
Don't believe arguments about "electability" coming from the corporate wing of the Democratic Party.
Joel Bleifuss
Rural America
Our Food System Hurts Farmers, Consumers and the Earth. We Can Build a Movement to Change It
Anthony Flaccavento
Rural America
The Local Foods Movement Has Made Half a Revolution. For the Other Half, We Need a Green New Deal
Anthony Flaccavento
Feature
The 2020s Has To Be the Decade We Stop Climate Change—Not Start Another War
We can't let Trump's belligerence undermine the climate fight of our lives.
Sarah Lazare
Feature
What a Bernie Sanders Presidency Would Look Like
The possibilities of an “organizer-in-chief.”
Daniel Denvir
Rural America
Rising Rents, Loss of Farm Land, Destruction of Habitat and Other Costs of the Single-Family House
Robert Parker and Rebecca Lewis
Rural America
The Deforestation of the Amazon Was Named the ‘Statistic of the Decade’
Liberty Vittert
Rural America
Coffee, Avocados, Chocolate and Other Foods Climate Change Could Take Off The Menu
Pat Thomas
Feature
The U.S. and Other Rich Countries Stonewalled $300 Billion Climate Relief Fund
Furious activists protested, but mandatory measures remained lacking as negotiations continue into the night on Friday.
Christine MacDonald
Dispatch
Climate Change Is Fueling a Farming Boom in Alaska
It's becoming easier for the northern state to grow its own food—and more necessary.
Yereth Rosen
Feature
“Quite Divorced From Reality”: Climate Scientist, Activists Call Out Shell Exec at UN Conference
The oil company is posing as a climate champion, but critics call it greenwashing.
Christine MacDonald
Rural America
First Amendment Loses as Pipeline Industry Scores Another Win in Wisconsin
Joseph Bullington
Culture
The New Deal Funded the Arts. The Green New Deal Should, Too.
Cultural work has a key role to play in shaping the climate-friendly economy.
Ashley Dawson
Rural America
Regenerative, Organic Agriculture is Essential to Fighting Climate Change
Ronnie Cummins
Rural America
Organic Food Hurts the Earth? Sorry, But It’s More Complicated
Joseph Bullington
Feature
Any Good Climate Plan Must Address Poverty and Racism
Why climate justice advocates have been demanding this since long before the Green New Deal.
Dayton Martindale
Viewpoint
The Postal Service Is the Most Popular Federal Agency in America. Let’s Massively Expand It.
Americans love the postal service. From banking to combating climate change, the public agency could be used to provide so much more.
Jeremy Mohler
Viewpoint
Only Bernie’s Green New Deal Answers Greta’s Call for Action
To fulfill the promise of the climate strikes, we need a bold policy solution.
Christopher D. Cook
Rural America
Food Production is a Major Cause of Climate Change, but Farmers Can be Part of the Solution
Christopher Walljasper
Viewpoint
How the U.S. Left Should Approach China
From trade policy to Hong Kong, progressives must oppose xenophobia and nationalism while advancing labor and human rights.
Tobita Chow
Viewpoint
Bill McKibben: Today Could Mark the Largest Day of Climate Action in Planetary History
Why students and workers across the globe are going on a climate strike.
Bill McKibben
Viewpoint
Don’t Buy Greenland—Buy Greyhound
The bus company is for sale. The federal government should nationalize it and expand its low-carbon, affordable services.
Joel M. Batterman
Feature
Which Candidates’ Climate Plans Put Justice First? We Break It Down.
Several Democratic contenders offer ambitious proposals to support workers and communities of color.
Christine MacDonald
Feature
Naomi Klein on How Climate Change Fuels the Rise of White Supremacy
The author and activist speaks on Greta Thunberg, climate barbarism and why she's not your lifestyle advisor.
Natalie Hanman
Feature
6 Greenwashing Schemes That Show Corporations Will Never Lead on Climate
More and more companies are setting public goals for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. History shows they can't be trusted.
Christine MacDonald
Feature
Kamala Harris Pledged To Halt Fracking. Her Foreign Policy Advisor Wants The Opposite.
If ‘personnel is policy,’ then the choice of Michèle Flournoy suggests a President Harris would expand oil and natural gas extraction.
Branko Marcetic
Dispatch
Fighting Asthma with Compost
The Baltimore Compost Collective wants Baltimore to adopt curbside composting, to address the city’s air pollution problem.
Jesse James DeConto
Feature
Bernie Sanders Calls To Seize the Means of Electricity Production
The presidential candidate's new climate plan includes moving toward 100% public ownership of power.
Johanna Bozuwa
Viewpoint
Some Economists Say Carbon Taxes Are a Silver Bullet. The Reality Is More Complicated.
A carbon tax isn't a bad idea, but by itself could be politically dangerous.
Kate Aronoff
Viewpoint
Don’t Tax Carbon—Just Stop Digging It Up
Carbon taxes are regressive and ineffective, failing to provide the transformative change we need.
Cynthia Mellon
Viewpoint
The Government Should Write Everyone a Check—Paid for by a Carbon Tax
A carbon tax and dividend could curb greenhouse gas emissions while improving quality of life for many.
Owen Poindexter
Feature
Debate Protesters Push Candidates To “Make Detroit the Engine of a Green New Deal”
Activists outside the Detroit debate say that climate policy should put polluted and disinvested communities first.
Christine MacDonald
Feature
I Went to a Climate Change Denial Conference. It Made Even Less Sense Than You’d Think.
Panelists at the Heartland Institute's Thursday gathering agree you should stop worrying about climate change. They just can't agree on why.
Christine MacDonald
Rural America
The Bright Side of the Current Farm Crisis: An Opportunity For Change
Jim Goodman
Dispatch
Life, Liberty and a Stable Climate: These Kids Are Arguing for a New Constitutional Right
After a June hearing, the youth suing the government await news on whether their case will proceed to trial.
Arun Gupta
Culture
The Climate Crisis Is Mind-Boggling. That’s Why We Need Science Fiction.
Only 29% of Americans report being “very worried” about the climate crisis. Climate fiction writers can help change that.
Amy Brady
Feature
Hold the Applause. Biden’s Climate Plan Is Mostly Fluff.
Biden avoids taking on the fossil fuel industry by relying on vague promises and unproven technologies.
Dayton Martindale
Feature
What Will Our Climate-Ravaged World Look Like by 2049?
An author imagines how our lives will have changed in 30 years—and what we will have lost.
Meera Subramanian
Feature
The Green New Deal Must Have a Zero Waste Policy
Disrupting the extractivist logic of capitalism is crucial to addressing climate change.
Kali Akuno
Feature
How To Build the Zero-Carbon Economy
The Green New Deal sets an ambitious goal. Here’s how to get there.
Winona LaDuke
Feature
How Trade Agreements Stand in the Way of an International Green New Deal
To reduce emissions abroad, the U.S. must renegotiate its trade agreements.
Basav Sen
Culture
Thirty Years Ago, In These Times Predicted Our Climate Future
A 1989 article sketched out a worst-case vision of the future. Things got even worse than we thought.
In These Times Editors
Feature
Electric Companies Won’t Go Green Unless the Public Takes Control
Private electric utilities are an obstacle to climate justice. Here’s how to build alternatives.
Johanna Bozuwa and Gar Alperovitz
Feature
Fossil Fuel Companies Are Enlisting Police to Crack Down on Protesters
An analysis by In These Times found, in at least seven states, the oil industry has backed critical infrastructure bills that criminalize pipeline protests.
Sarah Lazare and Simon Davis-Cohen
Viewpoint
A Path to Democratic Socialism Means a Path To Climate Justice
Through ecosocialism, we can fight climate change and extreme inequality at the same time.
Thea N. Riofrancos