Ezra Klein and four environmental thinkers discuss the limits of politics in facing down the threat to the planet. Of late, I’ve been obsessing over a single question: What if political systems, in the United States and internationally, fail to curb climate change? It can seem an impolite question, even as it’s the path we’re... Continue Reading →
A small but growing number of Republicans say the G.O.P. needs a coherent climate strategy and form a “Conservative Climate Caucus” on Capitol Hill. WASHINGTON — When Representative John Curtis quietly approached fellow Republicans to invite them to discuss climate change at a clandestine meeting in his home state of Utah, he hoped a half... Continue Reading →
Some Republicans Find Failure to Grapple With Climate Change a ‘Political Liability’
After Britt Wray married in 2017, she and her husband began discussing whether or not they were going to have children. The conversation quickly turned to climate change and to the planet those children might inherit. “It was very, very heavy,” said Dr. Wray, now a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and the London School... Continue Reading →
Got Climate Anxiety? These People Are Doing Something About It
You cannot skip the step of facing reality…
(a little dated but an excellent point...) […] Jilly Edgar, 20, a New York University student and member of the Sunrise Movement, which advocates for Green New Deal policies, said she struggled to think of the future. That should be a time she said when "the world is becoming my own, and moving forward in... Continue Reading →
This week, amid a surge of protests over police violence against black Americans, there’s been renewed scrutiny on the links between racism and environmental degradation in the United States. To help readers understand those links, I put together a quick reading list about climate change and social inequities. These suggestions are meant to be starters,... Continue Reading →
Read Up on the Links Between Racism and the Environment
In a rational world, the burning of Australia would be a historical turning point. After all, it’s exactly the kind of catastrophe climate scientists long warned us to expect if we didn’t take action to limit greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, a 2008 report commissioned by the Australian government predicted that global warming would cause... Continue Reading →
Australia Shows Us the Road to Hell
If you’ve heard a lot recently about the Green New Deal but still aren’t quite sure what it is, you are not alone. After all, it has been trumpeted by its supporters as the way to avoid planetary destruction, and vilified by opponents as a socialist plot to take away your ice cream. So it’s... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 