Liza Featherstone

@lfeatherz

It’s been disgustingly co-opted by the likes of ExxonMobil. But it belongs to an environmental movement that fused both radical and mainstream America.

The knee-jerk panic some conservative men feel over fossil fuels isn’t just tied to financial incentive. It’s an identity.

OkCupid users say climate denial is now their top deal-breaker.

Our failures of pandemic solidarity cost lives. Ukraine is testing our solidarity in another way.

It makes sense to be wary of corporate puff pieces. But there are genuine victories to celebrate, often at the local or international level. We need those stories as fuel for the fight.

Among the less-discussed parts of Build Back Better: It would help keep people from drowning.

On both Covid precautions and climate ethics, our lack of social consensus creates stress. But it’s also an opportunity to hone our powers of persuasion.

Panic over predators sets humans up to have exactly the wrong kind of relationship with the ailing environment.

For young people, climate politics are understandably personal.

“Gratitude” has become a vapid buzzword, but being grateful can be a revolutionary act. Just look to Lincoln and FDR.

Polls consistently show that we’re worried about climate change, but many of us—especially politicians—don’t act like it.

Only persistence can bring sweeping change. But that sweeping change sometimes comes sooner than you expect.

It’s too warm out for thick sweaters and hot cider. The fall leaves aren’t changing like they used to. But some people won’t let global warming spoil their cherished, Instagrammable seasonal traditions.

Huge numbers of young people say they’re hesitant to have kids because of climate change.

Climate change is already devastating the young, who feel abandoned by their governments and earlier generations.

Air pollution is just as fatal as hurricanes, and it profoundly affects our well-being. Yet we no longer treat it as a crisis.

Warnings about the catastrophes ahead need to name the enemy and give people something to do.

The current panic about urban decay and disorder is classic displacement.

The emotional burden of climate change can be overwhelming alongside the grief and frustration of our own lives.

The “Beauty Myth” author has gone from being a feminist icon to an anti-vaxxer banned by Twitter. But she’s always struggled with the truth.