Germany Gets It
While leaders in the U.S., U.K., and France spout nationalist rhetoric, Angela Merkel has emphasized core democratic values in response to the coronavirus.
Climate Change
Darling, Let’s Do Coronavirus in the Hamptons This Year
The rich continue their tradition of escapist virtue signaling.
The Climate Crisis Will Be Just as Shockingly Abrupt
The coronavirus isn’t a reason to put climate policy on hold. It’s a warning of the calamities ahead.
What Climate Grief Taught Me About the Coronavirus
How to find humanity amid an ever-present dread
Coronavirus in a Time of Conspicuous Consumption
For the affluent, painful restrictions could be an opportunity to reorient toward more climate-friendly ways of living.
Green Jobs Are the Answer to the Coronavirus Recession
The climate case for making the government the employer of last resort
The Education of Greta Thunberg
A new memoir reveals a family’s sacrifices and triumphs.
A Moderate Proposal: Nationalize the Fossil Fuel Industry
We’re facing a shale crash, a likely recession, and a surefire climate crisis. One particular policy could help solve all three problems.
The Radical Empathy of the Coronavirus Panic
The deadly disease puts a moral onus on us to care for others—a reminder that, for better or worse, we are all connected.
A Golden Opportunity for a Green Stimulus
New polling finds support for big, earth-friendly spending—fighting both the coronavirus-fueled recession and climate change at once.
Biden’s Alienating Optimism About the “Future”
For younger voters, his assumption that everything will be fine can feel like a slap in the face.
The Political Realignment From Hell
Trump’s coronavirus response stimulus package would bail out big oil. Biden-style Democrats will decry the cost. The planet will suffer.
Your Favorite Beach Is Disappearing
The loss of our sandy shorelines is a warning from the future of our overheated planet.
The Thankless Task of Being a Topless Anti-Dairy Protester
The militant vegans who rushed Biden’s victory speech are trying to be heard amid a cacophony of tiny interest groups.
Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Is a Green New Deal Fantasy
We love Gourmet Makes because we hate how capitalism has distorted our relationships to food and one another.
Nationalizing the Power Industry Isn’t Radical
The United States has a long history of nationalizing in times of crisis. Bernie Sanders’s publicly owned clean power proposal is actually pretty tame.
When “Meatless Mondays” Aren’t Enough
Between the climate crisis and increasingly cruel immigration policies, should food really be treated as a lifestyle subject?
We’re All on This Sick Planet Together
The racist, right-wing isolationism favored by the Trump administration is as bad an answer to the coronavirus as it is to the climate crisis.
The Planet Is Screwed, Says Bank That Screwed the Planet
A report from two economists at JP Morgan Chase pushes back against traditional economic wisdom on climate change.
Beware a Bezos Bearing Gifts
A field guide to corporate climate pledges
