Can the Catholic Church Save the Amazon?
A dispatch from Pope Francis’s efforts to combat climate change—and to give a diminished Church a new indigenous face
Climate Change
The Quickest Way to Reduce Airplane Emissions
Jet fuel isn't taxed on international trips. Maybe it's time to change that, seeing as the rule was decided in 1944.
Far-Right Climate Denial Is Growing in Europe
The consternation over wildfires in Spain has made that particularly clear.
The Case for Climate Hope
Jedediah Purdy’s book “This Land” argues for a radical environmentalism.
The Tragic Irony of “America First” Climate Denial
Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement, allegedly as an act of patriotism. But Americans will suffer as a result.
Global Warming Is Already Destroying New England’s Fisheries
The Gulf of Maine is one of the fastest-warming areas of the ocean. It's going to get worse.
The League of Anti-Environmental Extremists
A new poll suggests the Trump administration—packed to the brim with industry lapdogs and climate skeptics—is significantly more anti-environment than the American public is.
The False Comfort of Higher Seawalls
What high-risk communities really need to do to protect themselves from catastrophe.
Corporate America Has Sapped “Green” of Meaning
The word is used to describe disposable plastic diapers as well as the most ambitious climate legislation ever proposed. So what good is it?
The Missing Piece in Democrats’ Health Care Plans
They don't talk about the massive ways health care and climate change intersect.
The Disaster Novelist
To convey the catastrophe of climate change, Amitav Ghosh had to break with realism.
The Bittersweet Joy of Fat Bear Week
Alaska's brown bears are still happy and healthy—but probably not for long.
The Next Standing Rock Is Everywhere
The fight to stave off pipeline projects across the country is being led by tribal nations and marginalized communities. It's time to listen to them before it's too late.
“The Whole Town Is Finished”
Multinational mining giant Vale S.A.'s dam near the Brazilian town of Brumadinho broke in January, flooding the area with toxic mudslides. These are the stories of those who survived.
The Delusion and Danger of Infinite Economic Growth
How economists came to ignore the natural world.
Calm Before the Storm
How the American nuclear industry downplays the threat of climate-induced flooding
The Green New Deal Meets Green Republicanism
Does an empire of consumers have any hope of saving the planet?
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Greta Thunberg
Many of the Swedish climate activist's putative allies aren't down for the cause. They're simply hoping to be absolved.
Bolsonaro Won’t Save the Amazon—But Corporations Could
The private sector has long been the bad guy in environmental stories. But with Brazil's president overseeing rapid deforestation, big companies could get a second act as eco-champions.
“What About China?” Is a Bad Response to the Climate Crisis
Unlike Washington, Beijing has at least gestured at a national plan to fight global warming.
