Nice little economy you’ve got there, be a shame…
In the last few days, Taiwan, India and Japan made clear they will be buying exported American LNG in the months and years ahead. Why? Entirely in an effort to hold off tariffs from the…
Bill McKibben
The Big Bang, Horrifying LA Fires, and Our Self-Destructive Species
What’s happening right now in Los Angeles is almost too painful to write about. I’ve spent much of the day writing and calling back and forth with friends and colleagues.…
Sleepless and Fearful When Hurricane Milton Made Landfall
Since I couldn’t sleep, I figured I might as well write. I couldn’t sleep because of the picture in my mind—that tightly coiled ball of physics we’re calling Hurricane Milton…
The Sentences of the COP28 Deal Won’t Save the Planet—We Will
The global climate agreement that emerged from Dubai is literally meaningless—and potentially meaningful. Now it's up to us. As North America slept, delegates from around the world concluded the global…
When It Comes to the Climate Emergency, It’s No Fun Saying, ‘I Told You So’
The dawning El Niño, which will produce worse chaos than we’ve seen so far, offers what I think may be our last viable political opening to make the large-scale global…
The Hottest Days in 125,000 Years—So Far
Monday July 3 was the hottest day anyone had ever measured on planet Earth. True, our system for measuring the global average temperature—a network of weather stations, ocean buoys, and satellites—only dates…
In Praise of Montana’s Climate Kids
It got…somewhat less coverage than the imploded sub, but for me the titanic story of the last week was the truly remarkable trial held in Montana over the last ten…
Global Temps Not Just Off the Chart, But Off the Wall the Chart Is Tacked To
The rapid warming over the next couple of years is likely to be our last opportunity to really act coherently as a civilization to reduce the magnitude of this crisis,…
A Fast-Emptying Ark: The World Grows Quieter by the Day
I confess, for reasons I can't fully explain, that when bad things are happening to animals I tend to look away in pain. When bad things are happening to people I…
Youth to Adults—Join Us in the Climate Fight
So far it’s been the hottest summer ever recorded — June was the hottest June, and July was the hottest month ever. France, Germany, Britain, Belgium, and the Netherlands had…
A Future Without Fossil Fuels?
“Kingsmill Bond” certainly sounds like a proper name for a City of London financial analyst. He looks the part, too: gray hair expertly trimmed, well-cut suit. He’s lived in Moscow…
Climate Change Is Scary—Not the Green New Deal
It’s very clear that conservatives have one plan for dealing with the popularity of the Green New Deal: scaring the hell out of people. Myron Ebell of the conservative Competitive…
Achieving 100% Renewable Energy
We watch in horror as the damages from climate change continue to mount. Last year, Hurricane Harvey dropped more rain on Houston than any storm has ever dropped on any…
The Question I Get Asked The Most
The questions come after talks, on Twitter, in the days’ incoming tide of email—sometimes even in old-fashioned letters that arrive in envelopes. The most common one by far is also…
Why Standing Rock Needs To Be A Two-Front War—Against Big Oil And Big Banks
Most Americans live far from the path of the Dakota Access pipeline—they won’t be able to visit the encampments on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation where representatives of more than…
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