Think Globally, Shame Constantly: The Rise of Greta Thunberg Environmentalism
Her future—and that of the planet—hasn't been "stolen" and the best way forward is through serious policy discussion, not histrionics.
Her future—and that of the planet—hasn't been "stolen" and the best way forward is through serious policy discussion, not histrionics.
Give the Republican Party control of the White House and Congress, and it's only a matter of time before Democrats discover the virtues of devolving authority to state and local governments.
More than 1,000 activists march to protest the state of the environment.
Slowing or stopping economic growth will only delay solving the problems caused by man-made warming.
Or, will global leaders ignore them just like they did the People's Climate March in 2014?
Open warfare between Iran and Saudi Arabia would be far worse than this weekend's attacks.
One of those industries is just…“industry.”
What last week's town hall tells us about this week's presidential debate—and about the state of Democratic policy thinking
Plus: Support for Sanders and Harris drops, Trump fears losing his fans to socialists, and more...
Nobody is being "confused" by vegetarian meat substitutes.
From Joe Biden's call for high-speed rail to Kamala Harris' call for banning plastic straws, the Democratic presidential candidates pushed a hard-green agenda.
Plus: occupational licensing, Hong Kong, school choice, social media spies, and more...
High prices can bring much-needed supplies into a disaster zone.
Environmental commons like the Amazon rain forest are vulnerable to shifts in the fickle winds of politics.
Even if Trump doesn’t follow through on his bad ideas, the uncertainty is still a drag.
Problematic deforestation continues, but the "lungs of the earth" are still breathing.
Plus: More on the 1619 Project, a chart shows how crazy U.S. military spending is, and more...
“Greenmailing” drives up construction costs and wait times, making the state’s already expensive housing even less affordable.
Rising temperatures are mostly happening in the winter and at night.
Larry Johnson's pet pigs have run afoul of Minneapolis' ban on city swine.
There’s no need to pit property owners against imperiled species.
The media are misreporting this one wildly.
But Nancy Segula will still need to rein in her "compassion for cats."
"I'm an animal lover, and I feel guilty that they're wandering around out there and they have nothing to eat."
The El Paso shooter's combination of anti-capitalism, bigotry, and xenophobic nationalism highlights the dangers of zero-sum thinking on left and right. His worldview resembles that of the perpetrator of a similar attack in New Zealand earlier this year. Sadly, these ideas are not confined to a few extremists.
Pestilence, war, famine, and death are all on the decline.
Investment in American businesses has fallen sharply since the start of the trade war, and American exports are way down too.
Climate change is a problem, but the end of the world is not scheduled for 2030.
Going vegetarian would reduce a person's greenhouse gas emissions by around 2 percent
The once noble symbol of resistance to government tyranny is now being used to help get Donald Trump re-elected.
At least in the lower 48 states.
The government shouldn't pass special laws that prevent people from revealing what's true.
It also protects and restores imperiled biodiversity.
Farm groups get politicians to pass laws against secret filming on farms.
A new study finds no dramatic and widespread economic effects from colony collapse disorder.
Research suggests that inundations are increasing because climate change makes hurricanes linger longer. The good news is that normalized losses from hurricanes aren't increasing.
Unclear and contradictory procedure guidelines slowed down relief efforts in Puerto Rico in 2017. Will it happen again this year? Probably.
"We're working hard, maybe harder than all previous administrations, maybe almost all of them."
There's nothing more permanent than a temporary solar investment tax credit.
LaCroix's parent company failed to get the special permission slip required by Massachusetts regulators.
The show wasn't about a nuclear disaster per se, but about how a government—and individuals—reacted in the face of disaster.
A Canadian grocery store tried to shame its customers with embarrassing plastic bags.
This will fail and more pressing problems will be neglected
The artsy new waste receptacle is intended to make recycling "fun and cool."
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