“The DHS approach to climate-driven displacement is the moral equivalent of an arsonist burning down a house and then refusing shelter to its residents.”
If we redirected the trillions spent on fruitless wars, funding Medicare for All and a Green New Deal is perfectly realistic
The right wing could use the shutdown as a pretext to accelerate cuts to public services it deems ‘inessential.’
The White House’s crude deflections on science aren’t simply ignorant — they’re calculated to serve the fossil fuel industry at the entire planet’s expense.
Some 250 million years ago, life on Earth survived an existential climate crisis. But that Earth had a distinct advantage. No rich.
Global temperatures are rising unmanageably quick, but a shift in public consciousness could lead to the climate policy changes we desperately need.
The global reaction to two landmark new reports suggests the world could well lose that confrontation.
Puerto Rican movements are rebuilding their island in a way that not only enhances climate resilience, but also reclaims their political power.
When a literal reading of the law makes it harder to regulate corporations, judges like Kavanaugh stick to a literal reading. When it doesn’t, they get creative.
The disastrous impacts of Hurricane Maria were made worse by inequalities of race, income and access to U.S. political power.
Join Institute for Policy Studies, Next System Project, and Kalpavriksh for a discussion on these and similar questions, drawing upon parallel experiences and insights from several different continents.
By my count, I get 13 more holidays before the sea threatens to swallow my family’s home.
Trump administration policies are systematically making natural disasters more harmful for the poor and people of color.
While Trump puts his fossil fuel interests first, cities, states, and the international community will move towards a clean energy transition, IPS associate fellow Daphne Wysham told the Real News Network.
A free event on growing (pun intended) solidarity from local to global, featuring international environmental, human rights and climate justice movement leaders.