The Climate Case for Taxing Wealth
Vast fortunes rely on destroying our planet. Taxing those fortunes to fund climate action could give us a shot at survival.
South Korea’s Green New Deal: Myths Versus Realities
There’s one place in the world where the Green New Deal is a policy reality. But is it living up to its hype?
Fossil Fueled Foreign Policy: Why COP26 Flopped
Western observers want to blame India for the failure of the UN climate talks. Not so fast.
The U.S. Is a Climate Rogue State. The World Should Treat It Like One.
It’s time for the world to consider sanctioning the U.S. and companies who benefit from its efforts to undermine climate action.
The U.S. Must Honor the Commitments it Made in the Paris Agreement
As the Trump administration weighs its decision on the Paris Accord, our planet and our pockets remain at risk, Janet Redman tells the Real News Network.
New IPS Report Provides a Blueprint for States to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Trump Era
This report compiles existing state models for Renewable Portfolio Standards expansion and distributed solar access to low-income communities to create best practices for RPS legislation that can be replicated around the country.
Low-income Families Will Bear the Brunt of Climate Change. This Organization is Working to Change That.
Renew Oregon is advancing innovative climate justice proposals, building on a legislative victory to expand the state’s use of renewable energy, with strong benefits for low-income consumers.
Trump Can’t Hold Back the Tide of Climate Action
Climate activists remain hopeful despite the potentially disastrous Trump administration.
In Bleak Times, This City Is an Example for the World
Portland, Oregon could teach the world a thing or two about climate laws that count.
Why a New Global Deal on Aviation Emissions is Really Bad News
This carbon offsetting proposal could nearly double emissions from the airline industry.
California’s Cap and Trade Policy is Actually Working Against its Climate Action Targets
Tying the fate of important climate actions to the sale of carbon permits has snatched defeat from the jaws of a broader victory in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate Justice: A Fight between Rich and Poor
IPS Climate Policy director Janet Redman joins other leading climate scientists and activists to discuss the climate crisis.
New Pipeline Threatens Portland’s Emission Goals
The Canadian Pembina Pipeline Corporation hopes to build a propane export facility in Portland that would export 37,000 barrels a day to Asia.
Dispatch from Lima: Seven Trends We Spotted at UN Climate Talks
We asked two veterans of UN climate talks to cut through the jargon and tell us what’s new and trending at this year’s summit in Lima, Peru.
We Can’t Go On Eating Like This
With more of us crowding a warming planet, we need agricultural change.