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Political Landscapes
Big Oil’s Not-So-Secret Weapon For World Domination? Plastic.
Plastic Inc. author Beth Gardiner on how plastics became central to fossil-fuel profits—and how new laws could cut the flow at the source.
Anthropocene
Inside the Largest Deregulatory Action in US History
Can the government simply decide emissions aren’t its problem?
The Understory
Democracy
The Legal Push to Make Plastic Producers Pay
What if you could sue over false recycling promises?
The Understory
Democracy
The White House Wants to Mine the Oldest Biome on Earth
Deep-sea mining would strip the ocean for cobalt, copper, manganese, and nickel. It's in the name of clean energy, but at what cost?
The Understory
Democracy
Lessons from Minnesota: To Preserve Our Planet, We Must Also Preserve Our Democracy
Future generations will remember not only what we did to protect our environment, but also what we did to protect our neighbors.
Points of View
The Era of American Erasure
From history to science, the Trump administration is increasingly narrowing our view of reality.
The Understory
Democracy
AI’s Energy Reckoning Has Arrived
Data centers are the new climate problem, as the growth of artificial intelligence causes electric bills to skyrocket.
The Understory
Democracy
Bill McKibben’s State of the Union: The Renewables Revolution Is Inevitable
The planet is heating and clean power is getting cheaper. The Trump administration’s answer has been denial and delay.
Democracy
Points of View
How Offshore Wind Factors Into Trump’s Lust for Greenland
A war on wind meets Arctic power politics.
The Understory
Democracy
The US Just Bet on the World’s Dirtiest Oil
Trump’s Venezuela move likely means more oil—and more emissions.
The Understory
Democracy
2025, By the Numbers: What a Year of Climate Whiplash Really Looked Like
Taking stock of a climate year that moved faster than we could process.
Democracy
The Understory
Why Are Famous Chefs Fighting to Keep ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Cookware?
What unfolded in California wasn’t just a one-off fight. It was the blueprint for a larger lobbying campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware
Democracy
The Understory
The Rights of Nature: Rewriting the Law For a Living Planet
It’s time to recognize the rights of more-than-human life and ecosystems in our legal system.
Climate Solutions
Deep Ecology
250 Years Since Its Founding, America Needs a Declaration of Interdependence
It’s time to expand the founding story of the US to reflect the forms of democracy that many of this land’s original inhabitants practiced.
Democracy
Trump’s New Drilling Plan Is an Old California Nightmare
A 1969 oil spill inspired the first Earth Day. Now, Trump wants the state to Drill, Baby, Drill.
Democracy
The Understory
Newsom Is the Star of COP30—But His Climate Receipts Are Messy
The California governor has made great environmental strides in his state. But he’s also cosigned on some major setbacks.
The Understory
Democracy
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