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A gif with images of the Venezuelan flag, oil infrastructure, an oil spill, and protestors holding signs.

A gif with images of the Venezuelan flag, oil infrastructure, an oil spill, and protestors holding signs.

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

2025, By the Numbers: What a Year of Climate Whiplash Really Looked Like

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?

Why Are Famous Chefs Fighting to Keep ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Cookware?

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

A budding plant rests in a person's palm.

A budding plant rests in a person's palm.

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

250 Years Since Its Founding, America Needs a Declaration of Interdependence

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

Trump’s New Drilling Plan Is an Old California Nightmare

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

Gif of California governor, Gavin Newsom, and other images of mountains, ocean, and skylines to represent California.

Gif of California governor, Gavin Newsom, and other images of mountains, ocean, and skylines to represent California.

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

Solar panels cover China's mountains.

Solar panels cover China's mountains.

While the US Sits Out the World’s Biggest Climate Summit, China Is Stepping Up As the U.S. pulls away, the world’s former climate villain is emerging as a clean energy leader.

The Understory Democracy

The Power Play That Paid Off

The Power Play That Paid Off

The Power Play That Paid Off Candidates who campaigned on lowering electricity costs—not defending fossil fuels—swept Tuesday’s races.

The Understory Democracy

A verdant green field leads to a snowy mountain range.

A verdant green field leads to a snowy mountain range.

Alaska Towns Are Sinking. Trump Wants to Increase Drilling Trump’s plan for Alaska ignores the consequences of oil extraction.

The Understory Democracy

Protestors hold signs at NYC's No Kings protest rally.

Protestors hold signs at NYC's No Kings protest rally.

Climate Protestors Are Pivoting, but Not Backing Down Activists see authoritarianism as a climate issue.

Democracy The Understory

An electric vehicle is being charged as the sun sets.

An electric vehicle is being charged as the sun sets.

EV Tax Breaks Ended—But the Future of Electric Car Ownership Is Bright EVs may be popular enough that the end to the tax break doesn’t matter.

The Understory Democracy

An abandoned tractor in a field.

An abandoned tractor in a field.

The Global Food System Is Buckling Under War and Climate Pressure The war in Ukraine has revealed how conflict, climate shocks, and trade dependencies are converging to push millions closer to hunger.

Future of Food

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The Shutdown’s Climate Bait and Switch The White House is using the shutdown as cover to cut science jobs.

The Understory Democracy

A Palestinian boy picks up a fig from a tree at his family's field in Gaza City.

A Palestinian boy picks up a fig from a tree at his family's field in Gaza City.

Volunteers On Palestinian Farms Are More Valuable—and Scarce—Than Ever Thousands of volunteer farmhands pilgrimage to Palestine each year—but two years of genocide have made the journey more challenging.

Environmental Justice Identity & Community

A powerline falls amid a storm.

A powerline falls amid a storm.

Twin Disasters Are Leaving Forecasters in the Lurch Hurricane season and the government shutdown are testing Trump’s cuts at the National Weather Service.

The Understory Democracy