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Joe Biden Just Did The Rarest Thing In US politics: He Stood Up To The Oil Industry

Ten days ago Joe Biden did something remarkable, and almost without precedent – he actually said no to big oil. His administration halted the granting of new permits for building...

Bill McKibben

Energy, Environment & Climate

The Key To Electric Grid Reliability? Renewables.

February 2021. A rare Valentine's Day winter storm wallops Texas with snow and a deep freeze. The storm knocked out power for at least 69 percent of people across the...

Ben Jealous

Energy, Environment & Climate

The Biden-Harris Administration’s LNG Decision Is the Hope Young People Have Been Waiting For

James Hiatt lives in an area along the Mississippi River in Louisiana that has been dubbed “Cancer Alley.” In a region teeming with chemical plants and oil and gas refineries,...

Ben Jealous

Energy, Environment & Climate

The Liberals Must Invest In Climate Resilient Infrastructure

Northern Manitoba is seeing temperatures above zero. We’ve had weather that’s unheard of these last two months. Thousands of people in our region depend on winter roads to survive -...

Niki Ashton

Energy, Environment & Climate

On Global Heating, Capitalism, Insurance, And Social Friction

I have a neighbor who likes to mock me for driving an electric car. “You are lucky to have fossil fuels to make the electricity you need to charge your...

Bill McKibben

Steve Hanley

Energy, Environment & Climate

Common Ground Is A Testament To The Power Of Film To Change Hearts And Minds

Soil. It’s where our food comes from and the foundation of all life on land. The way human beings have traditionally farmed in the modern era devastates the soil. It...

Ben Jealous

Energy, Environment & Climate

An Odd Silence At The End Of Humanity’s Hottest Year…Yet

The world—its politics, its economy, and its journalism—has trouble coping with the scale of the climate crisis. We can’t quite wrap our collective head around it, which has never been...

Bill McKibben

Energy, Environment & Climate

A Line In The Arctic Tundra

In September, President Joe Biden strengthened his standing as the most climate-ambitious president in our history. In a brave move, Biden canceled each and every oil- and gas-drilling lease in...

Ben Jealous

Energy, Environment & Climate

The Dubai COP May Have Handed Activists A New Tool

As North America slept, delegates from around the world concluded the global climate conference in Dubai, when the chair—local oilman Sultan al-Jaber—quick-gavelled through an agreement that included a sentence calling...

Bill McKibben

Energy, Environment & Climate

If Combating Global Warming Is The Goal, The Oil And Gas Industries Have Too Much Power At UN Conference

Allowing the fossil fuel industries to wield their power in the UN’s climate talks means pulling punches against the greatest existential threat faced by humanity, all to spare those companies...

Ben Jealous

Energy, Environment & Climate

The U.N. Announces The Hottest Year

When 2023 began, it seemed likely to be just one more year in the ongoing collapse of the world’s climate system. We were at the tail end of a long...

Bill McKibben