Fossil Fuels
Daily Comment
Trust Is Hard to Find at the U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow
Young activists are right to doubt the pledges of governments, financial firms, and the fossil-fuel industry.
Daily Comment
When Will We Have the Last Oil Spill?
The latest incident comes as the fossil-fuel industry heads into a terminal decline.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Should the Climate Movement Embrace Sabotage?
Andreas Malm insists that, instead of waiting on the Glasgow climate conference, environmentalists target fossil-fuel infrastructure. Also, a new report documents the lack of Latino stories in media and entertainment.
Annals of a Warming Planet
Slow-Walking the Climate Crisis
“Greenwashing” is too kind a term; this is more like careful sabotage.
Annals of a Warming Planet
Are We Finally Ready to Tackle the Other Greenhouse Gas?
The smokestack of a ship might help us deal with spiking levels of methane.
The Political Scene Podcast
The “Unequivocal” Human Effect on the Climate
A new report underscores the severity of the climate emergency. But not all hope is lost.
Annals of a Warming Planet
The U.N. Climate Panel Tries to Cut Through the Smog
Our social world is as polluted as our physical one—can we still see what we must?
Annals of a Warming Planet
Everyone Wants to Sell the Last Barrel of Oil
The Keystone XL win—and the Line 3 battle—make clear that cutting off the supply of oil is a key part of the climate fight.
Annals of a Warming Planet
Big Oil’s Bad, Bad Day
Crushing blows to three of the world’s largest oil companies have made it clear that the arguments many have been making for decades have sunk in at the highest levels.
Annals of a Warming Planet
The Particular Psychology of Destroying a Planet
What kind of thinking goes into engaging in planetary sabotage?
Annals of a Warming Planet
Finally, Green Infrastructure Spending in an Amount That Starts with a “T”
But is it enough? And how would we know if it were?
Daily Comment
The Powerful New Financial Argument for Fossil-Fuel Divestment
A report by BlackRock, the world’s largest investment house, shows that those who divested have profited not only morally but also financially.
Annals of a Warming Planet
Do We Actually Need More Gas Stations?
Resistance rises to Costco’s plans for mega stations.
Daily Comment
Deb Haaland’s Historic Appointment Makes Her Uniquely Qualified to Confront the Fossil-Fuel Industry
The new Secretary of the Interior is charged with carrying out Biden’s pledge to end new leasing for oil-and-gas development on federal land.
Annals of a Warming Planet
Is There Anything Funny About the Climate Crisis?
Comics have way better timing than C.E.O.s.
Annals of a Warming Planet
On Climate, Wall Street Out-Orwells Orwell
BlackRock’s C.E.O. says divestment from fossil-fuel stocks would be “greenwashing.”
Annals of a Warming Planet
On Climate, Biden’s Administration Needs to Combat Zombie Trumpism Quickly
And Montana’s Yaak Valley is a good place to start.
Daily Comment
The Biden Administration’s Landmark Day in the Fight for the Climate
The newly announced actions may well mark the beginning of the end of the fossil-fuel era.
Annals of a Warming Planet
Can Green Energy Power the Cannabis Boom?
We’ve found a huge new electricity hog in indoor industrial production of the crop.