Paris Climate Accord
Daily Comment
The Midterm Results Bring an Air of Relief to the COP27 Climate Summit
American politics is planetary politics.
By Bill McKibben
Daily Comment
As Biden Speaks at the Glasgow Climate Summit, Manchin Muddles the Message
Monday should have been a day of great triumph for America, marking its emergence from the Trump years.
By Bill McKibben
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.”
By Bill McKibben
News Desk
The Case for Declaring a National Climate Emergency
A congressional resolution to declare a national emergency is symbolic for now, but it also reflects the reality of what’s needed, in the face of current facts, to combat climate change.
By Carolyn Kormann
Daily Comment
Harold Koh’s Verdict on Donald Trump vs. International Law
According to a recent book by a Yale Law School professor, the President has failed in virtually every foreign-policy initiative in his first two years in office.
By Jeffrey Toobin
The Political Scene Podcast
Can President Macron Outwit Trump?
Lauren Collins joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the attempts by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, to save the Iran nuclear deal, and what the French think about their President and ours.
Amy Davidson Sorkin
Angela Merkel and the Insult of Trump’s Paris Climate-Accord Withdrawal
By Amy Davidson Sorkin