The Greatest Scam in History Is Taking Us All Down

Naomi Oreskes / TomDispatch Nov 11, 2019 The energy companies took us all. Think of it as the climate-change scam that beat science, big time. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal Is the Hail Mary Our Planet Needs

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 25, 2019 The presidential candidate's breathtaking plan aims to create 20 million jobs and pay for itself over 15 years. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump’s Policies Are Destroying Rural America

Gloria Oladipo / OtherWords Aug 21, 2019 Like several of the administration's policies, a new EPA rule will prove especially devastating for people of color and rural Americans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Solar-Powered Future Is Finally Upon Us

Paul Brown / Climate News Network Jul 15, 2019 Progress across the globe shows an increasingly positive solar future as fuel from the sun grows cheaper and more abundant. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

India Could Pull Off a Green Energy Miracle

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 19, 2019 For the first time in history, India is investing more in solar energy than in coal and could soon catch up with the U.S. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Green New Deal Can Crush Inequality, Too

Héctor J. Figueroa / OtherWords May 13, 2019 Communities across the U.S. don’t experience climate change and inequality as two isolated issues, but as interlinked crises. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Renewables Have Reached a Critical Tipping Point

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 6, 2019 For the first time in U.S. history, the country produces more electricity with renewables than with coal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Many-Sided, Overlapping Meanings of May Day

Paul Street / Truthdig May 1, 2019 The working-class holiday has Marxist and anarchist industrial-era roots, but the significance of May 1 goes deeper than that. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Is Going Green Even Possible?

Jill Richardson / OtherWords Apr 29, 2019 If environmental solutions aren’t systemic, living green will always mean going against the grain—and usually failing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Scotland’s Green Energy Strides Are Leaving Us in the Dust

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Mar 31, 2019 Nearly 75 percent of the British nation's 2018 gross electricity consumption came from renewables, and that's far from its only green success. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Spain’s Socialists Have Big Green Plans for the Country

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Mar 6, 2019 The Mediterranean nation is already getting 40 percent of its electricity from renewables, and its government hopes to double that by 2030. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Reusing Greenhouse Gases to Power the World

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Feb 10, 2019 Laboratories can make energy from greenhouse gases, power smartphones with their own radiation, and cut shipping costs naturally. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )