The Welcome Table and Long Covid

‘The Edge of Nature’: New Film Connects Crises of Covid, Climate, and Healthcare

A Sanders Institute screening changed how award-winning filmmaker Josh Fox saw his own documentary, which will be paired with musical performances in New York City this month. Jun 11, 2024...

‘Time to Go for the Jugular’: Climate Movement Has New Plan to Destroy Big Oil

"We have an opportunity for 18 months to organize, to take out the oil and gas industry," said one environmental leader during a Sanders Institute event in Vermont. Jun 03,...

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...

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...

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,...

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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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...