The Bipartisan Case for Green Tariffs
Taxing high-pollution imports could generate revenue, create a more even playing field for U.S. firms, and incentivize cleaner manufacturing globally.
Environment
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Migrant Women Feed the World
Women have stewarded food and water resources for generations. As climate change impacts our eating, policymakers should especially protect women and their ability to be creative and resourceful.
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‘Blue Crime’ Is Making the Ocean a Dangerous Place
Better human rights protections at sea could reduce forced labor, human trafficking, debt bondage, and violence.
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How Climate Change and Weather Shaped 250 Years of U.S. History
Cold, rain, drought, and warming have both helped and harmed Americans’ efforts at pivotal moments.
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What Revised Emissions Scenarios Mean for Climate Governance
New scenarios don’t mean that climate change isn’t real or risky. We still have to decide what kind of future we will accept.
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The Rohingya Crisis Is Also a Climate Story
The humanitarian response continues to be framed almost entirely around protection from persecution, rather than around long-term resilience to recurring environmental shocks.
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The Grid Was Built for the Past Climate
Historical climate conditions are becoming increasingly unreliable guides for future infrastructure planning.
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World Ocean Day 2026 Advocates for Strong Marine Protected Areas
Boundaries matter only if we enforce them, and if they are put in the right places to begin with.
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Facts Won’t Fix It
Repairing our social fabric means getting on the same page about what moral standards we want to uphold.
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Below the Surface
Introducing a new comics column on fish, people, and the science and politics that connect them.