Climate Change

Inexplicably, Jonathan Franzen and the New Yorker have come back for another round of being complete dumbasses about climate change. In 2015, the novelist courted everyones wrath for publishing a New Yorker piece arguing we put more time into saving birds (w…

CNN hosted back-to-back town halls Wednesday on global warming.CreditHilary Swift for The New York Times Over a marathon seven hours on Wednesday, 10 of the Democratic presidential candidates participated in back-to-back CNN town hall events on climate chang…

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Most of the job-creation claims that come with Democratic climate plans are vague. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey unveiled a plan this week he said will create millions of jobs where they are needed most. Beto ORourke, the former Democratic congressman f…

Not everyone is convinced of their sincerity, however. Extinction Rebellion, the climate activists, have announced plans to disrupt London Fashion Week. There will be protests. Traffic will be bad. And speaking of action: Stella McCartney, who announced the …

Mr. Castros plan also includes several ideas either directly adopted from or developed in consultation with Mr. Inslee, such as a plan to replace all coal-fired power generation with zero-emissions sources by 2030, and a proposal to marshal $10 trillion in fe…

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For many viewers, watching Chernobyl crystallized parallels between widespread cultural panic around the nuclear threat and what were feeling now in the face of climate change. For veteran activists and therapists, the link has been clear for some time. Max …