Democrats and climate groups 'too polite' in fight against 'malevolent' fossil fuel giants, says key senator - Mark Hertsgaard Guardian Environment theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

Soaring insurance costs, driven by climate change, are pushing this issue — as Sheldon Whitehouse warned in his interview with me this week America is facing a "2008 or worse recession" nbcwashington.com/news/national-…

A Canadian doctor explains the difference between the universal health care system in Canada, where everyone is covered and there are no out-of-pocket costs, and the American system where people go bankrupt in order to receive cancer treatment.

Darwin never said ‘fittest’ meant the strongest or most violent. It means best adapted to circumstances, which often means collaborating, forming networks, sharing resources. Capitalism hijacked the language to justify exploitation.

this is why the 1.5C target is not "fake," as Matthew Yglesias claims

One remarkable outspoken senator, a rare climate champion in Congress, Sheldon Whitehouse says of the fossil fuel industry that it "has run the biggest and most malevolent propaganda operation the country has ever seen.” @MarkHertsgaard on the subject. thenation.com/article/enviro…

Attention: African-American Studies professors: Get a free copy of my book Big Red's Mercy about unsung civil rights hero Deborah Cotton by reading this article The Nation is publishing to mark its 160th birthday, "Trump Is The Confederacy's Revenge," thenation.com/article/societ…

🚨DATA DON’T LIE: Trump’s Epstein stonewall just back-fired, Google searches for “Epstein” are up 1,200 % this week, topping every Trump headline from Grok to tariffs. When cover-ups outtrend policy, you haven’t buried the scandal, you’ve fed it steroids.

Bravo to The Guardian's Nina Lakhani for highlighting Climate & Community Institute research exposing the climate madness of the US military budget amid cuts to weather and emergency services. Journalists wanting to follow up can contact Covering Climate Now 🦋 @coveringclimate.org: theguardian.com/environment/20…

Americans still don’t comprehend how imminent, dangerous, and far-reaching the threat is—and journalists are partly to blame. thenation.com/article/enviro…

Americans Are Concerned About Climate Change—but They Should Be Afraid thenation.com/article/enviro…

Yale’s latest survey found that only 29 percent of Americans are “very worried” about climate change—a remarkably low number. thenation.com/article/enviro…

It's appropriate that a man who built his political brand appealing to broken brains via conspiratorial nonsense (Birtherism), is now being skewered by those same misfit toys, beholden as they are to conspiracism as an all-consuming worldview. Dr. Frankenstein meet your monsters

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.

"Biggest mass shooting in the modern history of New Orleans." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author Mark Hertsgaard & Pegasus Books! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Many thanks Jack El-Hai and @DamnHistory for this #popularhistory selection, which I'm sure Pegasus Books appreciates as much as I do. And congratulations on your Nuremberg film: I look forward to seeing it and reading the book!

The Bay Is Rising, and Marin’s Most Traveled Roads Are in Its Way “The populations at risk are in some of the most beautiful parts of the county right by the water. It’s like the water wants to reclaim what was once there." KQED Science KQED News kqed.org/science/199786…

Mark Twain would have been absolutely brilliant on Twitter

Incredibly illuminating story from Bill McKibben on unnecessary local permitting barriers -- highly specific to the U.S. -- that make rooftop solar far more expensive than it needs to be: motherjones.com/environment/20…

Experts expect the ICJ ruling will spark more climate lawsuits—beyond the nearly 3,000 already underway in 60 countries. For journalists, every one of these lawsuits is a news story, writes Mark Hertsgaard of Covering Climate Now 🦋 @coveringclimate.org. thenation.com/article/enviro…