Robinson Meyer
A New Way of Thinking About Climate Change
Introducing Atlantic Planet
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Democrats Might Give Up on a Methane Tax, and Maybe That’s Okay
Instead of mourning the loss, some climate experts are simply shrugging it off.
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Zeb Andrews / Getty The Key Insight That Defined 50 Years of Climate Science
A climate scientist has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the first time. It’s a reminder that the field, which emerged from the mid-20th century’s biggest questions, hasn’t always been fraught.
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Ryan McGinnis / Getty Biden Cannot Declare Victory on Climate Without One of These Policies
And the chances of passing either are getting slimmer.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty The Energy Crunch, in Six Paragraphs
Governments and companies have built the global energy system around natural gas almost without a second thought. Now it’s costing them.
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Ron Haviv / VII / Redux Deforestation Is a Crime
A new bipartisan bill would treat it that way.
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Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency / Getty Rivian Wants to Be the Apple of Electric Pickup Trucks
Or maybe the Patagonia
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Lukas Schulze / Getty Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill
The trade group that represents Apple, Walmart, Nike, and dozens of other companies is trying to kneecap the U.S.’s final chance to meet its 2025 climate goals.
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Bill Pugliano / Getty Electric Cars Have Hit an Inflection Point
One sign EVs are no longer the auto industry’s neglected stepchild? Norway could sell its last gas-powered car as soon as next year.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Democrats May Be on the Verge of Climate Disaster
The party’s climate measures suddenly face a tough battle in Congress.
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Buyenlarge / Getty Why I’m Thinking About Alcohol Taxes
And what they have to do with climate change.
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Bryan Anselm / The New York Times / … When the Climate Crisis Becomes Unignorable
This summer’s weather has forced a kind of continuous awareness of climate change.
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Al Drago / The New York Times / … The Planet Needs Jerome Powell
The Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Reserve has inadvertently become a climate advocate.
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Brandon Bell / Getty We’re Hitting the Limits of Hurricane Preparedness
Cities simply don’t have enough time to run from a storm like Ida.
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ESOlex / Getty How the U.S. Could Slash Climate Pollution by 2030
Democrats will soon reveal how the Biden administration’s plans could cut U.S. climate pollution in half this decade. Is that goal even possible?
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Noah Berger / Bloomberg / Getty The Bill That Could Truly, Actually Bring Back U.S. Manufacturing
And help the climate, too
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NurPhoto / Getty It’s Grim
The latest UN report is clear: Climate change is here, it’s a crisis, and it’s caused by fossil fuels.
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George Rose / Getty The Infrastructure Deal Is Not Not a Climate Bill
Here are five ways of looking at the Senate’s bipartisan proposal.
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Evan Vucci / AP Congress Is Slashing a $30 Billion Plan to Fight the Next Pandemic
The proposal would overhaul America’s approach to tackling outbreaks, allowing scientists to develop vaccines in advance. But for now, Democrats are cutting it down.
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Knud Pfeifer / Picture Press / Redux Unfortunately, I Care About Power Lines Now
If America wants to fight climate change—or enjoy the benefits of a modern economy—it must get much better at building electricity transmission. Yikes.
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Jeff Swensen/Getty Carbon Tax, Beloved Policy to Fix Climate Change, Is Dead at 47
It reshaped how the world thought about climate change. But its prized trait—bloodless economic efficiency—won it few friends on the right or left.
