Robinson Meyer

The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Is Going to Be Very, Very Expensive

The agency can still regulate carbon pollution, just not in the most efficient, system-wide ways.

• Robinson Meyer
• June 30, 2022

‘Greenwashing’ Isn’t About Consumers

Corporate climate action has become an employee perk

• Robinson Meyer
• June 29, 2022

A Hotter, Poorer, and Less Free America

In the next few weeks, Senate Democrats could fall short—for arguably the third time in 30 years—of passing a climate deal. What will that mean for the planet and the country?

• Robinson Meyer
• June 15, 2022

Biden’s Climate Goals Rest on a 71-Year-Old Defense Law

The Defense Production Act has become an important tool as the White House’s climate policy has stalled in Congress.

• Robinson Meyer
• June 8, 2022

Kelp Is Weirdly Great at Sucking Carbon Out of the Sky

The start-up Running Tide wants to use kelp buoys to fight climate change. The plan might not work, but it’s still a preview of our climate future.

• Robinson Meyer
• May 25, 2022

The Democrats Really Are That Dense About Climate Change

The party doesn’t even seem to realize that it’s blowing a once-in-a-decade chance to pass meaningful climate legislation.

• Robinson Meyer
• May 11, 2022

Wheat Can’t Catch a Break Right Now

India’s giant heat wave is having ripple effects for the world’s food supply.

• Robinson Meyer
• May 4, 2022

There’s No Scenario in Which 2050 Is ‘Normal’

The two paths to avoid the worst of climate change would still dramatically change the world as we know it.

• Robinson Meyer
• April 27, 2022

Dimming the Sun Could Be Climate Science’s Trolley Problem

A popular idea to soften the blow of global warming might also make the world’s malaria problem even worse.

• Robinson Meyer
• April 20, 2022

We’ve Never Seen a Carbon-Removal Plan Like This Before

Companies including Google and Facebook are pouring more than $900 million into a nascent technology that’s essential to zeroing out emissions.

• Robinson Meyer
• April 13, 2022

The 1.5-Degree Goal Is All But Dead

It was once the pinnacle of humanity’s climate ambitions. A new UN-led climate report essentially concedes that it’s out of reach.

• Robinson Meyer
• April 6, 2022

The Left’s Climate Playbook Is Already Outdated

Russia and inflation are pushing America into a new climate era.

• Robinson Meyer
• March 30, 2022

American Companies Can’t Sugarcoat Their Carbon Pollution Anymore

Three ways to think about the SEC’s new climate rule

• Robinson Meyer
• March 23, 2022

America’s Approach to Energy Security Is Broken

This should have been the moment for renewables. What happened?

• Robinson Meyer
• March 19, 2022

The Global Oil Market Is Based on a Fiction

What we call petroleum is more like a category of chemicals than a single thing.

• Robinson Meyer
• March 16, 2022

On Top of Everything Else, Nuclear War Would Be a Climate Problem

Even a “minor” skirmish would wreck the planet.

• Robinson Meyer
• March 9, 2022

America Is the World’s Largest Oil Producer. So Why Is Losing Russia’s Oil Such a Big Deal?

The U.S. might be “energy independent,” but it still can’t control production.

• Robinson Meyer
• March 8, 2022

A Sicker, Poorer, and Less Abundant World

Here are three big takeaways from the new UN-led report, which warns that global warming “is a threat to human well-being and planetary health.”

• Robinson Meyer
• March 1, 2022

Russia Probably Won’t Cut Off Europe’s Gas, Because It’s ‘Essentially an Act of War’

Germany has long argued that importing natural gas from Russia would help keep peace. That strategy is being tested now.

• Robinson Meyer
• February 25, 2022

Three Theories for Why Gas Prices Are So High

The White House can’t fix one of its biggest political liabilities until it figures out the problem.

• Robinson Meyer
• February 23, 2022