Climate Change and Erosion Are Killing the Tangier Islands
The culturally significant Chesapeake Bay islands have lost two-thirds of their land since 1850, and could vanish altogether by 2070, an Army Corp of Engineers study finds.
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At COP21, for Bill McKibben, the Sideshow Is the Main Event
A foundational figure in America’s contemporary green movement, McKibben says whatever the outcome of COP21, it is citizens who must exert the power.
At COP21, Combating Misperceptions About Climate Refugees
They number over 100 million. There's a new one every second. And—despite whatever you've heard—almost none of them are relocating to the West.
From Shishmaref to Paris: How to Keep a Culture From Drowning
Esau Sinnok has traveled 4,500 miles to defend his small barrier island against a climate that threatens to sink it.
Lucite Crocodiles and Alternative Protest: The Art of COP21
The tensions at this year's summit have yielded scenes of strange beauty.
A Greener Evangelicalism
Inside the growing evangelical movement to acknowledge the reality—and the victims—of climate change.
At COP21, a Victory for 1.5 Degrees?
Major powers make a major concession on their stated climate targets. Given the money and the science, that concession remains largely rhetorical.
Three Words That Could Make or Break Global Climate Talks: ‘Differentiate,’ ‘Potodoso,’ and ‘Shall’
The closing week of COP21 will be defined by how—and whether—parties can agree to frame the final document around these three crucial words.
The First Week at COP21: Competing Realities in Paris
The climate summit emerges from a rocky week with a new text. Negotiations have been transparent and equitable—or maybe opaque and grossly unbalanced. Welcome to the COP-Spin Zone.
These Mayors Are Stealing Good Ideas, One City At a Time
At the C40 awards gala in Paris, mayors from every continent converged on la Gaîté Lyrique to share, steal, and honor each other's green initiatives. They also cut loose a little bit.