News in Brief The Numbness of Nice When the Paris attacks occurred, I was in Santa Barbara, California, preparing for a long reporting trip weaving… Ryan Jacobs
Environment India’s Next Decade Could Decide the Future of Our Climate How India builds its energy grid could decide the fate of humanity. Maybe we should help the country out. Brian Palmer
News in Brief World Leaders Have Promised to Fix the Climate, but the Real Work Will Fall to Cities, Businesses, and You Cities, states, and businesses—not just those world leaders in Paris—will save us from climate change. Here’s what they’re going to do. Brian Palmer
News in Brief Can Congress Stop the Climate Change Deal? Here are the Senate’s options for trying to muck up the international agreement made in Paris. Brian Palmer
News in Brief ‘The People Will Have the Last Word’: Red Lines and Marches at the Close of the Paris Agreement After dancing around the margins of the COP, on December 12, civil society finally got its day in the spotlight. Lucie Kroening
News in Brief America’s Depressing Double Standard on Religious Violence After Paris, Colorado Springs, and San Bernardino, can the American public come to grips with the skewed nature of our fear of terrorism? Jared Keller
Environment Meet the Country That’s Making Carbon Reduction Look Easy The tiny South Asian kingdom of Bhutan absorbs three times as much carbon as it emits. Brian Palmer
News in Brief 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. Ted Scheinman
News in Brief Before and After the Paris March That Never Happened On Saturday, activists stood in the cold collecting four tons of donated shoes. On Sunday, the anarchists showed up. Lucie Kroening
News in Brief The Weekend of Worldwide Climate Marches in 10 Photos From New York to New Delhi, citizens and activists gathered in astonishing numbers at more than 2,000 events around the globe. Ted Scheinman