Find automotive colonialism, normal accident theory, and black clouds of smoke in the latest list of environmental history worth reading from Jessica DeWitt.

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

The shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh extends colonial logics that harm local farmlands, people, and ecologies.

Programming Note: In addition to this monthly newsletter, Kate and Tim are regularly publishing dispatches and putting out podcasts, which you can find at thepolycrisis.org. This summer’s heat waves h...

EDITORS NOTE: I (Nathan) have struggled whether to rush to comment on this proposed OMB rule. Being a recent Fiscal Year 2026 OMB memo, and knowing that the OMB will continue to create new forms of bu...

Describing heavily polluted areas as “sacrifice zones” has become commonplace in recent decades, as diverse groups resist their unwitting exposure to destructive and toxic industrial, municipal, and ...

Describing heavily polluted areas as “sacrifice zones” has become commonplace in recent decades, as diverse groups resist their unwitting exposure to destructive and toxic industrial, municipal, and ...

Some big-picture reactions to a recent NYT piece

Statistics about water resources abound. Some, like the combined length of rivers in the United States (3.5 million miles), make for interesting but forgettable trivia. Others, like the number of…

Haverford college seeks two Tenure-Track Assistant Professors of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights.

Projects are not delivering the transformative change needed for climate change adaptation. This failure is due in part to the delivery of adaptation as projects, but there are viable alternatives tha...

Projects are not delivering the transformative change needed for climate change adaptation. This failure is due in part to the delivery of adaptation as projects, but there are viable alternatives tha...

Projects are not delivering the transformative change needed for climate change adaptation. This failure is due in part to the delivery of adaptation as projects, but there are viable alternatives tha...

Social Security is facing the greatest threat of its nearly century-long existence. We have to fight back! Social Security Works is working to have as many rallies at Social Security offices as po...

Published in Climate and Development (Ahead of Print, 2024)

Published in Climate and Development (Ahead of Print, 2024)

Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.