Portside

Defrosting our streets

In the aftermath of the Eaton and Palisades fires, housing could have been stabilized and tenants could have been protected. But the private market won. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Missions and manifestos

Weather extremes are not natural. They are climate disasters. They the kind of catastrophes that Big Oil companies predicted their fossil fuel products would cause—at the same time that they were orchestrating fraudulent campaigns of climate denial..

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

As the war rages on

Instead of weakening New York’s landmark climate law, Gov. Hochul could choose to meet its targets. Hochul’s choice to roll back the law inevitably signals a concession to fossil fuel interests, which have spent millions seeking to lobby the governor

Somali immigrants in the U.S. haven’t just fled violence—they’ve fled climate catastrophes that the U.S. has helped create. Missing from Trump's hate filled discourse is the pervasive role of climate change in people’s decisions to move from Somalia

A time to try our souls

Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.