Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is the junior United States Senator from Rhode Island and has represented the Ocean State in the US Senate since 2007. He currently serves as Chair of the Senate Budget Committee and as a member of the Judiciary Committee, F...
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Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is the junior United States Senator from Rhode Island and has represented the Ocean State in the US Senate since 2007. He currently serves as Chair of the Senate Budget Committee and as a member of the Judiciary Committee, F...
“My grandchild’s time is running out.” Amid a tumult, Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group, recalls Teddy Roosevelt’s ‘man in the arena’: “These armchair critics who would rather blow it up … they’re not being helpful. The ...
“My grandchild’s time is running out.” Amid a tumult, Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group, recalls Teddy Roosevelt’s ‘man in the arena’: “These armchair critics who would rather blow it up … they’re not being helpful. The ...
Beneath the high road to the district capital, large blue houses dot the hillside. Below them, you find one-story teal bungalows swallowed up by wild gardens and chickens. And below them, down the steep, uncut path through the jungle community, sit t...
Beneath the high road to the district capital, large blue houses dot the hillside. Below them, you find one-story teal bungalows swallowed up by wild gardens and chickens. And below them, down the steep, uncut path through the jungle community, sit t...
In January 2021, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia announced The Line, a “civilization revolution” designed to “transform the concept of a conventional city into that of a futuristic one.” 170 kilometers long and with wal...
In January 2021, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia announced The Line, a “civilization revolution” designed to “transform the concept of a conventional city into that of a futuristic one.” 170 kilometers long and with wal...
Two anti-fossil fuel activists throw tomato soup on a Van Gogh, glue themselves to a wall, and ask: “What is worth more: art or life?” And just like that, Saudi Arabian Oil (Saudi Aramco), PetroChina (PTR), and China Petroleum and Chemical (SNP) ...
Two anti-fossil fuel activists throw tomato soup on a Van Gogh, glue themselves to a wall, and ask: “What is worth more: art or life?” And just like that, Saudi Arabian Oil (Saudi Aramco), PetroChina (PTR), and China Petroleum and Chemical (SNP) ...
Rows of wind turbines line the mountain ridges atop remote villages in Alaska, where diesel-powered electricity is so expensive that local communities have been driven toward renewables out of financial necessity. In off-grid communities, however, sh...
Rows of wind turbines line the mountain ridges atop remote villages in Alaska, where diesel-powered electricity is so expensive that local communities have been driven toward renewables out of financial necessity. In off-grid communities, however, sh...
At the end of October, Brazil became the latest country to move to the far-right, electing the ultra-conservative Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency. Dubbed the “Trump of the Tropics” and notorious for his attacks on women, the LGBTQ community, bla...
At the end of October, Brazil became the latest country to move to the far-right, electing the ultra-conservative Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency. Dubbed the “Trump of the Tropics” and notorious for his attacks on women, the LGBTQ community, bla...
Republicans have long accused Democrats of being the party of big federal government, but blue states are finding themselves in new territory as they advocate for states’ rights. Historically, Republicans have invoked the argument of states’ righ...
Republicans have long accused Democrats of being the party of big federal government, but blue states are finding themselves in new territory as they advocate for states’ rights. Historically, Republicans have invoked the argument of states’ righ...
From the 12th to the 14th of September, the streets of San Francisco and the extensive ranks of the global environmentalist community buzzed with excited anticipation for the Global Climate Action Summit. The summit, spearheaded by California Governo...
From the 12th to the 14th of September, the streets of San Francisco and the extensive ranks of the global environmentalist community buzzed with excited anticipation for the Global Climate Action Summit. The summit, spearheaded by California Governo...
Few things feel more powerful than being surrounded by young people who are taking a risk to speak out and fight for justice. Disrupting the DNC Summer Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Chicago this past August, an effort to demand the DNC reject fossil f...
Few things feel more powerful than being surrounded by young people who are taking a risk to speak out and fight for justice. Disrupting the DNC Summer Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Chicago this past August, an effort to demand the DNC reject fossil f...
In a paradox of popular environmental discourse, global corporations are notoriously cast in two diametrically opposed lights: as morally-bankrupt perpetrators of the climate crisis or as primary agents of a revolution in energy infrastructure and co...
In a paradox of popular environmental discourse, global corporations are notoriously cast in two diametrically opposed lights: as morally-bankrupt perpetrators of the climate crisis or as primary agents of a revolution in energy infrastructure and co...
“Sunny ways” has been Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s post-election mantra since he assumed the office in 2015. But his government’s environmental policies – particularly those surrounding the tar sands central to Canada’s oil in...
“Sunny ways” has been Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s post-election mantra since he assumed the office in 2015. But his government’s environmental policies – particularly those surrounding the tar sands central to Canada’s oil in...