Bill Nye: We Are Failing a National Test of Science Literacy
The dual crises of coronavirus and climate change amount to a national test of our science literacy — and Bill Nye “The Science Guy” isn’t feeling good about our performance.
Policy and Activism
Facing a Health Crisis, Cities Implore Courts to Limit Pollution
Local leaders weigh in on a lawsuit to stop the federal government from weakening regulations on power plants.
Op-Ed: The Amazon, climate change, and the art of filmmaking
Sociologist and filmmaker Sabrina McCormick writes about her experiences filming SEQUESTRADA, a feature film set in the Brazilian Amazon.
Freedom to Breathe: Climate Gentrification Is Changing the Country
Climate change, immigration and affordable housing intersect in Miami's historically black and brown communities.
Freedom to Breathe: Social Justice Is Climate Justice
For residents of the Texan city of Port Arthur, living next to the country's largest oil refinery has imposed severe health impacts onto the majority Black/Latino community. This is only one example of environmental racism that low-income communities of color…
Freedom to Breathe: Trailer
Climate change can feel like an abstract, far-away issue explained through melting ice or temperature graphs. But it’s already affecting all Americans. So how does our warming planet impact us in our day-to-day lives? In this five-part digital series, we…
Obama’s EPA Chief on Trump, climate action, and the current EPA
Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy on inequality, corruption, and the young Americans who have had enough.
SPECIAL EDITION: Climate Roundtable Discussion
In a special roundtable conversation, MetroFocus discusses whether we have reached a critical turning point in the fight for our very existence.
Gen Z has spoken, are world leaders listening?
Young leaders gathered on Saturday at the United Nations for the Youth Climate Summit, where they voiced concerns and offered solutions for a warming planet, a day after millions of young people participated in a global climate strike. Megan Thompson…
5 Reasons Why the NYC Climate Strike Made Me Proud to be a Young Person
As a young person myself, the Climate Strike made me proud to be a part of this group.
Images from New York City’s Global Climate Strike
Over 250,000 youth and adults across New York City gathered to participate in the Fridays for Future strikes and hear climate leader Greta Thunberg speak.
Teen Climate Organizer Natalie Sweet Explains the Global Climate Strike
Students all over the city and around the world will be walking out of school to participate in the Global Climate Strike. We have the details from one of the leading organizers.