The surprise victory is widely seen as a protest vote against Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government and some of his policies, including a goal to slash nitrogen emissions, which many say will imperil farming operations.
Category: Global Warming
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The Poignant Music of Melting Ice
Scientists and musicians are recording the sounds of unfreezing water to document and predict the effects of climate change. Can their work help slow it, too?
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Cautionary Climate Tales That Give People Pause When They Press Play
The India-born director Joshua Ashish Dawson builds digital worlds that ruminate on the future shock of environmental destruction in the real world.
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Biden’s World Bank Pick Looks to Link Climate and Development Goals
Ajay Banga will begin a monthlong “global listening tour” to drum up support for his nomination to be the bank’s next president.
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Where’s the Snow? Snowboarding Brands Are Trying to Find Out for Themselves.
Brands are changing their strategies and entering policy debates, as climate change continues to upend the snowfall calendar.
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Where’s the Snow? Snowboarding Brands Are Trying to Find Out for Themselves.
Brands are changing their strategies and entering policy debates, as climate change continues to upend the snowfall calendar.
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U.S. Expected to Nominate New Head of World Bank on Thursday
The Biden administration wants the global development institution to pursue a more ambitious climate agenda.
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Two Evangelical Leaders, Jim Wallis and Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, on ‘Radical Faith,’ Climate Change and More
With a focus on issues normally considered progressive, the Revs. Jim Wallis and Kyle Meyaard-Schaap hope to expand the evangelical political imagination.
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Farewell to Vivienne Westwood, Fashion’s Rebel With a Cause
The great and the good of the industry gathered for a memorial service in London to honor the British designer, who died in December.
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Do You Have to Be an Optimist to Work Toward a Better World?
For professionals in fields such as suicide prevention and climate science, the future can seem bleak. But sometimes action is the most effective form of optimism.
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Genetically Modified Trees Planted in U.S. Forest for First Time
Living Carbon, a biotechnology company, hopes its seedlings can help manage climate change. But wider use of its trees may be elusive.
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More Après, Less Ski: What This Season’s Weather Means for Ski Season
Conditions that are less than ideal (too little snow in some areas, too much in others) have left would-be skiers to find other forms of winter revelry.