Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Is Much More Than That. But Does It Go Far Enough?
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Yes, the $2 trillion proposal President Joe Biden is unveiling Wednesday would fix roads, transit stations, and bridges. But to simply call it an infrastructure plan understates its ambitions. It’s the…
This Lawyer Went After Chevron. Now He’s 600 Days Into House Arrest.
The nights are hardest for Donziger, when he has to struggle to get his jeans off over the boxy tag and lie in bed next to his wife “with the government still there on my ankle”. Each morning he wakes up in angst. A flag reading “SOS Free Steven” sometimes flutters defiantly from the window,…
Cutting Your Carbon Footprint Matters a Lot—If You’re Rich
Grist/Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was the summer of 2012 when sustainability scientist Kimberly Nicholas decided she couldn’t live…
Big Banks Have Piped $3 Trillion Into Fossil Fuels Since the Paris Climate Deal
JPMorgan Chase is the biggest financial backer of oil and gas companies, according to the report.Alex Tai/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of…
The Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, Is a Dire Warning Sign
Jackson residents get water from a distribution site on March 7.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Jackson, Mississippi, is finally on its way out of a nightmare water crisis. Freezing winter storms wreaked havoc…
The Ageless and Arresting Climate Activism of Jane Fonda
Amelia Bates/Grist Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Jane Fonda didn’t invent the genre of the multihyphenate star, but she’s certainly spent her…