These Billionaires Want to Disrupt Death—and Keep Their Fortunes Forever
Tara Jacoby Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When the US targeted Russia’s oligarchs after the invasion of Ukraine, the trail of assets kept leading to our own backyard. Not only had our nation become a haven for shady foreign money, but we were also…
Why the COP28 Climate Pact Likely Won’t Cut It
A polar bear walking on melting ice caps in Greenland.Media Drum World/Zuma This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Climate negotiators meeting in Dubai last month pledged to chart a course for stabilizing the climate system using good science. But many scientists say these promises are at…
The Race to Save the Great Salt Lake
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Water is life. It’s also big business. In our November + December 2023 issue, Mother Jones dives into the West’s deepening water crisis—and the forces behind it, from historic drought to short-sighted policies to corrupt lawmakers and the special…
Invisible Gas Clouds Are Warming the Poles Faster Than We Predicted
Iceberg A-23A, drifting northward across the Weddell Sea. NASA Earth/ZUMA This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you had lived some 50 million years ago and taken a trip to the poles, you would have found lush forests and creatures like crocodiles instead of miles-thick ice…
A Top Science Journal Fired Its Editor Over a Pro-Palestinian Tweet. He Has No Regrets.
Michael EisenAndy Reynolds Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The tweet that got Michael Eisen fired as editor-in-chief of a prestigious science journal seems less provocative with each passing day. On October 13, less than a week after Hamas’ cold-blooded rampage near the Gaza-Israel border, satirical…
How a Retiree Rallied Neighbors to Scuttle a Multistate Carbon Pipeline
Kathleen Campbell at her rural home just south of Springfield, Illinois. Courtesy Kathleen Campbell This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. After half a decade of failed attempts, Kathleen Campbell thought 2021 would finally be the year she retired. That is—until she received a letter in…