Benji Backer: Nature is Nonpartisan

April 3, 2026

Benji Backer first rose to prominence by building bridges between conservatives and climate advocacy through the American Conservation Coalition. But

What’s a Climate-Conscious Republican to Do?

August 23, 2024

The leaders at the top of the Republican party want the U.S. to double down on carbon-intensive oil and gas — and avoid reckoning with the damage

Another Look at Bridging the Great American Divide

November 24, 2023

Most Americans support climate action, but you wouldn’t know it from Congress or the courts – or from most of the media. A recent study found that a

Green Energy / Red States

July 14, 2023

Billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act have started flowing into renewable energy projects and manufacturing. That’s bringing jobs and

Two Voices on Climate That Will Surprise You

April 7, 2023

It’s easy to write off people outside our own ideological bubbles, even when we may have things in common. But as the effects of the climate crisis

Steve Schmidt and Varshini Prakash on Disrupting Climate Politics

October 23, 2020

Can we break up the political logjam on climate? “The brokenness of our politics,” says Republican political strategist Stephen Schmidt, “is that we

Republicans and a Democrat on Climate

May 17, 2019

The Green New Deal is shaking up climate politics in Washington. The resolution’s ambitious clean energy goals are championed by several leading

Game Change

March 19, 2013

“We are already paying significant economic costs” of climate disruption and they are “only going to increase,” says democratic strategist Chris