Sophie Hurwitz

Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Pete Hegseth, who has taken to calling himself the Secretary of War, says the Defense Department “does ... See more

Pete Hegseth, who has taken to calling himself the Secretary of War, says the Defense Department “does not do climate change crap.” Just last week, he asserted that the agency “will not be distracted” by climate change or “woke moralizing.” But a new repo... See more

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado is getting a name change. The groundbreaking research institute will no longer have the word “renewable” in its title, the U.S. Department of Energy announced earlier this month, and will instead be cal... See more

Trump’s Attack on the Endangered Species Act Will Hurt More Than Just Wildlife Proposed rollbacks would open the door to more oil and gas drilling, as well as logging and mining. Published November 25, 2025 Two sea otters seen in Homer, Arkansas, on July ... See more

On one of the first chilly nights of fall, union members, Democratic Socialists, scientists, and teachers filed into the pews of a Brooklyn church for what they called the “People’s Hearing for Public Renewables.” Zohran Mamdani — fresh off winning his De... See more