Nation Topics - Environment | The Nation

Is sensory deprivation an escape from or toward the fatigue and distractions of the digital life?

World Energy in 2040.

President Rafael Correa tried to save the world’s most biodiverse forest, the Yasuni National Park—but rich nations ignored his offer.

Don’t expect coverage of Japan's nuclear power disaster on the evening news: unlike other environmental catastrophes, Fukushima’s ongoing crisis offers little to film.

What to make of change on an overheating planet.

Don’t for a second imagine we’re heading for an era of renewable energy.

Field notes from a drying west.

A severe drought in the Southwest is devastating crops and farm communities—and sending a warning about climate change.

Ken Ward and Jay O'Hara are reminiscent of the human-centered, Quaker-inspired anti-nuke founders of Greenpeace.

Saving the land one footfall at a time.