Nation Topics - Environment | The Nation

Why climate change won’t wait for the president.

The victories of 2012 demand we double down in the fight against global warming. 

The US military’s aggressive Asia-Pacific strategy is escalating tensions with China and prompting local resistance throughout the region.

Latinos—along with other minorities and youth—are the strongest supporters of action against climate change. It’s time mainstream enviros got the message.

This mega-bestseller has been attacked repeatedly since its publication forty years ago, but its warnings about the climate were alarmingly prescient. 

In the aftermath of a superstorm, Americans are finally waking up to global warming. 

The Bank claims it wants to step up to the challenge of climate change. But why is it still investing in fossil fuels?

It's never too earlier to start rebuilding and reimagining the city we all want to live in.

Are dying cattle the canaries in the coal mine? Farmers and ranchers are sounding alarms about the risks to human health of hydraulic fracturing.

Efforts to reduce unemployment and curb inequality must be considered alongside urgent threats to the environment and democracy.