Nation Topics - Environment | The Nation

The recovery could be an opportunity to realign our relationship with the natural world.

The Republican ticket’s reactionary conservation policies would sell off America’s “crown jewels.”

Aid to neighborhoods populated by New York City's low-income residents and people of color has been largely absent.

We can choose to ignore scientific warnings about climate change—or we can choose to act.

Without immediate action, cities like New York and Washington face a future of massive levees, floodgates and ecological catastrophe.

It’s time to ditch the political euphemisms, and start calling lies, theft and greed by their true name.

A tribute to the pioneering environmentalist who put science in the service of social justice.

He would eviscerate environmental regulation and encourage plunder by oil and gas interests.

Some hospitals, like St. Joe's in Ann Arbor, are seeking out local food—but for the local food movement, meeting their needs is a challenge.

Despite Romney’s claims, Obama poses little threat to the industry.