Nation Topics - Environment | The Nation

Our country’s energy bill is actually a big oil wish list.

One in three Americans are put in danger by chemical facilities. The EPA has the authority to require safer processes.

The summer of 2012 has been one of heat, drought, rising food costs and global unrest.

Shell is getting ready to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean, and while it’s not yet quite a done deal, the prospect should certainly focus our minds.

This scorching summer could be a global warming landmark—if we demand climate action from our leaders.

Moral indignation is no longer enough to combat the power of Big Oil.

This is not a “perfect storm” but the new normal in the American west.

How the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta.

The answer—Big Ag. Just ask the family farmers who dared to protest an industrial hog farm in Missouri.

A former managing director at JP Morgan wants to see a complete re-imagining of the world of investments.