Nation Topics - Environment | The Nation

Forty-six percent of Americans believe that God created human beings within the last 10,000 years or so. Worry.

People who give DNA samples—and big bucks—to companies in exchange for information on their potential medical risks are handing over more than saliva.

Climate-change deniers are on the ropes—but so is the planet.

The legacy of Colorado’s notorious nuclear plant is radioactive waste in a residential community—and public distrust of government.

The environmental nightmare you know nothing about.

 Why is the Obama administration pushing testing on our schools?

Last words to an America in decline.

A planet connected by wild weather.

Why labor unions and environmental activists need to revive a crucial alliance.

To transform this bland, tired ritual into an occasion for spirited collective action, Earth Day must return to its roots.