Working Together for a Green New Deal
Van Jones : Environment
Wise, compassionate forces from civil society must join green business to change our politics.
2008
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Water Warriors
Maude Barlow : Water Scarcity & Privatization
Not everyone considers access to water to be a human right. A global water justice movement is changing that notion.
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Passover as If Earth Really Matters
Arthur Waskow : Judaism & Jews
Passover and Earth Day fall in the same week in April this year. Here's how environmental activists and people of faith can respond to this holy season of liberation.
2007
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Climate Change Power Shift
Anya Kamenetz : Student Movements
Thousands of students came together to infuse the largest citizen conference ever to address climate change with energy, enthusiasm and a new vision for the future.
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No-Nukers Sing a New Green Tune
Harvey Wasserman : Clean Energy Technology
As the nuclear power plant industry tries to leverage the energy crisis, foes of nuclear power are putting a serious crimp in their plans.
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Beyond the Age of Petroleum
Michael T. Klare : U.S. Economy
Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change.
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Inconvenient Truth-Tellers
: Al Gore
This year's Nobel Peace Prize should spur governments and people everywhere to urgent action on climate change.
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The Making of a Climate Movement
Mark Hertsgaard : Political Parties
Memo to Congress: the Arctic is on thin ice--and so are you.
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The Fight to Save Congo's Forests
Christian Parenti : Environment
A history of colonial neglect and endemic corruption has unleashed a lawless logging binge in the heart of Congo's massive woodlands.
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A Bronx Tale
From Providence to Los Angeles and even the Bronx, urban rivers that were polluted and even paved over are being restored.
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Fevered Imagination
Artists try to wake up a sleepwalking public to the dangers of climate change.
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Don't Bet on Offsets
A. C. Thompson & Duane Moles : Global Warming & Climate Change
Erasing your "carbon footprint" is tougher than it seems.
2006
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Green Grows Grassroots
Mark Hertsgaard : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
In the Bush era, the green movement has become a paper tiger. It must regroup, reframe and reach out across the lines of race and class that have kept environmental issues at the political fringe.
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A Green Salute
Katrina vanden Heuvel & Sam Graham-Felsen
In celebration of Earth Day, The Nation salutes those who took part in the top five environmental victories of the year.
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Three Who Made a Revolution
Rebecca Solnit : Feminism & Women
Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan and Jane Jacobs opened vast new possibilities for social transformation by writing about widespread attacks on nature, women and the poor.
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Who Killed the Miners?
Erik Reece : Working Conditions
Recent mining disasters demonstrate that the Bush Administration should be called to account for replacing federal mine regulators, who were identifying hazards and meeting requirements, with industry-friendly stand-ins.
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Green Power
The Green Party fell from power in recent German elections, but Greens continue to be the party to watch, a progressive influence on the world's third-largest economy.
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