Where’s the Clean Energy? Where’s the Clean Energy?
Promising local initiatives are pointing the way forward for national policy.
Nov 19, 2009 / Feature / Robert S. Eshelman
The UK’s Climate Rebels The UK’s Climate Rebels
Some of the best activism is happening in Britain—but in policy terms, payoff has been slight.
Nov 19, 2009 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
The Global South Bloc The Global South Bloc
Poor countries can make big gains in climate talks if they stick together, argues Saleemul Huq.
Nov 19, 2009 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
An Inconvenient Solution An Inconvenient Solution
In Our Choice, Al Gore explains what must be done. But is there the political will to do it?
Nov 19, 2009 / Feature / Bill McKibben
Regreening Africa Regreening Africa
In the dry Sahel, farmers are already adapting to climate change.
Nov 19, 2009 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
With Harvard’s Help, Congress May Keep Bloggers Out of Jail With Harvard’s Help, Congress May Keep Bloggers Out of Jail
It's hard out here for a blogger. And hard for online journalists, unemployed new media producers, and just about anyone else dabbling in journalism without professional backing. ...
Nov 19, 2009 / Ari Melber
Green Jobs for Recovery Green Jobs for Recovery
Clean-energy sectors, which hold the promise of being major engines of job growth, are creating opportunities for those communities hit hardest by the recession: low-income communi...
Nov 19, 2009 / Feature / Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Senate Health Bill Rejects Anti-Choice Extremes Senate Health Bill Rejects Anti-Choice Extremes
The Senate healthcare bill unveiled Wednesday night by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, is not exactly the cure for all of what ails America. But the 2,074-page document sig...
Nov 19, 2009 / John Nichols
Red Scare, Black Scare Red Scare, Black Scare
The birthers, the anticommunist crazies, the "Obama as Witch Doctor" caricatures: they're all of a piece, welded to sex.
Nov 19, 2009 / JoAnn Wypijewski