A New Orleans Christmas in the Lower Ninth A New Orleans Christmas in the Lower Ninth
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, a holiday of remembrance and rebirth on the streets of New Orleans's hardest-hit neighborhood.
Dec 23, 2010 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Cancún Compromise The Cancún Compromise
The agreements reached at the Cancún climate summit oblige all nations to reduce future emissions. The challenge now is to generate the political pressure on national lea...
Dec 16, 2010 / Mark Hertsgaard
Reason for Optimism out of the Cancún Climate Summit? Reason for Optimism out of the Cancún Climate Summit?
The agreements reached at last week's climate summit oblige all nations to reduce future emissions. The challenge now is to generate the political pressure to compel national lead...
Dec 14, 2010 / Mark Hertsgaard
Slavery & Climate Change Slavery & Climate Change
On October 10, more than 7,000 actions in 180 countries will celebrate solutions to climate change in what is expected to be the greatest number of recorded protests in a single da...
Sep 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Mark Hertsgaard
Kicking the Oil Habit Kicking the Oil Habit
Louisiana can't go cold turkey: it can only wean itself off oil through an orderly transition.
Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
BP Gets a Bitter Lesson From Bhopal BP Gets a Bitter Lesson From Bhopal
Let the Bhopal case settlement be a horrifying reminder: it is a constant temptation for profit-maximizing corporations to cut corners on safety.
Jun 8, 2010 / Mark Hertsgaard
Time for Salazar to Go? Time for Salazar to Go?
Ken Salazar is one of the strongest advocates of offshore drilling in Washington. Will his Interior Department really enforce the moratorium on new drilling permits?
May 27, 2010 / Mark Hertsgaard
Climategate Claptrap, I Climategate Claptrap, I
Don't believe the spin.
Apr 15, 2010 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
The Copenhagen Disaccord The Copenhagen Disaccord
Activists are figuring out what went wrong at the climate summit and what to do next.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
Obama to Meet With Chinese Premier Wen Obama to Meet With Chinese Premier Wen
President Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will meet within hours in Copenhagen to try to break the deadlock.
Dec 17, 2009 / Mark Hertsgaard