Gearing Up for Cancún Gearing Up for Cancún
Expectations are low that the United Nations’s upcoming two-week climate conference will produce the international agreement needed to avert global warming.
Nov 28, 2010 / Tina Gerhardt
Conversation: Dan Kalb on the Future of Climate Legislation Conversation: Dan Kalb on the Future of Climate Legislation
One of the few progressive victories to emerge from this year's elections was the defeat of corporate-supported Proposition 23 in California, which would have rolled back Calif...
Nov 12, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
For Cancun Climate Summit, Activists Consider the Long View For Cancun Climate Summit, Activists Consider the Long View
After the failures of 2009's conference in Copenhagen, a very different set of expectations are building in the climate movement for this year's summit.
Nov 12, 2010 / Sarah Laskow
Slide Show: 10/10/10 Events from Around the World Slide Show: 10/10/10 Events from Around the World
Oct 11, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Interview with a Drowning President, Kiribati’s Anote Tong Interview with a Drowning President, Kiribati’s Anote Tong
Kiribati's President, Anote Tong, speaks about the struggles faced by climate refugees, solidarity within his country and getting the international community's attention.
Oct 1, 2010 / David Helvarg
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
The Big Bad Wolf Makes Good The Big Bad Wolf Makes Good
The Yellowstone success story and those who want to kill it.
Sep 28, 2010 / Chip Ward
A Conversation with Greenpeace’s Kumi Naidoo A Conversation with Greenpeace’s Kumi Naidoo
Naidoo talks about disappointments at Copenhagen, coalition-building among progressive organizations and the uncomfortable truth about consumption and quality of life.
Sep 24, 2010 / The Nation and Kumi Naidoo
China, Energy and Global Power China, Energy and Global Power
Because energy is tied to so many aspects of the global economy, and because doubts are growing about the future availability of oil and other vital fuels, the decisions China ma...
Sep 20, 2010 / Michael T. Klare
The Greening of China The Greening of China
China must do two things at once: continue to industrialize while sharply limiting carbon emissions. Will its newfound focus on renewable energy technology be enough?
Sep 2, 2010 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss