When Risk-taking Becomes Too Costly: Naomi Klein on Climate Change When Risk-taking Becomes Too Costly: Naomi Klein on Climate Change
Choosing to ignore climate change is the highest-stake gamble we are currently in.
Jan 18, 2011 / TED
The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth
How does the depletion of oil supplies threaten both our economy and our political system? Part two in a video series from The Nation and On the Earth productions.
Jan 11, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Are We Running Out of Oil? Are We Running Out of Oil?
Dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health. But we'll be in even deeper trouble when the world's supply of oil begins to run out.
Jan 5, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Peak Oil and a Changing Climate Peak Oil and a Changing Climate
In a new video series from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, leading environmental thinkers Bill McKibben, Noam Chomsky, Nicole Foss, Richard Heinberg and more weigh in on...
Jan 5, 2011 / The Nation
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
Climate Clash in Cancún Climate Clash in Cancún
China is warming up to the fight against climate change, but it's still cooling to US demands.
Dec 16, 2010 / Feature / Lucia Green-Weiskel
Why Obama and Cancún Miss the Point Why Obama and Cancún Miss the Point
You can't bargain about global warming with chemistry and physics.
Dec 16, 2010 / Bill McKibben
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
Conversation: Bill McKibben: We Need Climate Justice Now Conversation: Bill McKibben: We Need Climate Justice Now
According to 350.org founder Bill McKibben, the biggest stumbling block in the path of the climate justice movement lies right under our noses: our own Congress.
Dec 8, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Slide Show: In Denial: The GOP’s Climate Science Skeptics Slide Show: In Denial: The GOP’s Climate Science Skeptics
A recent Pew Research poll found that 53% of Republicans now say they don’t believe in global warming, a significant shift compared to 2007, when the majority agreed that cli…
Dec 8, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation