GOP Begins Throwing Up Roadblocks to the EPA Nominee GOP Begins Throwing Up Roadblocks to the EPA Nominee
The first Republican attack on Obama’s nominee to the EPA reveals the party’s fundamental beef with the agency as a whole.
Mar 19, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
Could Phoenix Soon Become Uninhabitable? Could Phoenix Soon Become Uninhabitable?
The city is at the crossroads of climate change—and, for a host of reasons, an unsustainable future.
Mar 14, 2013 / William deBuys
UVM Faculty Senate Vote to Support Divestment UVM Faculty Senate Vote to Support Divestment
If UVM commits to divestment, it will be the only public university and the largest university to do so.
Mar 13, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Conquest of Nature, and What We’ve Lost The Conquest of Nature, and What We’ve Lost
Are our relations with the animal world going the way of the great auk?
Mar 12, 2013 / Lewis Lapham
‘Don’t Frack My Mother’ ‘Don’t Frack My Mother’
One of the hippest and most amusing videos you’ll watch this year might also be the most important.
Mar 11, 2013 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Jellyfish or Fossil? On Louis Agassiz Jellyfish or Fossil? On Louis Agassiz
Frustrated, stubborn, committed to bad science, was Louis Agassiz anything other than a laughingstock?
Mar 6, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
Obama Makes a Strong Choice to Head the EPA Obama Makes a Strong Choice to Head the EPA
Gina McCarthy appears to have a long-term vision for combating climate change, and the experience to implement it.
Mar 5, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
With Climate Change, a Bad Deal Gets Even Worse for the Global South With Climate Change, a Bad Deal Gets Even Worse for the Global South
Polluters in the Northern Hemisphere have long exploited the resources of countries in the South, which will now feel the effects of environmental catastrophe more accutely.
Mar 4, 2013 / Blog / Aura Bogado
A Fierce Green Planet A Fierce Green Planet
The argument that we’re living in a new golden age of documentaries will be significantly furthered tomorrow with the release of A Fierce Green Fire, the first major cinemati...
Feb 28, 2013 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
What’s Next for the Student Divestment Movement? What’s Next for the Student Divestment Movement?
Students are rising up and taking action to make their voices heard on divestment. Everyone, from Shell and Exxon to Boards of Trustees to President Obama, should stop and take not...
Feb 26, 2013 / StudentNation / Caitlin Kidder and StudentNation