The Nation Celebrates Earth Day 2011 The Nation Celebrates Earth Day 2011
In honor of Earth Day 2011, The Nation has collected some of our strongest reporting from the past year on the environment, climate change and what can be done to protect our pla...
Apr 22, 2011 / The Nation
China Rethinks Nuclear Power China Rethinks Nuclear Power
The world’s second-largest economy is emerging as a pacesetter in solar and wind technology.
Apr 21, 2011 / Feature / Lucia Green-Weiskel
Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now
Now that climate change is an undeniable reality around the world, the only option left requires not only reducing carbon emissions, but also adapting to the effects of man-made gl...
Apr 21, 2011 / The Nation
Video: Revisiting Chernobyl’s Nuclear Dead Zone Video: Revisiting Chernobyl’s Nuclear Dead Zone
On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine exploded, precipitating the worst nuclear disaster in history. Now, on the twenty fifth anniversar...
Apr 20, 2011 / On The Earth Productions and The Nation
Deepwater Horizon 2.0? Why It Can Happen Again Deepwater Horizon 2.0? Why It Can Happen Again
It's been one year since the worst environmental disaster in US history. What happened to all the tough talk about regulation?
Apr 19, 2011 / George Zornick
Pennsylvania’s GOP Governor Lets Gas Industry Have Its Way With Public Parks Pennsylvania’s GOP Governor Lets Gas Industry Have Its Way With Public Parks
Is the nation's best public park system poised to become an enormous gas field?
Apr 19, 2011 / Robert S. Eshelman
BP’s Oil Spill Tax Credit Matches the EPA’s Entire Annual Budget BP’s Oil Spill Tax Credit Matches the EPA’s Entire Annual Budget
Environmental groups and US Uncut rally in Washington to demand that President Obama stand up to Big Polluters like BP and start making them pay their fair share.
Apr 19, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
Mark Hertsgaard: Ignoring Climate Change Is a Crime Mark Hertsgaard: Ignoring Climate Change Is a Crime
As the US government continues to ignore the science on climate change, we are heading down the path towards an uninhabitable world.
Apr 18, 2011 / Press Room
Mark Hertsgaard: Ignoring Climate Change Is a Crime Mark Hertsgaard: Ignoring Climate Change Is a Crime
As the US government continues to ignore the science on climate change, we are heading down the path towards an uninhabitable world.
Apr 18, 2011 / Democracy Now!
Obama to Thousands of Young Climate Activists: Push Me Obama to Thousands of Young Climate Activists: Push Me
PowerShift's green organizers descended on Washington this weekend and gave Obama some tough love.
Apr 18, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard