March on Blair Mountain Honors Labor History, Calls for End to Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining March on Blair Mountain Honors Labor History, Calls for End to Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
A five-day march on Blair Mountain seeks to harness the rich labor history of Appalachia to expand a growing movement to end the destruction of Appalachia through mountaintop remov...
Jun 8, 2011 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Chicago Protest Ups the Ante in the Fight Against Big Coal Chicago Protest Ups the Ante in the Fight Against Big Coal
Will direct action against big polluters prove more successful than Capitol Hill–based attempts to fight climate change?
May 25, 2011 / Robert S. Eshelman
Detroit: Place and Space to Begin Anew Detroit: Place and Space to Begin Anew
Detroit stands as a symbol of the destruction deindustrialization left in its wake, but new initiatives in the Midwestern city have made it a leader in sustainable living, and have...
May 4, 2011 / Grace Lee Boggs
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
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 / Video / The Nation
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
Climate Change Deniers Aren’t ‘Skeptics,’ They’re Cranks Climate Change Deniers Aren’t ‘Skeptics,’ They’re Cranks
Climate change is happening and it's dangerous, so at this point, science deniers should have no say in the discussion.
Feb 28, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining
A harmful coal extraction technique has sparked a growing movement across the central Appalachian region.
Feb 15, 2011 / Video / Huffington Post
Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining
A harmful coal extraction technique has sparked a growing movement across the central Appalachian region.
Feb 15, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Koch Brothers v. the Left in Palm Springs Koch Brothers v. the Left in Palm Springs
For years one of the Koch brothers’ greatest achievements was the fact that no one knew who they were or what influence they had. The counter-demonstration next to their secr...
Jan 30, 2011 / The Notion / Nancy Goldstein