Bitten Once, Obama Is Not Shy About Offshore Oil Drilling Bitten Once, Obama Is Not Shy About Offshore Oil Drilling
President Obama is once again calling for increased offshore oil drilling—despite the fact that key safety issues have yet to be addressed.
May 17, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
It’s Time to Take on the Grand Old Polluting Party It’s Time to Take on the Grand Old Polluting Party
Obama has asked for an end to massive tax subsidies to oil and gas companies, and even Republican House Speaker John Boehner thought it was a good idea—for a second, that is.
Stephen Vavrus: Extreme Weather Is Man-Made Stephen Vavrus: Extreme Weather Is Man-Made
Climate scientist Stephen Vavrus says that climate change is behind the increasing number of extreme weather events.
Apr 26, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Chernobyl: 25 Years Later Chernobyl: 25 Years Later
To mark the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl's disaster and the lessons it still holds for us today, The Nation has assembled a collection of articles from our archives.
Apr 26, 2011 / The Nation
In Recent Budget Deal, GOP Bleeds Environmental Protection In Recent Budget Deal, GOP Bleeds Environmental Protection
The EPA kept its regulatory powers, but funding for climate science, wetlands protection, clean drinking water, nuclear waste disposal and more all got slashed.
Apr 26, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
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 / Video / 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 / Video / On The Earth Productions and The Nation
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