Environmental Issues

The Cleveland Model: A Grassroots Approach to Job Creation The Cleveland Model: A Grassroots Approach to Job Creation

Al Jazeera English's "Fault Lines" program discovers creative models local communities are using to address unemployment.

Apr 12, 2010 / Video / Al Jazeera English

Offshore Drilling–In Exchange for What? Offshore Drilling–In Exchange for What?

Christopher Hayes discusses the political strategy behind Obama's recent endorsement of offshore drilling.

Apr 1, 2010 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show

The Wrong Kind of Green

The Wrong Kind of Green The Wrong Kind of Green

Nation writer Johann Hari discusses his recent article in which conservation groups have sided with big-time polluters instead of real science.

Mar 9, 2010 / Video / Democracy Now!

Slide Show: The Wrong Kind of Green Slide Show: The Wrong Kind of Green

A look at the most questionable 'green' organizations that are busy shoveling up hard cash from the world's worst polluters.

Mar 4, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Swords Into Solar Panels Swords Into Solar Panels

The Obama administration wants to push holistic solutions to national problems--and retooling manufacturers of military hardware into purveyors of solar technology is one.

Mar 4, 2010 / Editorial / Miriam Pemberton

The Wrong Kind of Green

The Wrong Kind of Green The Wrong Kind of Green

The Nature Conservancy has acknowledged the oil leak in the Gulf, but failed to mention BP. Could it be because the Conservancy has close ties to the oil company? Johann Hari repor...

Mar 4, 2010 / Feature / Johann Hari

Van Jones’s Second Chance Van Jones’s Second Chance

Van Jones heads to Princeton, the Center for American Progress, and today receives the President's Award from the NAACP.

Feb 26, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ten Things You Can Do to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint Ten Things You Can Do to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint

Individuals can be a powerful engine for change by demanding green products and reducing fossil fuel consumption.

Feb 25, 2010 / Editorial / The Nation

The Attack on Climate-Change Science The Attack on Climate-Change Science

An anatomy of how climate deniers have succeeded in submarining climate science.

Feb 25, 2010 / Bill McKibben

How Sustainable Is ‘Socially Responsible’ Mining? How Sustainable Is ‘Socially Responsible’ Mining?

In the ten years since the mining industry has gone "responsible," have things really improved for local communities--or has the industry's PR just gotten better?

Feb 17, 2010 / Feature / Matt Kennard

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