Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots
The ecological movement will get nowhere unless it recognizes the overlapping crises facing our society.
Apr 21, 2015 / Naomi Klein
Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future
From the campaign to conserve hunting lands in the 19th century to the movement for climate justice in the 21st, The Nation has been a leading proponent of the idea that our succes...
Apr 20, 2015 / Timeline / The Nation
In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened? In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened?
Today, the environment is a controversial issue divided along partisan lines—but it wasn't always that way.
Apr 20, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Zoë Carpenter
2015 Could Be the Start of a Green Energy Revolution 2015 Could Be the Start of a Green Energy Revolution
There are four big reasons fossil fuel could go the way of the dinosaur sooner than we think.
Apr 16, 2015 / Michael T. Klare
Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, BP’s Most Vulnerable Victims Are Still Struggling Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, BP’s Most Vulnerable Victims Are Still Struggling
BP agreed to a $7.8 billion settlement, but still hasn’t paid out most Gulf Coast businesses.
Apr 15, 2015 / Feature / Katy Reckdahl
3 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Fight to Save the Climate 3 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Fight to Save the Climate
Leaders are framing the climate crisis in moral language, renewable energy is soaring—and the coal industry is collapsing.
Apr 6, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard
Fields of Toxic Pesticides Surround the Schools of Ventura County—Are They Poisoning the Students? Fields of Toxic Pesticides Surround the Schools of Ventura County—Are They Poisoning the Students?
In some of California’s most heavily Latino communities, going to school can be a health hazard.
Apr 6, 2015 / Liza Gross
The Coal Industry Is Imploding. Why Is it Still So Powerful in Washington? The Coal Industry Is Imploding. Why Is it Still So Powerful in Washington?
As its battle against the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan intensifies, Big Coal is getting a lot of help from friends in high places.
Mar 25, 2015 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try
The future will follow an unpredictable route, but we must still follow a compass called hope.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit
Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to Fix It Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to Fix It
The “logic” of capitalist development has left a nightmare of environmental destruction in its wake.
Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Noam Chomsky