Environmental Issues

Let Them Drink Coke: The Media’s Indifference to the West Virginia Chemical Spill

Let Them Drink Coke: The Media’s Indifference to the West Virginia Chemical Spill Let Them Drink Coke: The Media’s Indifference to the West Virginia Chemical Spill

Are the mainstream media's class biases affecting their editorial decision-making?

Jan 14, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Peak Oil Is Dead. Long Live Peak Oil!

Peak Oil Is Dead. Long Live Peak Oil! Peak Oil Is Dead. Long Live Peak Oil!

The eulogies for peak oil came too soon. 

Jan 9, 2014 / Michael T. Klare

To Help Connect the Two New Yorks, Bill de Blasio Should Build More Community Broadband

To Help Connect the Two New Yorks, Bill de Blasio Should Build More Community Broadband To Help Connect the Two New Yorks, Bill de Blasio Should Build More Community Broadband

How high-speed Internet access is changing one Brooklyn neighborhood.

Jan 8, 2014 / Maya Wiley

‘60 Minutes’ Does It Again

‘60 Minutes’ Does It Again ‘60 Minutes’ Does It Again

The program’s attack on government investments in green technology ignores basic facts.  

Jan 6, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter

A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013

A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013 A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013

What would our national conversation on climate change sound like if this kind of honesty broke through with any regularity?

Dec 24, 2013 / Blog / Wen Stephenson

Bluegrass Uprising

Bluegrass Uprising Bluegrass Uprising

As American energy production booms, thousands face pipelines in their backyards.

Dec 18, 2013 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

The Coming ‘Instant Planetary Emergency’

The Coming ‘Instant Planetary Emergency’ The Coming ‘Instant Planetary Emergency’

How will climate change affect the future of the planet? Scientists predict it will be nothing short of a nightmare.

Dec 17, 2013 / Dahr Jamail

How Ivy League Universities Are Failing Us on Climate Change

How Ivy League Universities Are Failing Us on Climate Change How Ivy League Universities Are Failing Us on Climate Change

Despite widespread student organizing, university presidents are still reluctant to divest from fossil fuels. 

Dec 4, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders

Students Are Leading the Fight Against Climate Change With a Simple Strategy: Divest Now!

Students Are Leading the Fight Against Climate Change With a Simple Strategy: Divest Now! Students Are Leading the Fight Against Climate Change With a Simple Strategy: Divest Now!

It could just be the first step toward reversing this slow-motion apocalypse.

Nov 21, 2013 / Todd Gitlin

Typhoon Haiyan’s Message to the World

Typhoon Haiyan’s Message to the World Typhoon Haiyan’s Message to the World

Climate change is upon us—and the danger is urgent.

Nov 20, 2013 / Editorial / Walden Bello

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