Environmental Issues

When Risk-taking Becomes Too Costly: Naomi Klein on Climate Change When Risk-taking Becomes Too Costly: Naomi Klein on Climate Change

Choosing to ignore climate change is the highest-stake gamble we are currently in.

Jan 18, 2011 / Video / TED

Green Energy Opponents Are the Real Job Killers

Green Energy Opponents Are the Real Job Killers Green Energy Opponents Are the Real Job Killers

The American economy needs a clean tech transformation.

Jan 13, 2011 / Editorial / David Fenton

Naomi Klein: The Search for BP’s Oil Naomi Klein: The Search for BP’s Oil

Klein reports from the Gulf of Mexico on how the very real effects of BP's Deepwater Horizon oilspill are still being felt.

Jan 13, 2011 / Video / Big Noise Films and The Nation

The Search for BP’s Oil

The Search for BP’s Oil The Search for BP’s Oil

As the gulf is declared "safe," scientists look deep in the sea for evidence of lasting damage. Plus, watch a video from Klein's investigation.

Jan 13, 2011 / Decade in Review / Naomi Klein

Slide Show: Tracking BP’s Oil in the Gulf

Slide Show: Tracking BP’s Oil in the Gulf Slide Show: Tracking BP’s Oil in the Gulf

In the aftermath of the April 2010 explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon oilrig, the media was saturated with images of oil-streaked Gulf Coast water and birds coated in a toxi…

Jan 12, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth

How does the depletion of oil supplies threaten both our economy and our political system? Part two in a video series from The Nation and On the Earth productions.

Jan 11, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Thousands Pay Tribute to Judy Bonds Thousands Pay Tribute to Judy Bonds

She has been to the mountaintop—and we must fight harder to save it.

Jan 6, 2011 / Lived History / Jeff Biggers

Are We Running Out of Oil?

Are We Running Out of Oil? Are We Running Out of Oil?

Dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health. But we'll be in even deeper trouble when the world's supply of oil begins to run out.

Jan 5, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Peak Oil and a Changing Climate

Peak Oil and a Changing Climate Peak Oil and a Changing Climate

In a new video series from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, leading environmental thinkers Bill McKibben, Noam Chomsky, Nicole Foss, Richard Heinberg and more weigh in on...

Jan 5, 2011 / The Nation

The CancĂșn Compromise The CancĂșn Compromise

The agreements reached at the Cancún climate summit oblige all nations to reduce future emissions. The challenge now is to generate the political pressure on national lea...

Dec 16, 2010 / Editorial / Mark Hertsgaard

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