Pakistan One Year After the Floods Pakistan One Year After the Floods
When extreme weather hits amid extreme poverty, escape becomes nearly impossible.
Jun 29, 2011 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Winners and Losers in the Great Global Energy Struggle to Come Winners and Losers in the Great Global Energy Struggle to Come
A thirty-year war for energy pre-eminence? You wouldn’t wish it on a desperate planet. But that’s where we’re headed and there’s no turning back.
Jun 27, 2011 / Michael T. Klare
Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem
The spent-fuel pools at our reactors, containing thousands of tons of poorly protected but highly radioactive waste, are a catastrophe waiting to happen.
Jun 20, 2011 / Robert Alvarez
Edward Glaeser: How Can Cities Reduce Our Carbon Emissions? Edward Glaeser: How Can Cities Reduce Our Carbon Emissions?
Dense cities are a lot more energy efficient than decentralized sprawl, argues Harvard professor and urban advocate Edward Glaeser.
Jun 17, 2011 / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions
The American West in Flames The American West in Flames
These past few years, mega-fires in the West have become ever more routine.
Jun 16, 2011 / Chip Ward
A Richer Shade of Green: The Wisdom of Sustainable Investment Funds A Richer Shade of Green: The Wisdom of Sustainable Investment Funds
Investors who seek out companies that are meeting the long-term challenge of sustainability will have a strategic advantage.
Jun 8, 2011 / Feature / Leslie Christian
The Safe Bet: Renewables The Safe Bet: Renewables
Is dirty energy the only way to meet the huge demands of the modern world? New numbers suggest renewables could do the job—and more.
Jun 8, 2011 / Kumi Naidoo
Three Energy Developments That Are Changing Your Life Three Energy Developments That Are Changing Your Life
How droughts, the Arab Spring and the decline of nuclear power are shaping the future of global energy consumption.
Jun 6, 2011 / Michael T. Klare
Three Strikes and You’re Hot: Time for Obama to Say No to the Fossil Fuel Wish List Three Strikes and You’re Hot: Time for Obama to Say No to the Fossil Fuel Wish List
If we value the planet, we are going to have to get cruel and blunt about defending its beautiful geography from the fossil fuel industry.
Jun 2, 2011 / Bill McKibben
Chicago Protest Ups the Ante in the Fight Against Big Coal Chicago Protest Ups the Ante in the Fight Against Big Coal
Will direct action against big polluters prove more successful than Capitol Hill–based attempts to fight climate change?
May 25, 2011 / Robert S. Eshelman