Enron: Crony Capitalism Enron: Crony Capitalism
The rise and fall of the house of Enron should trigger comprehensive investigations--civil, criminal and Congressional. The full scope of relations between Enron and its cronies ...
Jan 17, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
GE and the Hudson GE and the Hudson
Last spring Richard Pollak asked in these pages, "Is GE Mightier Than the Hudson?" (May 28, 2001). Given the Environmental Protection Agency's December 4 decision to dredge the P...
Jan 3, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
The Not-So-Pristine Wilderness The Not-So-Pristine Wilderness
The Department of Energy has hit upon a new idea for nuclear waste clean-up: just leave it there and declare the area a wildlife preserve. The animals won't complain.
Dec 20, 2001 / Editorial / Matt Bivens
The Right in the Classroom The Right in the Classroom
Right-wing climate-change deniers worked hand-in-glove with John Stossel to portray schoolchild as being 'scared green' on a recent ABC special.
Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Marianne Manilov
War Without End War Without End
Allied 'surgical strikes' in Kosovo in 1999 created environmental hotspots yet to cleaned up; the same might happen in Afghanistan.
Dec 2, 2001 / Feature / A.C. Thompson
Bush & Global Warming Bush & Global Warming
It's time for the United States to show as much commitment in the battle against global warming as it does in the "war on terror."
Nov 21, 2001 / Editorial / Mark Hertsgaard
Hot Air Is Bad for Us Hot Air Is Bad for Us
The current uproar over the posture of the Bush Administration on global warming and, most recently, on power-plant emissions vividly illustrates the political hypocrisy an...
Aug 23, 2001 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
San Diego Sees the Light San Diego Sees the Light
A Democratic Congressman relates what happened when a large California city rebelled against privatization of its electricity.
Aug 9, 2001 / Editorial / Bob Filner
Bio-Piracy in Chiapas Bio-Piracy in Chiapas
Mexico's Zapatista community is protesting the commercial exploitation of the country's ecological riches.
Aug 9, 2001 / Editorial / Bill Weinberg
For Utilities the Fix Is In For Utilities the Fix Is In
For years, environmental advocates in and out of government have labored to construct a connecting arch between opposing interests that could lead to the first real legislative ac...
Jul 12, 2001 / Editorial / William Greider