Sustainability

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

‘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

Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change

Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change

The super-typhoon that just hit the Philippines should be a wake-up call for climate-change negotiators in Warsaw.

Nov 11, 2013 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Foreign Policy In Focus and Walden Bello

Will Solar Save the Planet?

Will Solar Save the Planet? Will Solar Save the Planet?

As the IPCC sounds another alarm about climate change, solar energy supporters believe they have a solution.

Oct 2, 2013 / Editorial / Mark Hertsgaard

Our Fossil-Fueled Future

Our Fossil-Fueled Future Our Fossil-Fueled Future

World Energy in 2040.

Sep 10, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

The IPCC Report and Nuclear Energy

The IPCC Report and Nuclear Energy The IPCC Report and Nuclear Energy

Environmentalists ought to embrace, not fear, the usefulness of nuclear power.

Aug 21, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Is Fracking a Necessary Evil?

Is Fracking a Necessary Evil? Is Fracking a Necessary Evil?

Despite the ills of fracking, the Obama administration claims more natural gas is part of the solution to climate change.

Aug 15, 2013 / Blog / Madeline Ostrander

Unions and Environmentalists: A Match Made with Difficulty

Unions and Environmentalists: A Match Made with Difficulty Unions and Environmentalists: A Match Made with Difficulty

How labor and environmentalists in California are finding common cause.

Aug 7, 2013 / Blog / Madeline Ostrander

China’s Green Leap Backward

China’s Green Leap Backward China’s Green Leap Backward

The latest trend toward fossil fuels is dangerous for the entire planet, since China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

Jan 16, 2013 / Feature / Lucia Green-Weiskel

‘The Limits to Growth’: A Book That Launched a Movement

‘The Limits to Growth’: A Book That Launched a Movement ‘The Limits to Growth’: A Book That Launched a Movement

This mega-bestseller has been attacked repeatedly since its publication forty years ago, but its warnings about the climate were alarmingly prescient. 

Dec 5, 2012 / Feature / Christian Parenti

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