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
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
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
It’s the New Economy, Stupid It’s the New Economy, Stupid
Efforts to reduce unemployment and curb inequality must be considered alongside urgent threats to the environment and democracy.
Nov 28, 2012 / Feature / John Cavanagh and Robin Broad
Weaning America Off Oil Weaning America Off Oil
STUDENT FINALIST: From foreign policy to climate change, our dependency on oil should be fueling the election conversation.
Oct 28, 2012 / StudentNation / Nikolas Angelopoulos
An Energy Solution Cannot Wait An Energy Solution Cannot Wait
STUDENT FINALIST: America is growing weak and gaining a poor reputation because it is unable to provide power for its technology.
Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Kathryn Davis
How Did Coal-Rich India End Up With Power Blackouts? How Did Coal-Rich India End Up With Power Blackouts?
For decades, the World Bank pushed privatization of the power industry and assumed that energy services would "trickle down" to the poor.
Aug 22, 2012 / Daphne Wysham
America’s Fossil Fuel Fever America’s Fossil Fuel Fever
Costly technologies have opened up new sources in the Western Hemisphere—but they pose immense environmental dangers.
Feb 29, 2012 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Nuclear Power? Germany Says ‘Nein Danke’ Nuclear Power? Germany Says ‘Nein Danke’
The transition to a low-carbon future is ambitious and, so far, has been remarkably smooth.
Feb 29, 2012 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
Tadeusz Patzek on America’s Energy Future: ‘We’re Cornering Ourselves’ Tadeusz Patzek on America’s Energy Future: ‘We’re Cornering Ourselves’
Why is United States in an especially precarious position when it comes to energy?
Feb 22, 2012 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions