Dear Grandson: I’m Sorry for the World You’ll Inherit From Us Dear Grandson: I’m Sorry for the World You’ll Inherit From Us
From climate change to endless war, we owe the next generation an apology for the mess we’re leaving them.
Apr 23, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
Can Australians Give Up Coal? Can Australians Give Up Coal?
The land down under is in the midst of a desperate battle that pits green energy advocates against the prime minister and his dirty-energy allies.
Apr 23, 2015 / Bob Massie
Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866 Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866
We look back to the time when a science columnist wrote up one possible replacement for "the fossil fuel which is now so important an element in the existing order of human society...
Apr 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
Is the Carbon-Divestment Movement Reaching a Tipping Point? Is the Carbon-Divestment Movement Reaching a Tipping Point?
Interviews with Harvard professors Naomi Oreskes and James Anderson about universities’ moral imperative to join the fight against fossil fuel.
Apr 22, 2015 / Wen Stephenson
Snapshot: Scorched Earth in California Snapshot: Scorched Earth in California
Apr 21, 2015 / Lucy Nicholson
Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots
The ecological movement will get nowhere unless it recognizes the overlapping crises facing our society.
Apr 21, 2015 / Naomi Klein
Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future
From the campaign to conserve hunting lands in the 19th century to the movement for climate justice in the 21st, The Nation has been a leading proponent of the idea that our succes...
Apr 20, 2015 / The Nation
In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened? In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened?
Today, the environment is a controversial issue divided along partisan lines—but it wasn't always that way.
Apr 20, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Is California’s Drought Part of a Global Water Crisis? Is California’s Drought Part of a Global Water Crisis?
According to NASA scientist Jay Famiglietti, some of the world’s most unstable regions will face their own severe water shortages in the near future.
Apr 16, 2015 / Leighton Akio Woodhouse
2015 Could Be the Start of a Green Energy Revolution 2015 Could Be the Start of a Green Energy Revolution
There are four big reasons fossil fuel could go the way of the dinosaur sooner than we think.
Apr 16, 2015 / Michael T. Klare