How to Help in the Philippines How to Help in the Philippines
The need for outside assistance is urgent.
Nov 10, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
Campaigning (and Winning) on Climate Change Campaigning (and Winning) on Climate Change
Environmental groups leveraged millions to make climate change a key issue in the race for governor of Virginia and seats on a Washington State county council.
Nov 6, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Is Pot-Growing Bad for the Environment? Is Pot-Growing Bad for the Environment?
Thanks to the drug’s illegal status, marijuana farms are not regulated—with serious costs to water and wildlife.
Oct 31, 2013 / Feature / Seth Zuckerman
Twenty-Six Countries Ban GMOs—Why Won’t the US? Twenty-Six Countries Ban GMOs—Why Won’t the US?
The case against GMOs has strengthened steadily over the last few years, even as the industry has expanded all over the world.
Oct 29, 2013 / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus
Will Obama Block the Keystone Pipeline or Just Keep Bending? Will Obama Block the Keystone Pipeline or Just Keep Bending?
The dream of an environmental president seems to be fading away.
Oct 28, 2013 / Bill McKibben
LIVE: Creating a Roadmap for Surviving Climate Change LIVE: Creating a Roadmap for Surviving Climate Change
Tune in for a conversation with four of our country's top experts on environmental science and policy for an historic panel discussion on the urgent and confounding questions raise...
Oct 24, 2013 / The Nation
Reckoning Comes to Western Coal Country Reckoning Comes to Western Coal Country
Decades of government subsidy have cost taxpayers, wrecked the environment and could burn even more carbon than the Keystone pipeline project.
Oct 23, 2013 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
Questions for Dayton Hyde, Cowboy and Conservationist Questions for Dayton Hyde, Cowboy and Conservationist
In a new documentary, Running Wild, an 88-year-old rancher leads the charge against a proposed uranium mine, while the fate of wild horses hangs in the balance.
Oct 22, 2013 / Sasha Abramsky
One Year After Sandy—Ignoring Climate Change at Our Own Peril One Year After Sandy—Ignoring Climate Change at Our Own Peril
Wendell Berry’s writing and poetry provides a way forward one year after Superstorm Sandy.
Oct 22, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Wendell Berry’s Humanism and Wisdom for Our Times This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Wendell Berry’s Humanism and Wisdom for Our Times
This year's winner of the Roosevelt Institute’s Freedom Medal is as adept detailing the mechanics of a mine-triggered landslide as he is at critiquing the dangerous combi...
Oct 19, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel