Environment

Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry

Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry

What would it mean if we were to walk in his footsteps?

May 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Wen Stephenson

The Courage to Fight Climate Change

The Courage to Fight Climate Change The Courage to Fight Climate Change

James Hansen bravely told the truth even when the Bush administration tried to silence and penalize him.

May 8, 2013 / Feature / James Hansen and Joseph Romm

Bill McKibben’s Call at Riverside Church Bill McKibben’s Call at Riverside Church

In a sane society, his call would be required viewing coast to coast and urgent action would immediately follow.

May 7, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

The Last Empire?

The Last Empire? The Last Empire?

Our twenty-first-century, American-dictated, unipolar moment is a planetary time bomb.

May 7, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too

On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too

The same chemical that exploded in West, Texas, is used by coal companies to blow up mountains.

May 7, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It

Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It

Repression after 9/11 is nothing compared to what's come before, and our tools to fight it are greater.

May 6, 2013 / On The Earth Productions and The Nation Video

Occupy the Pipeline: Fracking Threat Comes to NYC

Occupy the Pipeline: Fracking Threat Comes to NYC Occupy the Pipeline: Fracking Threat Comes to NYC

Activists are opposing the construction of a pipeline beneath New York City that will carry the controversial highly pressurized gas.

May 6, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

Why Aren’t Environmental Groups Divesting from Fossil Fuels?

Why Aren’t Environmental Groups Divesting from Fossil Fuels? Why Aren’t Environmental Groups Divesting from Fossil Fuels?

Some of big green's most powerful players still invest in energy companies.

May 2, 2013 / Naomi Klein

Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania

Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania

Farming communities are being turned into huge, open-air laboratories by energy companies—with ordinary people serving as guinea pigs.

May 2, 2013 / Ellen Cantarow

Time for Big Green to Go Fossil Free

Time for Big Green to Go Fossil Free Time for Big Green to Go Fossil Free

Some mainstream environmental organizations are trying to wean themselves from fossil fuel investments—but some aren’t.

May 1, 2013 / Column / Naomi Klein

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