Environment

How Rural America Got Fracked How Rural America Got Fracked

The environmental nightmare you know nothing about.

May 21, 2012 / Ellen Cantarow

The Path to Progress: Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies The Path to Progress: Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies

We’ll never get to renewable energy if we keep offering gobs of cash to oil, coal and gas companies to continue business as usual.

May 18, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Dana Goldstein: The Pitfalls of Testing

Dana Goldstein: The Pitfalls of Testing Dana Goldstein: The Pitfalls of Testing

Why is the Obama administration pushing testing on our schools?

May 15, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

A Congressional Push to End All Fossil Fuel Subsidies A Congressional Push to End All Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Progressive legislators are mounting the first push to completely eliminate subsidies to the oil, gas and coal industries. 

May 10, 2012 / George Zornick

Epistle to the Ecotopians Epistle to the Ecotopians

Last words to an America in decline.

May 7, 2012 / Ernest Callenbach

Too Hot Not to Notice? Too Hot Not to Notice?

A planet connected by wild weather.

May 3, 2012 / Bill McKibben

The Administration Is Scared of Its Own Regulatory Shadow The Administration Is Scared of Its Own Regulatory Shadow

An EPA administrator has swiftly resigned after getting flak for doing his job. 

Apr 30, 2012 / George Zornick

Meet Mitt, the Man from Big Oil Meet Mitt, the Man from Big Oil

Environmentalists fear a Romney presidency. 

Apr 26, 2012 / Ben Adler

The Legacy of Chernobyl The Legacy of Chernobyl

Twenty-six years after the Chernobyl disaster, the US media have yet to print the pictures of Chernobyl now.

Apr 26, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Salvemos el Día de la Tierra Salvemos el Día de la Tierra

Nacido hace 42 años y celebrado desde entonces cada 22 de abril, el Día de la Tierra ha entrado ya en la mediana edad – y  se le nota.

Apr 23, 2012 / Mark Hertsgaard

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