Environment

Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History

How we subsidize energy giants to wreck the planet, and what we can do about it.

Apr 5, 2012 / Bill McKibben

A New Energy Third World in North America? A New Energy Third World in North America?

How the big energy companies plan to turn the United States into a third world petro-state.

Apr 2, 2012 / Michael T. Klare

A New Green Agenda for Commuters

A New Green Agenda for Commuters A New Green Agenda for Commuters

How progressives can make energy a pocketbook issue, with greener rides—and greener wallets—for the middle class.

Mar 27, 2012 / Feature / Lisa Margonelli

An Apology to the Next Generation for the Turmoil to Come An Apology to the Next Generation for the Turmoil to Come

What kind of damaged world is being left to our descendents?

Mar 27, 2012 / Chip Ward

How to Rehouse the American Dream How to Rehouse the American Dream

Our car-dependent, suburban, homeowner culture is no longer affordable. An exhibit at MoMA examines what to do about it.

Mar 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Alex Ulam

90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like 90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

The last days of winter and the first days of spring have seen hundreds of record-breaking high temperatures. Worry.

Mar 20, 2012 / Bill McKibben

Romney Joins Gas Price Pander Romney Joins Gas Price Pander

Mitt says his opponents “don't understand the economy.” Neither does he. 

Mar 20, 2012 / Ben Adler

Jeffrey Sachs: Population Controller? (VIDEO) Jeffrey Sachs: Population Controller? (VIDEO)

Jeff Sachs, who promises he’d lead the World Bank to a new era, proposes more of the same—plus population control. That’s taking us to a new era of Malthus.

Mar 16, 2012 / Laura Flanders

No More Subsidies for Fossil Fuel No More Subsidies for Fossil Fuel

There's no way to move to renewable energy sources like wind and solar without ending the subsidies to an industry that's already earning record-breaking profits.

Mar 16, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Occupy Climate Change Occupy Climate Change

The same corporations that destroyed the economy are wrecking the planet. Occupy should do something about that.

Mar 14, 2012 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher

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