Environment

Compassion Is Our New Currency Compassion Is Our New Currency

Notes on 2011’s preoccupied hearts and minds.

Dec 22, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit

Dr. Jill Stein: Occupy Student Debt and the Environment Dr. Jill Stein: Occupy Student Debt and the Environment

Shouldering insurmountable student debt yet seeing fewer opportunities, young Americans share the same desperation and frustration of the Arab youth.

Dec 21, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

The Four Occupations of Planet Earth The Four Occupations of Planet Earth

How the occupied became the occupiers.

Dec 19, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Keystone XL Is Back on the Table—for Now Keystone XL Is Back on the Table—for Now

 Republicans have forced President Obama to make a decision on the pipeline project within 60 days--but they may be forcing his hand too far. 

Dec 17, 2011 / George Zornick

Keystone XL Is Back on the Table—for Now Keystone XL Is Back on the Table—for Now

Republicans have forced Obama to make a decision on the pipeline project within sixty days—but they may be forcing his hand too far. 

Dec 17, 2011 / George Zornick

Durban: Where the Climate Deniers-in-Chief Ran the Show

Durban: Where the Climate Deniers-in-Chief Ran the Show Durban: Where the Climate Deniers-in-Chief Ran the Show

Thanks to a new and frightening breed of climate denier, our chances of avoiding catastrophe just got worse.

Dec 14, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard

Republicans Intensify Attacks on the Nuclear Safety Chief Republicans Intensify Attacks on the Nuclear Safety Chief

A contentious House hearing Wednesday featured direct calls for the resignation of NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko. 

Dec 14, 2011 / George Zornick

Defeat of the XL Pipeline Is a Signal Achievement Defeat of the XL Pipeline Is a Signal Achievement

Anyone despairing over the immense power of the corporate sector to dominate world affairs should watch this video documenting the power that grassroots protest can still muster ...

Dec 14, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Meltdown at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Meltdown at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Bureaucratic battles reveal the nuclear industry has many friends at the agency which regulates it.  

Dec 12, 2011 / George Zornick

Greg Palast and John Nichols: Energy Wars Greg Palast and John Nichols: Energy Wars

Palast has followed the footprints of corporations such as BP and Exxon all over the world and uncovered the intricate connections between power, energy and resources.

Dec 9, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

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