Slide Show: Our Evolving Planet Slide Show: Our Evolving Planet
Images that capture the challenges facing the environment and the reforms that may help save it.
Apr 21, 2009 / The Nation
Michelle Obama’s Fresh Food Revolution Michelle Obama’s Fresh Food Revolution
The First Lady hopes to entice Americans away from their junk food past to a healthier, more delicious future.
Apr 20, 2009 / Mark Hertsgaard
Can China’s Wind Power Save the Planet? Can China’s Wind Power Save the Planet?
The Nation's Christian Parenti explains how the growing industry of wind turbines can reduce harmful pollution and ultimately wean China off its coal addiction.
Apr 16, 2009 / Brett Story
Can China Catch a Cool Breeze? Can China Catch a Cool Breeze?
The planet's future depends largely on the fate of China's nascent wind sector.
Apr 15, 2009 / Feature / Christian Parenti
The Upside of Piracy The Upside of Piracy
The rise of blue-water criminals may not be anything to cheer about, but it just might force us to consume less foreign oil.
Apr 14, 2009 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Environmental Showdown on the Irish Coast Environmental Showdown on the Irish Coast
A seaside community's battle to prevent a gas pipeline from ruining fragile coast and bog lands enters its tenth year.
Apr 13, 2009 / Feature / Alexander Zaitchik
Tennessee’s Dirty Data Tennessee’s Dirty Data
New evidence shows that water contamination may have been downplayed after December's massive coal ash spill in Tennessee.
Apr 2, 2009 / Kelly Hearn
Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun? Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun?
How we decide to manage water will determine whether our future is peaceful or perilous.
Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Tara Lohan
Three Mile Island, the NRC and Obama Three Mile Island, the NRC and Obama
Thirty years after the Three Mile Island partial meltdown, the real nuclear power threat is the relicensing of old plants.
Mar 27, 2009 / Christian Parenti
The Dirt on Clean Coal The Dirt on Clean Coal
The coal industry presents itself as committed to sustainability--but is it?
Mar 26, 2009 / Feature / Ari Berman