Heat Wave Heat Wave
As the planet warms and global catastrophe beckons, what changes are we willing to make to adjust to a brave new world? Tim Flannery and Elizabeth Kolbert seek answers in two provo...
Jun 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
A Thirst for West Bank Water A Thirst for West Bank Water
Israel's "convergence" plan will maintain control over most of Palestine's water supply--dimming hopes for peace and a viable Palestinian state.
Jun 9, 2006 / Feature / Fareed Taamallah
Road to Perdition Road to Perdition
A nearly forgotten criminal conspiracy by GM, Firestone and Chevron shut down the nation's municipal railways, replacing them with gas-guzzling bus lines, paving the way for global...
May 31, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Morton Mintz
Gore Warms Up Gore Warms Up
Al Gore is trying to save the world by stirring a nation in denial over global warming to meaningful action. The pity is that this is a job for a former politician, not a current o...
May 25, 2006 / David Corn
The Scramble for Oil The Scramble for Oil
The Bush Administration's warm embrace of the Equatorial Guinea's despotic President Teodoro Mbasogo demonstrates how low it will go in pursuit of oil.
May 18, 2006 / Feature / Cora Currier
For a Sane Energy Policy For a Sane Energy Policy
There is no piecemeal solution to the gas price crisis. It's a systemic sickness that goes to the root of the American way of life: big cars, big oil, big business and sprawl.
May 11, 2006 / The Editors
FEMA Braces for Another Storm FEMA Braces for Another Storm
With hurricane season approaching and another Bush crony at the helm of FEMA, a few restive lawmakers are seeking real reform for the storm-tossed agency. Whether they will succeed...
May 10, 2006 / Feature / Bryan Farrell
Getting Hosed Getting Hosed
As oil profits soar, Americans are getting hosed at the gas pump, and Congress can't decide whether to raise taxes, lower them or throw money at the voters.
Apr 28, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Don’t Blame Environmentalists for Malaria Don’t Blame Environmentalists for Malaria
Tina Rosenberg is wrong to argue in the New York Times that environmentalists who fought to limit the use of DDT have contributed to the worldwide spread of malaria.
Mar 31, 2006 / Feature / Sonia Shah
Science Fact or Science Fiction? Science Fact or Science Fiction?
Climate change is real, and its impact is potentially devastating to our way of life. So why do the news media have such a hard time telling the straight story?
Mar 27, 2006 / Feature / Bryan Farrell