Crude Awakening Crude Awakening
On January 9, 2004, Royal Dutch/Shell, one of the world's largest publicly traded oil companies, shocked the international financial community by announcing that it had overstate...
Oct 21, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare
Climate, the Absent Issue Climate, the Absent Issue
Every once in a while there is good news in this troubled world, and the choice of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai as this year's Nobel Peace Prizewinner is one suc...
Oct 14, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
It’s a Baker Botts World It’s a Baker Botts World
When the Bushes need a fixer, they turn to James Baker III. He and his firm benefit.
Sep 23, 2004 / Feature / Robert Bryce
All Creatures Great and Small All Creatures Great and Small
It was an odd dream: The Bush twins were ten feet tall and peering in my window. They were snickering. "We had a hamster too..." they were saying, as though it were the merriest ...
Sep 16, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Election Matters Election Matters
In the 1960s John F. Kennedy inspired America with his pledge to put a man on the moon in ten years. Now, John F.
Aug 12, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
Holy Water Holy Water
Walden Pond is America's environmental holy land, the naturalist's sacred site and Concord's local swimming pool.
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jane Holtz Kay
Boiling Point Boiling Point
Nature doesn't compromise on global climate change; activists must not either.
Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Ross Gelbspan
Mean Green Job Machine Mean Green Job Machine
The presidential campaigns and their armies of consultants are well aware that a jittery American public yearns for jobs.
May 6, 2004 / Paula DiPerna
Bhopal’s Legacy Bhopal’s Legacy
Every December for the past nineteen years, marchers in Bhopal, India, have paraded an effigy of Warren Anderson through town and burned it. Anderson is despised because he was...
May 6, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
Sierra Club Votes for its Future Sierra Club Votes for its Future
One of the nation's most important environmental organizations is in the fight of its life.