Environment

How Climate Protection Has Become Today’s Labor Solidarity

How Climate Protection Has Become Today’s Labor Solidarity How Climate Protection Has Become Today’s Labor Solidarity

Union-led action on climate change has proliferated across the country.

May 6, 2015 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher

Is the Tide Turning Against Water Privatization?

Is the Tide Turning Against Water Privatization? Is the Tide Turning Against Water Privatization?

You can’t squeeze clean water out of dirty business.

Apr 27, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Dear Grandson: I’m Sorry for the World You’ll Inherit From Us

Dear Grandson: I’m Sorry for the World You’ll Inherit From Us Dear Grandson: I’m Sorry for the World You’ll Inherit From Us

From climate change to endless war, we owe the next generation an apology for the mess we’re leaving them.

Apr 23, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

Can Australians Give Up Coal?

Can Australians Give Up Coal? Can Australians Give Up Coal?

The land down under is in the midst of a desperate battle that pits green energy advocates against the prime minister and his dirty-energy allies.

Apr 23, 2015 / Bob Massie

Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866

Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866 Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866

We look back to the time when a science columnist wrote up one possible replacement for "the fossil fuel which is now so important an element in the existing order of human society...

Apr 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

Is the Carbon-Divestment Movement Reaching a Tipping Point?

Is the Carbon-Divestment Movement Reaching a Tipping Point? Is the Carbon-Divestment Movement Reaching a Tipping Point?

Interviews with Harvard professors Naomi Oreskes and James Anderson about universities’ moral imperative to join the fight against fossil fuel.

Apr 22, 2015 / Wen Stephenson

Snapshot: Scorched Earth in California

Snapshot: Scorched Earth in California Snapshot: Scorched Earth in California

 

Apr 21, 2015 / Lucy Nicholson

Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots

Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots

The ecological movement will get nowhere unless it recognizes the overlapping crises facing our society.

Apr 21, 2015 / Naomi Klein

Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future

Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future

From the campaign to conserve hunting lands in the 19th century to the movement for climate justice in the 21st, The Nation has been a leading proponent of the idea that our succes...

Apr 20, 2015 / The Nation

In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened?

In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened? In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened?

Today, the environment is a controversial issue divided along partisan lines—but it wasn't always that way.

Apr 20, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

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