Environment

How the Obama Administration Is Keeping Big Coal Alive

How the Obama Administration Is Keeping Big Coal Alive How the Obama Administration Is Keeping Big Coal Alive

While the Obama administration takes steps to discourage coal consumption at home, it’s tacitly promoting coal exports overseas.

Jul 7, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Here’s Something Patriotic You’ll Want to Support

Here’s Something Patriotic You’ll Want to Support Here’s Something Patriotic You’ll Want to Support

Join The Nation and Green America in calling on Congress to pass the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2014.

Jul 3, 2014 / NationAction

Endgame?

Endgame? Endgame?

How the rhetoric of ecoetiquette muddies writing about global warming.

Jul 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

The Chairman of the Largest Private Company in America Just Told the 1 Percent to Worry About Climate Change

The Chairman of the Largest Private Company in America Just Told the 1 Percent to Worry About Climate Change The Chairman of the Largest Private Company in America Just Told the 1 Percent to Worry About Climate Change

But will Greg Page’s call to arms influence business leaders? Or the Republicans his firm donates to?

Jun 25, 2014 / Robert S. Eshelman

Fighting, Not Drowning

Fighting, Not Drowning Fighting, Not Drowning

The environmental movement needs to be nimble, not centralized.

Jun 18, 2014 / Feature / May Boeve

Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Could Choose the Next House Majority Whip

Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Could Choose the Next House Majority Whip Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Could Choose the Next House Majority Whip

Will the fossil-fuel lobby leverage its considerable pull within the House GOP to ensure Scalise becomes House majority whip?

Jun 18, 2014 / Lee Fang

If Jerry Brown Is So Green, Why Is He Allowing Fracking in California?

If Jerry Brown Is So Green, Why Is He Allowing Fracking in California? If Jerry Brown Is So Green, Why Is He Allowing Fracking in California?

The California governor wants to be known as a climate leader. But he has said yes to fracking—for now.

Jun 18, 2014 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

Q&A: Winona LaDuke

Q&A: Winona LaDuke Q&A: Winona LaDuke

A conversation with the two-time Green Party vice presidential candidate.

Jun 18, 2014 / Laura Flanders

Kentucky’s Senate Race Is Falling Deeper Into the Coal Mine Shaft

Kentucky’s Senate Race Is Falling Deeper Into the Coal Mine Shaft Kentucky’s Senate Race Is Falling Deeper Into the Coal Mine Shaft

There are some political races in America that are classic examples of a healthy democracy in action. Kentucky’s US Senate race is not one of them.

Jun 16, 2014 / Joe Sonka

Obama’s Climate Regulations: A Step in the Right Direction, but Nowhere Close to What We Need

Obama’s Climate Regulations: A Step in the Right Direction, but Nowhere Close to What We Need Obama’s Climate Regulations: A Step in the Right Direction, but Nowhere Close to What We Need

How about a 40 percent cut by 2030 based on 1990 levels?

Jun 4, 2014 / The Editors

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