Environment

Capitalism: A Disaster for All Seasons

Capitalism: A Disaster for All Seasons Capitalism: A Disaster for All Seasons

For every San Francisco earthquake and Superstorm Sandy, some die—and others profit.

Apr 4, 2013 / Steve Fraser

One Million Comments Against Keystone XL One Million Comments Against Keystone XL

The Keystone tar sands pipeline will create just a handful of jobs, won’t improve US energy security, and just isn’t worth the potential cost to our health and our clim...

Apr 3, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

John Kerry’s Fateful Decision on the Keystone Pipeline

John Kerry’s Fateful Decision on the Keystone Pipeline John Kerry’s Fateful Decision on the Keystone Pipeline

Four decades ago, he spoke out bravely against the Vietnam War. Will he show the same courage today, in helping to end the fossil-fuel era?  

Apr 3, 2013 / Bill McKibben

How Little We Know About Heavy Tar Sands Oil

How Little We Know About Heavy Tar Sands Oil How Little We Know About Heavy Tar Sands Oil

The government is flying blind when to comes to transporting, and cleaning up, heavy tar sands oil. 

Apr 2, 2013 / George Zornick

Hands Off Yoko! Oil and Gas Drillers Complain About Anti-Fracking Campaign

Hands Off Yoko! Oil and Gas Drillers Complain About Anti-Fracking Campaign Hands Off Yoko! Oil and Gas Drillers Complain About Anti-Fracking Campaign

Our friendly frackers have forgotten about the right of citizens to petition for a redress of grievances.

Apr 1, 2013 / Jon Wiener

Noam Chomsky: If Nuclear War Doesn’t Get Us, Climate Change Will

Noam Chomsky: If Nuclear War Doesn’t Get Us, Climate Change Will Noam Chomsky: If Nuclear War Doesn’t Get Us, Climate Change Will

The growing threats of nuclear war and environmental catastrophe make it hard to bet on the survival of our species.

Mar 28, 2013 / On The Earth Productions and The Nation

Will California’s Cap and Trade Be Fair?

Will California’s Cap and Trade Be Fair? Will California’s Cap and Trade Be Fair?

Allowing polluters to trade carbon could keep poor Californians breathing unhealthy air.

Mar 20, 2013 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

GOP Begins Throwing Up Roadblocks to the EPA Nominee

GOP Begins Throwing Up Roadblocks to the EPA Nominee GOP Begins Throwing Up Roadblocks to the EPA Nominee

The first Republican attack on Obama’s nominee to the EPA reveals the party’s fundamental beef with the agency as a whole.

Mar 19, 2013 / George Zornick

Could Phoenix Soon Become Uninhabitable?

Could Phoenix Soon Become Uninhabitable? Could Phoenix Soon Become Uninhabitable?

The city is at the crossroads of climate change—and, for a host of reasons, an unsustainable future. 

Mar 14, 2013 / William deBuys

UVM Faculty Senate Vote to Support Divestment UVM Faculty Senate Vote to Support Divestment

If UVM commits to divestment, it will be the only public university and the largest university to do so.

Mar 13, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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