Environment

Stephen Vavrus: Extreme Weather Is Man-Made Stephen Vavrus: Extreme Weather Is Man-Made

Climate scientist Stephen Vavrus says that climate change is behind the increasing number of extreme weather events.

Apr 26, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Chernobyl: 25 Years Later Chernobyl: 25 Years Later

To mark the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl's disaster and the lessons it still holds for us today, The Nation has assembled a collection of articles from our archives.

Apr 26, 2011 / The Nation

In Recent Budget Deal, GOP Bleeds Environmental Protection

In Recent Budget Deal, GOP Bleeds Environmental Protection In Recent Budget Deal, GOP Bleeds Environmental Protection

The EPA kept its regulatory powers, but funding for climate science, wetlands protection, clean drinking water, nuclear waste disposal and more all got slashed.

Apr 26, 2011 / George Zornick

This Week: Big Brothers Koch. PLUS: Celebrating Earth Day This Week: Big Brothers Koch. PLUS: Celebrating Earth Day

This Week, The Nation celebrates Earth Day. Also this week, Mark Ames and Mike Elk take down Koch Industries with a look at how the company is operating in a post-Citizens United e...

Apr 22, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Nation Celebrates Earth Day 2011 The Nation Celebrates Earth Day 2011

In honor of Earth Day 2011, The Nation has collected some of our strongest reporting from the past year on the environment, climate change and what can be done to protect our pla...

Apr 22, 2011 / The Nation

China Rethinks Nuclear Power

China Rethinks Nuclear Power China Rethinks Nuclear Power

The world’s second-largest economy is emerging as a pacesetter in solar and wind technology.

Apr 21, 2011 / Feature / Lucia Green-Weiskel

Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now

Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now

Now that climate change is an undeniable reality around the world, the only option left requires not only reducing carbon emissions, but also adapting to the effects of man-made gl...

Apr 21, 2011 / The Nation

Video: Revisiting Chernobyl’s Nuclear Dead Zone Video: Revisiting Chernobyl’s Nuclear Dead Zone

On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine exploded, precipitating the worst nuclear disaster in history. Now, on the twenty fifth anniversar...

Apr 20, 2011 / On The Earth Productions and The Nation

Deepwater Horizon 2.0? Why It Can Happen Again

Deepwater Horizon 2.0? Why It Can Happen Again Deepwater Horizon 2.0? Why It Can Happen Again

It's been one year since the worst environmental disaster in US history. What happened to all the tough talk about regulation?

Apr 19, 2011 / George Zornick

Pennsylvania’s GOP Governor Lets Gas Industry Have Its Way With Public Parks Pennsylvania’s GOP Governor Lets Gas Industry Have Its Way With Public Parks

Is the nation's best public park system poised to become an enormous gas field?

Apr 19, 2011 / Robert S. Eshelman

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