Environment

Doing Green Jobs Right

Doing Green Jobs Right Doing Green Jobs Right

Activists in Boston shape energy policy through new community-labor alliances.

Aug 26, 2010 / Feature / Amy B. Dean

Spike Lee Charts New Orleans’ Struggle Against Hurricanes, Neglect and Oil Spike Lee Charts New Orleans’ Struggle Against Hurricanes, Neglect and Oil

Spike Lee follows up his 2006 masterpiece on post-Hurricane Katrina destruction.

Aug 26, 2010 / HBO

Sierra Club Ranks America’s Greenest Schools

Sierra Club Ranks America’s Greenest Schools Sierra Club Ranks America’s Greenest Schools

Intercollegiate rivalry isn't all about the academics anymore. It's also about eco-friendliness, says the Sierra Club.

Aug 25, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan

The Breakdown: What Is the True Cost of Gas?

The Breakdown: What Is the True Cost of Gas? The Breakdown: What Is the True Cost of Gas?

Imagine that the cost you pay at the pump reflected not only the cost of gas without all of the government tax breaks and subsidies to the oil industry but also the political, heal...

Aug 20, 2010 / Chris Hayes

To Address Climate Change: ‘We Need a Movement’ To Address Climate Change: ‘We Need a Movement’

Inspired by Australian activists, Gore calls for street demonstrations to force the politicians to act.

Aug 19, 2010 / John Nichols

The F Word: Time to Declare Global War on Flooding The F Word: Time to Declare Global War on Flooding

The flooding in Pakistan has displaced 2 million people, killed at least 1600 and affected 14 million. It should be affecting all of us.

Aug 12, 2010 / Laura Flanders

The Gulf at the Gas Station The Gulf at the Gas Station

Can we calculate the true cost of our dependence on oil?

Aug 12, 2010 / Mark Engler

High School Students Shed Light on New York City’s Failure to Enforce Environmental Law High School Students Shed Light on New York City’s Failure to Enforce Environmental Law

 A group of high schoolers investigate buses and cars idling longer than legally permitted.

Aug 11, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan

Idle Iron, Vital Workers Idle Iron, Vital Workers

Congressman Raúl Grijalva's plan to clean up abandoned oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico would hold Big Oil accountable, protect the environment and employ gulf coast residents...

Aug 9, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

We Have Yet to See the Biggest Costs of the BP Spill

We Have Yet to See the Biggest Costs of the BP Spill We Have Yet to See the Biggest Costs of the BP Spill

The full extent of the damage from the BP disaster will not be known for years, but if we are to learn anything now, we must confront the question: What are the true costs of ...

Aug 5, 2010 / Raj Patel

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