Environment

A Day to Celebrate Climate Solutions A Day to Celebrate Climate Solutions

350.org is giving out microgrants to local climate action projects all over the world.

Jul 19, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

This Week At TheNation.com: Progressives & Obama… Plus, Three Videos and a Big Award. This Week At TheNation.com: Progressives & Obama… Plus, Three Videos and a Big Award.

Eric Alterman on pushing for a progressive Presidency.  Plus: Colin Robinson takes on Amazon.

Jul 16, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Green Energy: A Special Issue Green Energy: A Special Issue

How we can break our addiction to oil. With contributions from Michael T. Klare, Christian Parenti, Mark Hertsgaard and Christine MacDonald.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / The Editors

Clean, Green, Safe and Smart

Clean, Green, Safe and Smart Clean, Green, Safe and Smart

Why the United States needs a new national energy policy.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Michael T. Klare

The Big Green Buy

The Big Green Buy The Big Green Buy

How Obama can use the government's purchasing power to spark the clean-energy revolution.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Kicking the Oil Habit

Kicking the Oil Habit Kicking the Oil Habit

Louisiana can't go cold turkey: it can only wean itself off oil through an orderly transition.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

The Spill’s Silver Lining?

The Spill’s Silver Lining? The Spill’s Silver Lining?

The BP disaster could be the catalyst for an invigorated environmental movement.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Christine MacDonald

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...

Jul 15, 2010 / Chris Hayes

Slide Show: Green Energy

Slide Show: Green Energy Slide Show: Green Energy

BP’s gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been a disturbing reminder of the toxic nature of our current energy economy. In a special energy issue of The Nation—fe…

Jul 15, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Slide Show: Green Energy Slide Show: Green Energy

To supply the United States with power without destroying the earth in the process we need radical changes in the way we think about energy consumption and our energy infrastruc...

Jul 14, 2010 / The Nation

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