Environment

Swords Into Solar Panels Swords Into Solar Panels

The Obama administration wants to push holistic solutions to national problems--and retooling manufacturers of military hardware into purveyors of solar technology is one.

Mar 4, 2010 / Miriam Pemberton

The Wrong Kind of Green

The Wrong Kind of Green The Wrong Kind of Green

The Nature Conservancy has acknowledged the oil leak in the Gulf, but failed to mention BP. Could it be because the Conservancy has close ties to the oil company? Johann Hari repor...

Mar 4, 2010 / Feature / Johann Hari

Van Jones’s Second Chance Van Jones’s Second Chance

Van Jones heads to Princeton, the Center for American Progress, and today receives the President's Award from the NAACP.

Feb 26, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ten Things You Can Do to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint Ten Things You Can Do to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint

Individuals can be a powerful engine for change by demanding green products and reducing fossil fuel consumption.

Feb 25, 2010 / The Nation

The Attack on Climate-Change Science The Attack on Climate-Change Science

An anatomy of how climate deniers have succeeded in submarining climate science.

Feb 25, 2010 / Bill McKibben

LIVE VIDEO: Feed of Health Care Summit from WhiteHouse.gov LIVE VIDEO: Feed of Health Care Summit from WhiteHouse.gov

Live feed of Health Care Summitt.

Feb 25, 2010 / Ari Melber

Slacker Monday Slacker Monday

Climate change and burning the flag.

Feb 22, 2010 / Eric Alterman

How Sustainable Is ‘Socially Responsible’ Mining? How Sustainable Is ‘Socially Responsible’ Mining?

In the ten years since the mining industry has gone "responsible," have things really improved for local communities--or has the industry's PR just gotten better?

Feb 17, 2010 / Feature / Matt Kennard

The Cleveland Model The Cleveland Model

Thoroughly green and worker-owned, co-ops are a vibrant response to economic distress.

Feb 11, 2010 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz, Thad Williamson, and Ted Howard

When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown

News Flash: Winter Olympic officials in tropical Vancouver have been forced to import snow - on the public dime - to make sure that the 2010 games proceed as planned. This use of t...

Feb 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin

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