Can America Make a Deal to Save the Planet? Can America Make a Deal to Save the Planet?
Despite inaction over the past eight years, the United States still has a chance to reclaim a leading global role in curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
Mar 12, 2009 / Feature / Sophie Ragsdale
Green Power Struggle Green Power Struggle
An act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired generator in DC shows the movement to halt global warming is now in its second act.
Mar 5, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Revolution Has Already Occurred The Revolution Has Already Occurred
The underlying vision isn't capitalist or socialist but something humane, local and accountable.
Mar 5, 2009 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit
Together, We Save the Planet Together, We Save the Planet
Hyper-individualism has damaged society, the planet and our private lives. We need a politics that calls us to work together.
Mar 5, 2009 / Feature / Bill McKibben
Surfers vs. the Superferry Surfers vs. the Superferry
How grassroots activists in Hawaii threw a wrench into plans for an environmentally hazardous superferry.
Feb 26, 2009 / Feature / Jerry Mander and Koohan Paik
A Global Green Deal A Global Green Deal
America must step up and lead an international campaign to curb emissions. Done properly, it will green the planet and our wallets.
Feb 26, 2009 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
Can a Green Economy Save a Drying Planet? Can a Green Economy Save a Drying Planet?
While we are busy addressing the economic meltdown, the worst droughts in history present a new, possibly bigger threat that there's no clear roadmap for fixing.
Feb 19, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Can Green Jobs Be Good Jobs? Can Green Jobs Be Good Jobs?
It felt like a dream a year ago, but a growing coalition of labor unions and environmentalists is putting real muscle into the idea that green jobs will help resolve the economic c...
Feb 16, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher
A World Without Water A World Without Water
Dr. Peter Gleick, founder and president of the Pacific Institute, weighs in on the severity and urgency of the global water crisis.
Feb 16, 2009 / Feature / Tara Lohan
Power Shift 09 Power Shift 09
In two weeks students will lead the largest day of lobbying on climate change in US history.
Feb 16, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation