The Fight to Save Congo’s Forests The Fight to Save Congo’s Forests
A history of colonial neglect and endemic corruption has unleashed a lawless logging binge in the heart of Congo's massive woodlands.
Oct 4, 2007 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Christian Parenti: Congo Diary Christian Parenti: Congo Diary
The Nation's international correspondent journeys deep into the heart of the Congo Basin woodlands to see how a massive logging boom is decimating the world's second-largest tropi...
Oct 3, 2007 / Christian Parenti and Laura Hanna
How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry
Want proof the Iraq War was all about oil? Here it is.
Sep 26, 2007 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
Beyond ‘Green Shopping’ Beyond ‘Green Shopping’
Don't believe the hype that "clean coal," "clean nuclear power" and biofuels will solve the environmental crisis.
Sep 6, 2007 / John Cavanagh and Jerry Mander
The Hundred-Mile Diet The Hundred-Mile Diet
A new way to fight global warming and corporate agriculture: Eat only locally grown food, and call yourself a localvore.
Aug 23, 2007 / Feature / Christopher Ketcham
A Bronx Tale A Bronx Tale
From Providence to Los Angeles and even the Bronx, urban rivers that were polluted and even paved over are being restored.
Jul 26, 2007 / Tracy Tullis
Why Milk Costs More Than Gas Why Milk Costs More Than Gas
America's kids will get less calcium because of our unabated appetite for gas-guzzling cars--and the wrongheaded belief that ethanol is the answer.
Jul 16, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Religious Leaders Challenge a Polluter Religious Leaders Challenge a Polluter
A delegation of church leaders traveled to the US, calling on corporate mogul Ira Rennert to clean up the smelters that are poisoning the children of Peru.
Jun 26, 2007 / Feature / Sara Shipley Hiles
Watch Your Foodometer Watch Your Foodometer
Here's a way to consume less oil: Eat locally! Video artist Molly Schwartz traces how far food travels from field to fork.
Jun 25, 2007 / The Nation Video
Lady With a Lawnmower Lady With a Lawnmower
She cuts her lawn slowly with a push mower. I save time, hiring men to run machines, burn gas, kill the ozone. Who's the wiser?
Jun 25, 2007 / Feature / Donna Schaper