Three Mile Island Three Mile Island
On the morning of September 11, 2001, after the second plane hit the World Trade Center and it was clear that the nation was under attack, US authorities issued an emergency aler...
Mar 18, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
Saving the Environment Saving the Environment
This article is adapted from Carl Pope and Paul Rauber's forthcoming Strategic Ignorance: Why the Bush Administration Is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress (...
Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Paul Rauber and Carl Pope
The Junk Science of George W. Bush The Junk Science of George W. Bush
It's more fiction than fact.
Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Ralph Nader Replies: Whither The Nation? Ralph Nader Replies: Whither The Nation?
The following letter is a response to "An Open Letter to Ralph Nader," which appeared in the February 16 issue.
Feb 19, 2004 / Ralph Nader and The Editors
A New Ice Age? A New Ice Age?
George W. Bush may not know it, but one influential part of his government is finally taking global climate change seriously.
Feb 12, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Once-Green GOP The Once-Green GOP
"The environment is probably the single issue on which Republicans in general--and President Bush in particular--are most vulnerable." So asserted Frank Luntz, a leading Republic...
Jan 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Mark Hertsgaard
The Battle for Iraqi Oil The Battle for Iraqi Oil
Until there is a legitimate government in Iraq, it's unclear whether any new oil deals will stand.
Jan 2, 2004 / Feature / Aram Roston
Fields of Poison Fields of Poison
While farmworkers are sickened by pesticides, industry writes the rules.
Dec 11, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Clarren
Restarting the Energy Bill Restarting the Energy Bill
The stalling of the Republican-backed energy bill by a Democrat-led Senate filibuster was only a temporary reprieve.
Dec 4, 2003 / Jamie Lincoln Kitman
California Burning California Burning
The 52nd Congressional District of California, where I grew up, encompasses the eastern suburbs of San Diego as well as a vast hinterland of granite-bouldered mountains and alm...
Nov 6, 2003 / Mike Davis