Apocalypse Now? Apocalypse Now?
Judgment Day is everyday with Mike Davis.
Dec 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jane Holtz Kay
Hydrogen: Empowering the People Hydrogen: Empowering the People
A new source of energy offers a way to wrench power from ever-fewer hands.
Dec 5, 2002 / Feature / Jeremy Rifkin
Blood for Oil Blood for Oil
In May 2001, the White House issued a National Energy Policy report, known as the Cheney Report: the state of our national oil reserves. In 2000, half the oil we consumed was impor...
Oct 10, 2002 / Gore Vidal
What’s Working In Your Town? What’s Working In Your Town?
We're trying to survey all the many good ideas being tried outside the range of the Beltway pundits. So tell us about any local, state or municipal initiative in your area that you...
Sep 19, 2002 / The Nation
A Green Ground Zero A Green Ground Zero
The debate over how to redevelop the World Trade Center site has revolved around several key concerns: the commercial interests of the real estate industry, the public's desire...
Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amanda Griscom and Will Dana
Booby Traps at Rio + 10 Booby Traps at Rio + 10
When Rio hosted the first Earth Summit in 1992, there was so much goodwill surrounding the event that it was nicknamed, without irony, the Summit to Save the World. This week in J...
Aug 29, 2002 / Naomi Klein
Fight-Back in Bolivia Fight-Back in Bolivia
In 1998 the World Bank notified the Bolivian government that it would refuse to guarantee a $25 million loan to refinance water services in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba unless ...
Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke
Water Apartheid Water Apartheid
In South Africa, the only country in the world where people's right to water is actually written into the Constitution, the townships surrounding cities like Johannesburg and Durb...
Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke
Who Owns Water? Who Owns Water?
Privatization must be stopped, and water declared the common property of all.
Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke