San Diego Sees the Light San Diego Sees the Light
A Democratic Congressman relates what happened when a large California city rebelled against privatization of its electricity.
Aug 9, 2001 / Bob Filner
Bio-Piracy in Chiapas Bio-Piracy in Chiapas
Mexico's Zapatista community is protesting the commercial exploitation of the country's ecological riches.
Aug 9, 2001 / Bill Weinberg
For Utilities the Fix Is In For Utilities the Fix Is In
For years, environmental advocates in and out of government have labored to construct a connecting arch between opposing interests that could lead to the first real legislative ac...
Jul 12, 2001 / William Greider
Energy Imperialism Energy Imperialism
The potential domestic consequences of the Administration's national energy policy--opening up protected areas to drilling, increasing greenhouse gas emissions, building more nucl...
Jul 12, 2001 / Michael T. Klare
Springtime for Nuclear Springtime for Nuclear
Forget Three Mile Island! The buzzword now is "environmentally preferable."
Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bill Mesler
The People’s Power The People’s Power
Act I We're on the edge of the twentieth century and Mayor James Phelan of San Francisco concludes that without abundant water and electrical power San Francisco is stymie...
Jun 28, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Nuclear Danger Zone, NC Nuclear Danger Zone, NC
Despite local outrage, Feds approve an expansion of toxic waste storage.
Jun 14, 2001 / Feature / David Potorti
Bush’s New Gas Guzzler Bush’s New Gas Guzzler
George W. Bush's energy plan fudges the facts, raises false alarms, shamelessly peddles halfhearted green measures--all to provide a cover under which to slide the oil industry's ...
May 25, 2001 / The Editors
Dioxin: Studied to Death Dioxin: Studied to Death
Industry has been doing all it can to keep an EPA report from being published.
May 10, 2001 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
Is GE Mightier Than the Hudson? Is GE Mightier Than the Hudson?
Unwilling to pay for a PCB cleanup, it argues that nature can do the job.
May 10, 2001 / Feature / Richard Pollak