Environmental Issues

TEPCO’s Risky Operation at Fukushima

TEPCO’s Risky Operation at Fukushima TEPCO’s Risky Operation at Fukushima

Why are so few talking about the radiation threat soaring the Pacific?

Nov 15, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change

Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change Yes, Typhoon Haiyan Was Caused by Climate Change

The super-typhoon that just hit the Philippines should be a wake-up call for climate-change negotiators in Warsaw.

Nov 11, 2013 / Foreign Policy In Focus and Walden Bello

Campaigning (and Winning) on Climate Change

Campaigning (and Winning) on Climate Change Campaigning (and Winning) on Climate Change

Environmental groups leveraged millions to make climate change a key issue in the race for governor of Virginia and seats on a Washington State county council.  

Nov 6, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Is Pot-Growing Bad for the Environment?

Is Pot-Growing Bad for the Environment? Is Pot-Growing Bad for the Environment?

Thanks to the drug’s illegal status, marijuana farms are not regulated—with serious costs to water and wildlife.

Oct 31, 2013 / Feature / Seth Zuckerman

Will Obama Block the Keystone Pipeline or Just Keep Bending?

Will Obama Block the Keystone Pipeline or Just Keep Bending? Will Obama Block the Keystone Pipeline or Just Keep Bending?

The dream of an environmental president seems to be fading away.

Oct 28, 2013 / Bill McKibben

Reckoning Comes to Western Coal Country

Reckoning Comes to Western Coal Country Reckoning Comes to Western Coal Country

Decades of government subsidy have cost taxpayers, wrecked the environment and could burn even more carbon than the Keystone pipeline project.

Oct 23, 2013 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

One Year After Sandy—Ignoring Climate Change at Our Own Peril

One Year After Sandy—Ignoring Climate Change at Our Own Peril One Year After Sandy—Ignoring Climate Change at Our Own Peril

Wendell Berry’s writing and poetry provides a way forward one year after Superstorm Sandy.

Oct 22, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Wendell Berry’s Humanism and Wisdom for Our Times

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Wendell Berry’s Humanism and Wisdom for Our Times This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Wendell Berry’s Humanism and Wisdom for Our Times

This year's winner of the Roosevelt Institute’s Freedom Medal is as adept detailing the mechanics of a mine-triggered landslide as he is at critiquing the dangerous combi...

Oct 19, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment

Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment

The Brown Divest Coal Campaign is asking Brown University to divest from any holdings it has in America's fifteen largest coal companies and is hopeful for a “yes” ...

Oct 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Snapshot: Waiting for the Apocalypse Snapshot: Waiting for the Apocalypse

Climate activists Lesley Butler and Rob Bell “sunbathe” on the edge of a fjord in the Norwegian Arctic town of Longyearbyen, 2007. Arctic sea ice partially recovered this year, after a series of lows and last year’s all-time-record melt, but climatologists predict relentless long-term decline.

Oct 16, 2013 / François Lenoir

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