Environmental Issues

Parched Corn Fields and the Global Market Parched Corn Fields and the Global Market

An Ohio produce farmer's fields of failed crop point to a problem that goes far beyond her family's losses.

Jul 30, 2012 / Chris Hayes

Feel the Burn: Making the 2012 Heat Wave Matter

Feel the Burn: Making the 2012 Heat Wave Matter Feel the Burn: Making the 2012 Heat Wave Matter

This scorching summer could be a global warming landmark—if we demand climate action from our leaders.

Jul 25, 2012 / Mark Hertsgaard

Subterranean Blues: On ExxonMobil

Subterranean Blues: On ExxonMobil Subterranean Blues: On ExxonMobil

Moral indignation is no longer enough to combat the power of Big Oil.

Jul 24, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

The West in Flames

The West in Flames The West in Flames

This is not a “perfect storm” but the new normal in the American west.

Jul 24, 2012 / William deBuys

Mark Hertsgaard: Farming in Hell Mark Hertsgaard: Farming in Hell

This summer’s weather is the direct result of climate change. Why are we still not taking it seriously?

Jul 20, 2012 / Press Room

Whose Side Is the American Farm Bureau On? Whose Side Is the American Farm Bureau On?

The answer—Big Ag. Just ask the family farmers who dared to protest an industrial hog farm in Missouri.

Jul 16, 2012 / Ian T. Shearn

What Will It Take for Society to Care About Global Warming? What Will It Take for Society to Care About Global Warming?

Heat records are being broken and fires are raging, but society still hasn’t woken up.

Jul 9, 2012 / Chris Hayes

John Fullerton: Can Financial Reform Fight Climate Change?

John Fullerton: Can Financial Reform Fight Climate Change? John Fullerton: Can Financial Reform Fight Climate Change?

A former managing director at JP Morgan wants to see a complete re-imagining of the world of investments.

Jul 8, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

Is Barack Obama Morphing Into Dick Cheney? Is Barack Obama Morphing Into Dick Cheney?

Four ways the President is pursuing Cheney's geopolitics of global energy.

Jun 21, 2012 / Michael T. Klare

What Rio+20 Is All About What Rio+20 Is All About

Unpacking the next round of global talks aimed at curbing climate change.

Jun 7, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

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