Occupy Climate Change Occupy Climate Change
The same corporations that destroyed the economy are wrecking the planet. Occupy should do something about that.
Mar 14, 2012 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher
Japan’s New Antinuke Activism Japan’s New Antinuke Activism
After the Fukushima disaster, a new generation has drawn inspiration from the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street.
Mar 7, 2012 / Eric Ozawa
Lessons From Fukushima, One Year Later Lessons From Fukushima, One Year Later
No matter how appalling the catastrophe, the nuclear industry will insist on the safety of nuclear power.
Mar 7, 2012 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
America’s Fossil Fuel Fever America’s Fossil Fuel Fever
Costly technologies have opened up new sources in the Western Hemisphere—but they pose immense environmental dangers.
Feb 29, 2012 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Nuclear Power? Germany Says ‘Nein Danke’ Nuclear Power? Germany Says ‘Nein Danke’
The transition to a low-carbon future is ambitious and, so far, has been remarkably smooth.
Feb 29, 2012 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
Texans Unite Against the Keystone Pipeline Texans Unite Against the Keystone Pipeline
Last Friday, protesters gathered in Paris, Texas, to support Lamar County farm manager Julia Trigg Crawford’s eminent domain court fight with TransCanada, which is proposing...
Feb 23, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Tadeusz Patzek on America’s Energy Future: ‘We’re Cornering Ourselves’ Tadeusz Patzek on America’s Energy Future: ‘We’re Cornering Ourselves’
Why is United States in an especially precarious position when it comes to energy?
Feb 22, 2012 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline
The goal is to blitz the Senate with at least 500,000 messages in the next twenty-four hours imploring the reps to stop the pipeline, which would be the most concentrated burst o...
Feb 13, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Mohamed Nasheed Ousted as President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed Ousted as President of the Maldives
Help “the Mandela of the Indian Ocean” regain his office.
Feb 9, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
The Great Carbon Bubble The Great Carbon Bubble
Why the fossil fuel industry fights so hard.
Feb 7, 2012 / Bill McKibben