How to Rehouse the American Dream How to Rehouse the American Dream
Our car-dependent, suburban, homeowner culture is no longer affordable. An exhibit at MoMA examines what to do about it.
Mar 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Alex Ulam
90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like 90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like
The last days of winter and the first days of spring have seen hundreds of record-breaking high temperatures. Worry.
Mar 20, 2012 / Bill McKibben
Romney Joins Gas Price Pander Romney Joins Gas Price Pander
Mitt says his opponents “don't understand the economy.” Neither does he.
Mar 20, 2012 / Ben Adler
Jeffrey Sachs: Population Controller? (VIDEO) Jeffrey Sachs: Population Controller? (VIDEO)
Jeff Sachs, who promises he’d lead the World Bank to a new era, proposes more of the same—plus population control. That’s taking us to a new era of Malthus.
Mar 16, 2012 / Laura Flanders
No More Subsidies for Fossil Fuel No More Subsidies for Fossil Fuel
There's no way to move to renewable energy sources like wind and solar without ending the subsidies to an industry that's already earning record-breaking profits.
Mar 16, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
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