Environmental Issues

Christian Parenti: Geography of Violence in the Global South Christian Parenti: Geography of Violence in the Global South

The impact of climate change on developing countries has so far been devestating, and stands to get only worse.

Jun 30, 2011 / Press Room

Christian Parenti: Confronting Global Warming’s ‘Tropic of Chaos’ Christian Parenti: Confronting Global Warming’s ‘Tropic of Chaos’

Climate change is not just "bad weather." In fact, it fuels ethnic strife, religious violence and resource wars.

Jun 30, 2011 / Press Room

Christian Parenti: Confronting Global Warming’s ‘Tropic of Chaos’ Christian Parenti: Confronting Global Warming’s ‘Tropic of Chaos’

Climate change is not just "bad weather." In fact, it fuels ethnic strife, religious violence and resource wars. 

Jun 30, 2011 / Democracy Now!

The Last Mountain: Fighting Back Against Mountaintop Removal The Last Mountain: Fighting Back Against Mountaintop Removal

The Last Mountain exposes these travesties and the growing mobilization to stand up and fight back. 

Jun 29, 2011 / The Nation Video

Pakistan One Year After the Floods

Pakistan One Year After the Floods Pakistan One Year After the Floods

When extreme weather hits amid extreme poverty, escape becomes nearly impossible.

Jun 29, 2011 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Winners and Losers in the Great Global Energy Struggle to Come Winners and Losers in the Great Global Energy Struggle to Come

A thirty-year war for energy pre-eminence? You wouldn’t wish it on a desperate planet. But that’s where we’re headed and there’s no turning back.

Jun 27, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem

The spent-fuel pools at our reactors, containing thousands of tons of poorly protected but highly radioactive waste, are a catastrophe waiting to happen.

Jun 20, 2011 / Robert Alvarez

Edward Glaeser: How Can Cities Reduce Our Carbon Emissions? Edward Glaeser: How Can Cities Reduce Our Carbon Emissions?

Dense cities are a lot more energy efficient than decentralized sprawl, argues Harvard professor and urban advocate Edward Glaeser.

Jun 17, 2011 / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions

The American West in Flames

The American West in Flames The American West in Flames

These past few years, mega-fires in the West have become ever more routine.

Jun 16, 2011 / Chip Ward

A Richer Shade of Green: The Wisdom of Sustainable Investment Funds A Richer Shade of Green: The Wisdom of Sustainable Investment Funds

Investors who seek out companies that are meeting the long-term challenge of sustainability will have a strategic advantage.

Jun 8, 2011 / Feature / Leslie Christian

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