Environmental Issues

The Chutzpah Hall of Fame The Chutzpah Hall of Fame

Eric reflects on Martin Scorsese and Reed dissects the Groundhog Day mentality of Fox News's climate change "science," plus reader mail.

Feb 3, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Dmitry Orlov: Peak Oil Lessons From The Soviet Union Dmitry Orlov: Peak Oil Lessons From The Soviet Union

Will the US suffer the same fate as the Soviet Union? Author Dmitry Orlov thinks it might and that peak oil could play a pivotal role in it's fall.

Feb 2, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

The Potomac Plunge Against Climate Change The Potomac Plunge Against Climate Change

Some 200 activists, including Rep. Donna Edwards, jumped into the icy Potomac River to urge government action on global warming.

Jan 24, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard

Resource Revolts Resource Revolts

From crippling droughts in the Ukraine and Russia to region-shaking unrest in Tunisia, rising commodity prices and extreme weather events are already threatening global stability.

Jan 24, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

Confronting the Climate Cranks

Confronting the Climate Cranks Confronting the Climate Cranks

It's time to take on those who are sabotaging our response to the climate crisis—face to face.

Jan 20, 2011 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

James Howard Kunstler: Peak Oil and Our Financial Decline James Howard Kunstler: Peak Oil and Our Financial Decline

James Howard Kunstler discusses how finance and energy are running neck and neck to fuel the end of advanced industrial civilization.

Jan 20, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

When Risk-taking Becomes Too Costly: Naomi Klein on Climate Change When Risk-taking Becomes Too Costly: Naomi Klein on Climate Change

Choosing to ignore climate change is the highest-stake gamble we are currently in.

Jan 18, 2011 / TED

Green Energy Opponents Are the Real Job Killers

Green Energy Opponents Are the Real Job Killers Green Energy Opponents Are the Real Job Killers

The American economy needs a clean tech transformation.

Jan 13, 2011 / David Fenton

Naomi Klein: The Search for BP’s Oil Naomi Klein: The Search for BP’s Oil

Klein reports from the Gulf of Mexico on how the very real effects of BP's Deepwater Horizon oilspill are still being felt.

Jan 13, 2011 / Big Noise Films and The Nation

The Search for BP’s Oil

The Search for BP’s Oil The Search for BP’s Oil

As the gulf is declared "safe," scientists look deep in the sea for evidence of lasting damage. Plus, watch a video from Klein's investigation.

Jan 13, 2011 / Feature / Naomi Klein

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