Green Energy: A Special Issue Green Energy: A Special Issue
How we can break our addiction to oil. With contributions from Michael T. Klare, Christian Parenti, Mark Hertsgaard and Christine MacDonald.
Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / The Editors
Clean, Green, Safe and Smart Clean, Green, Safe and Smart
Why the United States needs a new national energy policy.
Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
The Big Green Buy The Big Green Buy
How Obama can use the government's purchasing power to spark the clean-energy revolution.
Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Kicking the Oil Habit Kicking the Oil Habit
Louisiana can't go cold turkey: it can only wean itself off oil through an orderly transition.
Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
The Spill’s Silver Lining? The Spill’s Silver Lining?
The BP disaster could be the catalyst for an invigorated environmental movement.
Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Christine MacDonald
The Breakdown: What Is The True Cost Of Gas? The Breakdown: What Is The True Cost Of Gas?
Imagine that the cost you pay at the pump reflected not only the cost of gas without all of the government tax breaks and subsidies to the oil industry but also the political, heal...
Jul 15, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Slide Show: Green Energy Slide Show: Green Energy
BP’s gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been a disturbing reminder of the toxic nature of our current energy economy. In a special energy issue of The Nation—fe…
Jul 15, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Slide Show: Green Energy Slide Show: Green Energy
To supply the United States with power without destroying the earth in the process we need radical changes in the way we think about energy consumption and our energy infrastruc...
Jul 14, 2010 / The Nation
Mark Hertsgaard: Weaning Louisiana Off its Oil Addiction Mark Hertsgaard: Weaning Louisiana Off its Oil Addiction
On The Nation on Grit TV, Mark Hertsgaard argues that oil to Louisiana is like heroin to an addict. It's high time we started the weaning process.
Jul 14, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Weaning Louisiana Off its Oil Addiction Weaning Louisiana Off its Oil Addiction
On The Nation on Grit TV, Mark Hertsgaard argues that oil to Louisiana is like heroin to an addict. It's high time we started the weaning process.
Jul 12, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV