Environmental Issues

Ten Things You Can Do to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint Ten Things You Can Do to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint

Individuals can be a powerful engine for change by demanding green products and reducing fossil fuel consumption.

Feb 25, 2010 / The Nation

The Attack on Climate-Change Science The Attack on Climate-Change Science

An anatomy of how climate deniers have succeeded in submarining climate science.

Feb 25, 2010 / Bill McKibben

How Sustainable Is ‘Socially Responsible’ Mining? How Sustainable Is ‘Socially Responsible’ Mining?

In the ten years since the mining industry has gone "responsible," have things really improved for local communities--or has the industry's PR just gotten better?

Feb 17, 2010 / Feature / Matt Kennard

The Cleveland Model The Cleveland Model

Thoroughly green and worker-owned, co-ops are a vibrant response to economic distress.

Feb 11, 2010 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz, Thad Williamson, and Ted Howard

When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown

News Flash: Winter Olympic officials in tropical Vancouver have been forced to import snow - on the public dime - to make sure that the 2010 games proceed as planned. This use of t...

Feb 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin

Climate Science Under Fire Climate Science Under Fire

The drizzle of allegations that climate scientists have fudged data, drawn on dodgy sources, withheld information and frozen out dissenters has now become a downpour.

Feb 5, 2010 / Maria Margaronis

The Case for ‘Gray Power’ The Case for ‘Gray Power’

The waste energy from manufacturing plants can be recycled to create clean, green power.

Jan 28, 2010 / Feature / Lisa Margonelli

The Dream Reborn The Dream Reborn

Markese Bryant (aka Doo Dat), born and raised in East Oakland, knows firsthand the effects of pollution and poverty in local communities of color. Now he's a leader in the movement...

Jan 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg

The Melting of America The Melting of America

A portrait of a can-do nation turning into a can't-do one.

Jan 7, 2010 / Orville Schell

The Copenhagen Disaccord The Copenhagen Disaccord

Activists are figuring out what went wrong at the climate summit and what to do next.

Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

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