Environmental Issues

Together, We Save the Planet Together, We Save the Planet

Hyper-individualism has damaged society, the planet and our private lives. We need a politics that calls us to work together.

Mar 5, 2009 / Feature / Bill McKibben

Surfers vs. the Superferry Surfers vs. the Superferry

How grassroots activists in Hawaii threw a wrench into plans for an environmentally hazardous superferry.

Feb 26, 2009 / Feature / Jerry Mander and Koohan Paik

A Global Green Deal A Global Green Deal

America must step up and lead an international campaign to curb emissions. Done properly, it will green the planet and our wallets.

Feb 26, 2009 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

Can a Green Economy Save a Drying Planet? Can a Green Economy Save a Drying Planet?

While we are busy addressing the economic meltdown, the worst droughts in history present a new, possibly bigger threat that there's no clear roadmap for fixing.

Feb 19, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

Can Green Jobs Be Good Jobs? Can Green Jobs Be Good Jobs?

It felt like a dream a year ago, but a growing coalition of labor unions and environmentalists is putting real muscle into the idea that green jobs will help resolve the economic c...

Feb 16, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher

A World Without Water A World Without Water

Dr. Peter Gleick, founder and president of the Pacific Institute, weighs in on the severity and urgency of the global water crisis.

Feb 16, 2009 / Feature / Tara Lohan

Power Shift 09 Power Shift 09

In two weeks students will lead the largest day of lobbying on climate change in US history.

Feb 16, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation

Say No to Nukes in the Stimulus Package Say No to Nukes in the Stimulus Package

The nuclear power industry has dropped a $50 billion bomb into the Senate version of Obama's stimulus package for projects Wall Street wouldn't finance when it was flush.

Feb 5, 2009 / Feature / Harvey Wasserman

Toxic Coal in Tennessee Toxic Coal in Tennessee

A massive coal sludge spill reveals the Tennessee Valley Authority has become a poster child for the failures of self-regulation.

Feb 4, 2009 / Feature / Kelly Hearn

VideoNation: A City Made of Waste VideoNation: A City Made of Waste

Architect Teddy Cruz investigates a new kind of urban ecology in Tijuana, where creative dwellings for the poor are being developed.

Jan 29, 2009 / Laura Hanna

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