Environmental Issues

Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen

Gone are the days of equal protection. Intense natural disasters like the California wildfires are being met with a new model: privatized disaster response.

Nov 1, 2007 / Column / Naomi Klein

A mobile home park in ruins after the 2007 Harris Fire in California.

People Burn Here People Burn Here

Immigrants are the invisible victims of the California wildfires.

Nov 1, 2007 / Mike Davis

Beyond the Age of Petroleum Beyond the Age of Petroleum

Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change.

Oct 25, 2007 / Feature / Michael T. Klare

The Real Al Gore The Real Al Gore

For a Man of Peace, Gore has plenty of blood on his hands.

Oct 18, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Inconvenient Truth-Tellers Inconvenient Truth-Tellers

This year's Nobel Peace Prize should spur governments and people everywhere to urgent action on climate change.

Oct 18, 2007 / The Editors

Which Climate Bill on Capitol Hill? Which Climate Bill on Capitol Hill?

As scenarios on the impact of global warming worsen, Senate Democrats are poised to abandon a realistic bill and support a deeply flawed measure that doesn't solve the problem.

Oct 12, 2007 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

The Fight to Save Congo’s Forests The Fight to Save Congo’s Forests

A history of colonial neglect and endemic corruption has unleashed a lawless logging binge in the heart of Congo's massive woodlands.

Oct 4, 2007 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Christian Parenti: Congo Diary Christian Parenti: Congo Diary

The Nation's international correspondent journeys deep into the heart of the Congo Basin woodlands to see how a massive logging boom is decimating the world's second-largest tropi...

Oct 3, 2007 / Christian Parenti and Laura Hanna

How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry

Want proof the Iraq War was all about oil? Here it is.

Sep 26, 2007 / Feature / Dilip Hiro

Beyond ‘Green Shopping’ Beyond ‘Green Shopping’

Don't believe the hype that "clean coal," "clean nuclear power" and biofuels will solve the environmental crisis.

Sep 6, 2007 / John Cavanagh and Jerry Mander

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