Environmental Issues

Confronting the Global Timber Barons Confronting the Global Timber Barons

From a church in a rugged rural parish in Honduras, Father Andres Tamayo leads a grassroots movement to protect dwindling timberlands. Bills introduced in the US Congress might hel...

Nov 17, 2007 / Feature / James North

No-Nukers Sing a New Green Tune No-Nukers Sing a New Green Tune

As the nuclear power plant industry tries to leverage the energy crisis, foes of nuclear power are putting a serious crimp in their plans.

Nov 9, 2007 / Feature / Harvey Wasserman

Environmentalism With a Social Conscience Environmentalism With a Social Conscience

At the eighteenth annual Bioneers Conference, environmentalists and social activists are creating alliances that allow the poor to share the promise of a greening America.

Nov 7, 2007 / Feature / Joliange Wright

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

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