A New Idea Grows in Alabama A New Idea Grows in Alabama
Poverty, race and obesity have a lot in common. In Alabama an underfunded federal program addresses the problem by providing fresh produce to low-income residents and seniors.
Nov 9, 2006 / Feature / Mark Winne
Return to Chelyabinsk Return to Chelyabinsk
A G-8 plan to ramp up nuclear energy is defended as a necessary response to global warming. But the nuclear waste it generates will hurt people and the planet.
Oct 26, 2006 / Mark Hertsgaard
Greasing the Skids Greasing the Skids
OK, market forces control oil prices. But market forces--with a lot of push from Republicans--are driving down the price of gas. And you can be sure they'll rise again after the el...
Oct 18, 2006 / Nomi Prins
Gas Pump Politics Gas Pump Politics
Will Democrats lose 50,000 votes every time the price of gasoline drops? If so, don't blame the GOP (they don't have that much power). Blame instead the greed of US consumers.
Oct 3, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Unnatural Disaster Unnatural Disaster
Three new books reappraise the massive earthquake of 1906, which was felt across an area of 400,000 miles and leveled much of San Francisco.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Ari Kelman
CA Leads on Climate CA Leads on Climate
California's global warming initiative shows how far ahead the state is compared with the federal government. But it also reveals how America lags behind the rest of the world.
Sep 14, 2006 / Mark Hertsgaard
Honey, We Killed the Planet Honey, We Killed the Planet
As the generation of power brokers over 40 continues to blow off global warming, our dependence on a waning supply of oil will create a miserable future for their children and gran...
Aug 30, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Cuba’s Pathbreaking Energy Policies Cuba’s Pathbreaking Energy Policies
As the world grows short of oil, nations in search of a viable energy policy should take a lesson from Cuba, which turned to sustainable agriculture to offset its own oil crisis.
Aug 22, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Life in a Post-Carbon World Life in a Post-Carbon World
If we are to survive and prosper in an oil-short world, we must not only think outside the box--we must get rid of the box. We must abandon the long-held idea that growth is the pa...
Aug 15, 2006 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
The G-8’s Risky Nuclear Embrace The G-8’s Risky Nuclear Embrace
As leaders of the world's richest nations gather in St. Petersburg to craft a global energy security strategy, they're poised to endorse a major expansion of nuclear power. Bad ide...
Jul 17, 2006 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard