Environmental Issues

A Challenge to Enviros A Challenge to Enviros

America's environmental movement has failed and should die as soon as possible so something better can take its place.

Dec 16, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard

UN Oil for Food ‘Scandal’ UN Oil for Food ‘Scandal’

The CIA's Duelfer report may have confirmed the gross falsity of the WMD claims invoked by the Bush Administration to justify its war against Iraq, but it has also triggered a fe...

Nov 18, 2004 / Joy Gordon

Crude Awakening Crude Awakening

On January 9, 2004, Royal Dutch/Shell, one of the world's largest publicly traded oil companies, shocked the international financial community by announcing that it had overstate...

Oct 21, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare

Climate, the Absent Issue Climate, the Absent Issue

Every once in a while there is good news in this troubled world, and the choice of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai as this year's Nobel Peace Prizewinner is one suc...

Oct 14, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard

It’s a Baker Botts World It’s a Baker Botts World

When the Bushes need a fixer, they turn to James Baker III. He and his firm benefit.

Sep 23, 2004 / Feature / Robert Bryce

All Creatures Great and Small All Creatures Great and Small

It was an odd dream: The Bush twins were ten feet tall and peering in my window. They were snickering. "We had a hamster too..." they were saying, as though it were the merriest ...

Sep 16, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Election Matters Election Matters

In the 1960s John F. Kennedy inspired America with his pledge to put a man on the moon in ten years. Now, John F.

Aug 12, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard

Holy Water Holy Water

Walden Pond is America's environmental holy land, the naturalist's sacred site and Concord's local swimming pool.

Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jane Holtz Kay

Boiling Point Boiling Point

Nature doesn't compromise on global climate change; activists must not either.

Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Ross Gelbspan

Mean Green Job Machine Mean Green Job Machine

The presidential campaigns and their armies of consultants are well aware that a jittery American public yearns for jobs.

May 6, 2004 / Paula DiPerna

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