Environmental Issues

Enron Got Its Money’s Worth Enron Got Its Money’s Worth

One of the major falsehoods being bandied about by apologists for the Bush Administration is that while Enron may have bankrolled much of the President's political career it got no...

Jan 22, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

Enron: Crony Capitalism Enron: Crony Capitalism

The rise and fall of the house of Enron should trigger comprehensive investigations--civil, criminal and Congressional. The full scope of relations between Enron and its cronies ...

Jan 17, 2002 / The Editors

GE and the Hudson GE and the Hudson

Last spring Richard Pollak asked in these pages, "Is GE Mightier Than the Hudson?" (May 28, 2001). Given the Environmental Protection Agency's December 4 decision to dredge the P...

Jan 3, 2002 / The Editors

The Not-So-Pristine Wilderness The Not-So-Pristine Wilderness

The Department of Energy has hit upon a new idea for nuclear waste clean-up: just leave it there and declare the area a wildlife preserve. The animals won't complain.

Dec 20, 2001 / Matt Bivens

The Right in the Classroom The Right in the Classroom

Right-wing climate-change deniers worked hand-in-glove with John Stossel to portray schoolchild as being 'scared green' on a recent ABC special.

Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Marianne Manilov

War Without End War Without End

Allied 'surgical strikes' in Kosovo in 1999 created environmental hotspots yet to cleaned up; the same might happen in Afghanistan.

Dec 2, 2001 / Feature / A.C. Thompson

Bush & Global Warming Bush & Global Warming

It's time for the United States to show as much commitment in the battle against global warming as it does in the "war on terror."

Nov 21, 2001 / Mark Hertsgaard

Hot Air Is Bad for Us Hot Air Is Bad for Us

The current uproar over the posture of the Bush Administration on global warming and, most recently, on power-plant emissions vividly illustrates the political hypocrisy an...

Aug 23, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Bio-Piracy in Chiapas Bio-Piracy in Chiapas

Mexico's Zapatista community is protesting the commercial exploitation of the country's ecological riches.

Aug 9, 2001 / Bill Weinberg

San Diego Sees the Light San Diego Sees the Light

A Democratic Congressman relates what happened when a large California city rebelled against privatization of its electricity.

Aug 9, 2001 / Bob Filner

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