Environmental Issues

Science or Politics? Science or Politics?

A question for the new millennium: When there is no paper, is there still a paper trail? Answer: Not unless you vacuum the Internet and print the download.

Apr 12, 2001 / Feature / Terry J. Allen

Bush’s Global Warmers Bush’s Global Warmers

Four days after the press reported that he was about to cut climate-altering carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, George W. Bush caved in to the Neanderthal wing of the ...

Mar 22, 2001 / Ross Gelbspan

When Ignorance Is Bliss When Ignorance Is Bliss

I have eaten more than my share of Whoppers in my forty-one years. As a teenager I liked them so much I'd worry about whether I could afford another one while still eating the fi...

Mar 8, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman

Trading With the Enemy Trading With the Enemy

Multinationals, their intellectual coverings shredded, are love-bombing labor while hunting for new fig leaves.

Mar 8, 2001 / Feature / William Greider

People’s Power in CA People’s Power in CA

When former Republican Governor Pete Wilson & Co. started the ball rolling on electric power deregulation in California, there were probably many results they didn't anticipat...

Mar 1, 2001 / William Bradley

Power Lines Power Lines

As George W. Bush so fuzzily put it, "The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating ...

Feb 15, 2001 / The Editors

California’s Deregulation Disaster California’s Deregulation Disaster

Greed led to miscalculation, which led to brownouts and soaring rates.

Jan 26, 2001 / Feature / Harvey Wasserman

No Nukes=Better Health No Nukes=Better Health

There wasn't much good news to report from the year 2000, but topping the list in health terms was the long-overdue final shutdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power station on Decem...

Jan 12, 2001 / Harvey Wasserman

The Three Horsemen The Three Horsemen

President-elect Bush's naming of former Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton as Interior Secretary and recently defeated Michigan Senator Spencer Abraham as Energy Secretary sug...

Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / David Helvarg

Whitman: A Toxic Choice Whitman: A Toxic Choice

When W. gave the nod to New Jersey Governor Christie Todd Whitman for the top EPA spot in his administration, the tone-deaf national press corps praised the appointment of a "mod...

Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / Doug Ireland

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