Environmental Activism

Water Warriors

Maude Barlow : Water Scarcity & Privatization

Not everyone considers access to water to be a human right. A global water justice movement is changing that notion.
Passover as If Earth Really Matters

Arthur Waskow : Judaism & Jews

Passover and Earth Day fall in the same week in April this year. Here's how environmental activists and people of faith can respond to this holy season of liberation.

2007

Climate Change Power Shift

Anya Kamenetz : Student Movements

Thousands of students came together to infuse the largest citizen conference ever to address climate change with energy, enthusiasm and a new vision for the future.
No-Nukers Sing a New Green Tune

Harvey Wasserman : Clean Energy Technology

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

Michael T. Klare : U.S. Economy

Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change.
Inconvenient Truth-Tellers

: Al Gore

This year's Nobel Peace Prize should spur governments and people everywhere to urgent action on climate change.
The Making of a Climate Movement

Mark Hertsgaard : Political Parties

Memo to Congress: the Arctic is on thin ice--and so are you.
The Fight to Save Congo's Forests

Christian Parenti : Environment

A history of colonial neglect and endemic corruption has unleashed a lawless logging binge in the heart of Congo's massive woodlands.
A Bronx Tale

Tracy Tullis : Environment

From Providence to Los Angeles and even the Bronx, urban rivers that were polluted and even paved over are being restored.
Fevered Imagination

Lawrence Weschler : Fine Art

Artists try to wake up a sleepwalking public to the dangers of climate change.
Don't Bet on Offsets

A. C. Thompson & Duane Moles : Global Warming & Climate Change

Erasing your "carbon footprint" is tougher than it seems.

2006

Green Grows Grassroots

Mark Hertsgaard : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left

In the Bush era, the green movement has become a paper tiger. It must regroup, reframe and reach out across the lines of race and class that have kept environmental issues at the political fringe.
A Green Salute

Katrina vanden Heuvel & Sam Graham-Felsen

In celebration of Earth Day, The Nation salutes those who took part in the top five environmental victories of the year.
Three Who Made a Revolution

Rebecca Solnit : Feminism & Women

Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan and Jane Jacobs opened vast new possibilities for social transformation by writing about widespread attacks on nature, women and the poor.
Who Killed the Miners?

Erik Reece : Working Conditions

Recent mining disasters demonstrate that the Bush Administration should be called to account for replacing federal mine regulators, who were identifying hazards and meeting requirements, with industry-friendly stand-ins.
Green Power

Mark Hertsgaard : Environment

The Green Party fell from power in recent German elections, but Greens continue to be the party to watch, a progressive influence on the world's third-largest economy.

2005

Dances With Ghosts

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich : Native Americans

As the House of Representatives voted to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich decried the back-door methods and contemplated the impact on the indigenous Gwich'in people.
Pete Seeger Is 86

Studs Terkel : Music

Remembering a folk-music legend.
Beyond Boycotts

Mark Hertsgaard