Special Coverage: Environment

Drive 1,000 Miles or Feed a Person for a Year? The Biofuels Dilemma

Stan Cox, AlterNet. May 9, 2008.
Can the pumping of ethanol into American fuel tanks really make it harder for parents to feed their families?

From the blogs

The Sound of One Hand Clapping: Coal Subsidy Act To Fail?

by A Siegel, Energy Smart

How a bad energy bill will fail for the wrong reasons.

It's Bare Knuckles Time at the Bush EPA

by Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny!

The time to do nothing is quickly running out.

Environmental Destruction Adds to Devastation in Myanmar

by Tara Lohan

It turns out mangroves are really, really important.

Bubbling Our Way to Catastrophe

by A Siegel, Energy Smart

Out of sight and out of mind, methane stored in melting permafrost poses an environmental hazard.

What's Right with Kansas

by Carl Pope, Huffington Post

Kansans take a stand against Big Coal, and win.

We Can Save The Environment And Get Rich

by Dymaxion WorldJohn, Cogitamus

But will we?

Dream Reborn

by Brave New Films, AlterNet

A Green Summit in Memphis to Honor MLK

Glenn Beck Rants Against Endangered Polar Bears: "They Eat People! They’re Big, Angry Bears!"

by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress

Beck teams up with Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) to rant about "all the liberals" running the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Al Gore on '08 Democratic Race: "I'm Not Applying for the Job of Broker" [VIDEO]

by Adam Howard, AlterNet

On "60 Minutes", Gore talks about his new multi-million dollar climate change campaign and reflects on both the 2000 and 2008 elections.

Al Gore Launches $300 Million Climate Change Initiative, Meanwhile Bush Keeps Torturing

by Scarecrow , Firedoglake

Two contrasting stories on CBS' 60 Minutes illustrated for the hundredth time why selecting the right person for President matters.

Sinking Without Trace: Australia's Unknown Climate Change Victims

Independent UK. May 7, 2008.
The islands of the Torres Strait are slowly being submerged and the plight of their inhabitants is being overlooked.

Big Oil Strike in Brazil has Tongues Wagging, but We Continue Towards Peak Oil

Pedro Prieto, Tlaxcala. May 7, 2008.
Since the 1980's, the world has discovered less oil than it has consumed every year.

New Food Safety Rules May Do More Harm Than Good

Jason Mark, Earth Island Journal. May 7, 2008.
The food safety regulations established in response to the spinach E. coli outbreak are threatening environmentally friendly farming practices.

A Nuclear Energy Renaissance Wouldn't Solve Our Problems, But It Would Rip Us Off

Christian Parenti, The Nation. May 6, 2008.
Talk of a nuclear renaissance is a dangerous distraction from the real changes we need to make to wean ourselves off oil.

Hey Coffee Drinker, Ditch That Paper Cup

Ruben Anderson, The Tyee. May 5, 2008.
North America consumes 50 million trees a year for paper cups. Buy a travel mug already!

Why We Need to Rise up Against Industrial Agriculture (Again)

Will Allen, AlterNet. May 3, 2008.
Much of our food supply is based on entrepreneurial gambling that relies on chemical pesticides and fertilizers to make huge profits.

Artificial Foods and Corporate Crops: Can We Escape the 'Frankenstate'?

Claire Hope Cummings, Beacon Press. May 2, 2008.
Taking a technological approach to agriculture has put the future of the world's food supply in jeopardy.

Labor: Negotiate Green to Protect Working People and Their Environment

Gerry Hudson, AlterNet. May 1, 2008.
The crisis facing our planet is one of historic proportions and will require an historically broad coalition to solve.

Does It Take a Rocket Scientist to Raise a Child These Days?

Christopher Gavigan, AlterNet. May 1, 2008.
Protecting your child from harmful consumer products has become almost as time-consuming as raising them.

A Dirty Trucking Industry Is Trying to Clean Up Its Act

Kate Sheppard, In These Times. April 30, 2008.
A diverse coalition is working to stop the exploitation of truck drivers by big corporations and help save the health of residents near ports.

We Must Imagine a Life Without Oil

Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation. April 29, 2008.
The era of cheap, abundant petroleum is just about over. How ready are we to change our habits?

Real Solutions to the Climate Crisis

Guy Dauncey, YES! Magazine. April 28, 2008.
A look at climate-friendly options for buildings, electricity production, transportation, and food and forestry.

Why Michael Pollan and Alice Waters Should Quit Celebrating Food-Price Hikes

Tom Philpott, Grist.org. April 28, 2008.
Why rising food prices may not send people rushing off to the nearest farmers market.

Misdiagnosis: Reproductive Health and Our Environment

Mariana Ruiz Firmat, make/shift. April 28, 2008.
If we want to foster healthy communities, we need to make connections between reproductive health, environmental toxins, and the food we eat.

Scam Artists Are Prepped to Fleece Green Industries as Soon as the Money Comes in

Stan Cox, AlterNet. April 28, 2008.
As long as an investing class makes all major environmental decisions, no new sources of energy will replace even one barrel or ton of fossil fuel.

Step Aside Dollar, Is Rice the New Global Currency?

Otto Spengler, Asia Times. April 24, 2008.
China is exchanging its depreciating reserves of the greenback for things of value, notably rice, with deadly consequences for U.S. foreign policy.

Is Organic Food Really Healthier?

Deborah Rich, Earth Island Journal. April 23, 2008.
The U.S. government's food policy suggests an apple is an apple, regardless of how it was grown. Scientific data suggests otherwise.

How Many Earth Days Do We Have Left?

Terrence McNally, AlterNet. April 22, 2008.
Lester Brown, author of Plan B 3.0, shows us how we can change in enough time to save life on earth, as we know it.

Eight Reasons Our Changing World Will Turn You Into an Environmentalist, Like It or Not

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. April 22, 2008.
The challenges our society faces with depleted energy resources, water shortages, soaring food costs all point to environmental solutions.

Holding Passover as If Earth Really Matters

Arthur Waskow, TheNation.com. April 19, 2008.
Passover teaches us that spring cleaning is a time to simplify our lives.

The Hidden Battle to Control the World's Food Supply

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. April 19, 2008.
Food riots are breaking out across the planet. We must re-examine corporate control of the food supply.

Face It, We All Aren't Going to Become Vegetarians

George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. April 18, 2008.
It's better for the planet to avoid eating meat, but the reality is we have to make it more sustainable for people who don't want to be vegetarians.

What Happens if Congress Doesn't Pass a Farm Bill?

Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor. April 17, 2008.
As the deadline looms, lawmakers make a last-ditch effort to resolve funding and policy disputes.

How New Energy Order Will Dramatically Change our Daily Lives

Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com. April 16, 2008.
Get ready for a new world order in which energy will govern what we eat, where we live, and if and when we travel.

Private Security Firm Spied on Environmental Groups for Corporate Clients

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. April 15, 2008.
A private security firm infiltrated environmental groups, collected their phone records and confidential internal documents.

The Great Carbon Con: Can Offsetting Really Help Save the Planet?

Sophie Morris, The Independent UK. April 14, 2008.
Celebrities and politicians are falling over each other to advocate plant-a-tree conservationism as a salve to global warming.

As Climate Changes Threatens U.S. Gulf States, Federal Agencies Twiddle Thumbs

Chris Mooney, Science Progress. April 13, 2008.
We ought to be outraged at how poor a job our government is doing when it comes to processing information about global warming.

Plant a Garden, Get a Tax Break?

Roger Doiron, AlterNet. April 11, 2008.
We give tax breaks to encourage people to put solar panels on their roofs, so why not offer incentives for healthy food production in their backyards?

Peak Oil Is a Problem We Can Solve Now

Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. April 10, 2008.
The peak oil problem will not "destroy suburbia" or the American way of life. Only unrestrained emissions of greenhouse gases can do that.

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