Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/story/19072/george_w._and_the_fossil_fuel_posse/ The story of the energy industry's dollar-fueled ascent to the White House is full of drama, both high and low. Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:00:01 PDT David Helvarg, AlterNet -45b430710ad04765a6afd58d9d9fafca http://www.alternet.org/story/16200/unwise_use%3A_gale_norton%27s_new_%27environmentalism%27/ Two decades after James Watt, his agenda has become government policy. Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 PDT David Helvarg, The Progressive -5e1f128ae6bd71960aa75fdd584b9db5 http://www.alternet.org/story/15615/a_dolphin_disses_war/ A dolphin gives the inside scoop on what the Navy really does with the largest contingent of captive marine mammals in the world. Fri, 11 Apr 2003 00:00:00 PDT David Helvarg, AlterNet -698a2826fe9b85734ee6f3d543d73a80 http://www.alternet.org/story/11181/bush_is_no_reagan%3B_he%27s_a_harding/ In the 1920s, President Harding was soaking in Big Oil money, appointing robber barons to his cabinet, cutting taxes for the rich and mangling his English. Sound familiar? Tue, 17 Jul 2001 00:00:00 PDT David Helvarg, AlterNet -e46be61f0050f9cc3a98d5d2192cb0eb http://www.alternet.org/story/10725/the_blue_frontier/ Earth Day Special: America's last frontier, the 3.4 million square nautical miles surrounding our shores, was designated an "Exclusive Economic Zone" by Reagan in '83. A look at what happens when you zone the ocean. Tue, 17 Apr 2001 00:00:00 PDT David Helvarg, AlterNet -8086d56be904acef0c431dc13b83d6d6 http://www.alternet.org/story/10342/the_three_horsemen_of_the_environmental_apocalypse/ Why has Bush nominated people to the EPA, DOE, and Interior Departments who are anti-environmentalists? Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:00:00 PST David Helvarg, The Nation -7b3564b05f78b6739d06a2ea3187f5ca http://www.alternet.org/story/7291/the_republican_convention_disaster/ The Democratic Convention is heading to Chicago in August and you can be sure that the media is going to have a replay field-day comparing 1996 to the disastrous 1968 convention when anti-war protesters faced the wrath of Mayor Daley's riot police, and Hubert Humphry realized the Vietnam war was now his albatross to wear. But when the Republicans show up in San Diego, who's going to recall the 1972 convention disaster that almost was? Or remember how the Nixon administration's flirtation with the far-right advanced the cause of terrorism. Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:00:00 PDT David Helvarg, deleted -3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff