2008

• What Does It Mean to Go Green?

  Rock the Vote

  This video gives voice to the thousands of people who make up a grass roots movement to create green jobs in the US.

• Wanted: A Climate Bailout

  Mark Hertsgaard : Global Warming & Climate Change

  The United States and the world need to launch a climate rescue plan that's at least as ambitious as the Wall Street bailout.

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  Working Together for a Green New Deal

  Van Jones : Business

  Wise, compassionate forces from civil society must join green business to change our politics.

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  Hooked

  Emily Biuso : Non-Fiction

  Three new books chronicle our wanton depletion of ocean life.

• For Real Change, Vote Green?

  Radio Nation : Presidential Election 2008

  Green Party VP nominee Rosa Clemente makes her case. Plus: Van Jones on how green jobs can get us out of this economic crisis.

• The Next Bull Market

  Glenn Hurowitz : U.S. Economy

  Instead of shoveling good money after bad, Congress should push Wall Street to invest in the booming green economy.

• Progressive Fusion

  James Gustave Speth : Global Warming & Climate Change

  Environmentalists must learn to join forces with other agents of change.

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  Our Polar Bears, Ourselves

  Mark Hertsgaard : Presidential Election 2008

  Sarah Palin played a key role in the Bush administration's effort to ditch the Endangered Species Act.

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  The Wrong Path to Conservation

  Mark Dowie : Health, Science & Environment

  Dangling cargo to win local support, Western enviros have instead aroused ire in Papua New Guinea.

• Hello, God: About the Hurricane

  Michael Moore : Religion

  OK, God, we know James Dobson asked his followers to pray for rain on Obama in Denver last week. But this storm in New Orleans isn't what anybody had in mind.

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  Burgers or Biofuel?

  Frances Cerra Whittelsey : Food & Nutrition

  Biofuels have become the new villain in the climate change and food crisis debate. But America's consumption of meat is a bigger part of the problem than the cars and trucks we drive.

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  Extreme Water Emergencies

  Elizabeth de la Vega : Water

  Floods, drought, pollution, wildfires: summer's extreme water conditions afflicting the United States this summer are a call to action. Why are we so helpless?

• Make Freddie and Fannie Go Green

  Brent Blackwelder & James S. Henry : Banks & Banking

  Don't just bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: require them to start building environmentally responsible homes.

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  Back Talk: Raj Patel

  Christine Smallwood : Books, Literature, & Ideas

  Writer and activist Raj Patel explains why shopping better won't solve the food crisis.

• Dump the Junk

  Annabelle Gurwitch : Humor

  It takes a lot of work, but it's possible to go green. Start with stopping your junk mail.

• Bush's Last Chance on Climate

  Janet Redman : George W. Bush

  At the G-8 Summit, he can help bear the brunt of climate damage caused by the developing world. But don't hold your breath.

• Talking Points for an Energy Crisis

  Nicholas von Hoffman

  Now that rising gas prices and plummeting sales of gas hog vehicles has gotten everyone's attention, let's talk about a long-term plan.

• The Creep of Things

  Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow : Non-Fiction

  Two new anthologies explore the virtues and occasional shortcomings of Bill McKibben's quest for environmental salvation.

• Human Ecology

  Mike Davis : Gap Between Wealth & Poverty

  As human actions change the planet in irreversable ways, will human bonds suffer irreversable damage, too?

• Oil Change

  Nicholas von Hoffman : Oil

  Forget change you can believe in and start dealing with the changes coming at you as fast as the price of fuel makes its way skyward.

• What Will the Next President Do About Climate Change?

  Mark Hertsgaard : Global Warming & Climate Change

  Senate Republicans in denial about global warming blocked a vote Friday on the Climate Security Act, setting the stage for how the next President will address the Earth's most pressing issue.

• Capitol Climate Change

  Mark Hertsgaard : Congress

  The debate over the Climate Security Act reveals a lot about how the next Congress--and the next President--will address the most urgent issue facing humanity.

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  This Brave Nation: Environmental Visionaries

  Brave Nation : Video

  Carl Pope and Van Jones discuss the issues and movements that have informed and inspired their lives and work.

• Earth at 350

  Bill McKibben : Global Warming & Climate Change

  Atmospheric CO2 has spiked to 385 parts per million. Roll that back to 350, and we may still live and thrive.

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  The New Geopolitics of Energy

  Michael T. Klare : US Foreign Policy

  The Pentagon has now placed resource competition at the center of its strategic planning.