The Fight to Save the River
It’s quite a river, the Hudson, flowing from near the Canadian border down past New York harbor to the Atlantic… And it’s quite a story we report in America’s First River, from the American Revolution...
View ArticleMoyers on America: Is God Green?
A new holy war is growing within the conservative evangelical community, with implications for both the global environment and American politics. For years liberal Christians and others have made...
View ArticleMountaintop Mining
In August 2007, The Office of Surface Mining in the Interior Department issued a draft revision to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Surface mining accounts for an increasing...
View ArticlePhotographic Artist Chris Jordan
Former corporate attorney turned photographic artist, Chris Jordan explains that he never used to be focused upon making a social statement with his work. “All I was interested in about photography was...
View ArticleRemembering Rachel Carson with Kaiulani Lee
The Environmental Protection Agency looks to her as a founding inspiration and the Fish & Wildlife Service as a source of agency pride. The EPA’s official history site states: “There is no...
View ArticleMichael Pollan on Food Policy
Few people reflect and report more astutely on the state of American food production and consumption than Michael Pollan. Beginning with his fascination in plant cultivation, The Botany Of Desire,...
View ArticleJane Goodall on Inspiring Young People
In her conversation with Bill Moyers, Jane Goodall describes her best hope for the future — the work her Institute does with youth around the globe in the Roots and Shoots program. “[It] began with 16...
View ArticleScott Bittle and Jean Johnson on America’s Energy Crisis
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson of Public Agenda don’t tackle simple stuff. When last on the Journal, they were concerned with helping Americans grasp the very concrete ramifications of a national debt...
View ArticleLabeling GMO Foods
The Issue: Labeling GMO Foods The Initiative: Just Label It! is an advocacy campaign that hopes to get Congress and the Food and Drug Administration to make the labeling of genetically-modified foods...
View ArticleJill Stein Weighs In on the Organic Food Debate
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is a physician and environmental-health advocate known to prepare her own organic meals on the campaign trail. Her party’s platform calls for a transition...
View ArticleVanishing Glaciers, Then and Now
For years, photographer James Balog has been risking his life to document the receding of glaciers as climate change begins taking its toll at the earth’s extremities. These pairs of images from his...
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Where Do the Candidates Stand on Climate Change?
The morning after the presidential town hall debate, we posted a question to our Facebook friends: “What would you have asked the candidates if you had been in the audience at last night’s debate?” We...
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What Happens to America’s Cities as Sea Levels Rise?
The Empire State Building and large portions of midtown Manhattan are seen without power as a result of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)And so we emerge...
View ArticleNaomi Klein on Capitalism and Climate Change
Naomi Klein, author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, says the tragic destruction of Hurricane Sandy can also be the catalyst for the transformation of politics and our economy. She’s...
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America’s Latest Oil and Gas Rush
Maya Schenwar The oil and gas industry is entrenched in southern Louisiana — and it is taking a horrific toll. In early August, a “frack-out” occurred in Louisiana’s Assumption Parish, where an...
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The Elephant in the Room: Climate Change
Craig Brown The most under-reported news story of 2012? The elephant in the room. Global climate change — and the failure of our leaders and media to act. The science is clear and unambiguous: climate...
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2012 Looks to be the Warmest Year Ever on Record
This year is shaping up to be the warmest on record for the continguous United States — by a lot. The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration’s state of the climate analysis found that January...
View ArticleClimate Change
Four out of five Americans say the effects of global warming are already evident and our nation could be in serious trouble if we don’t act. President Obama even made climate change one of his top...
View ArticleMoyers Moment (1991): The Dalai Lama on Respecting Our Environment
In this November 1991 Moyers Moment from Spirit & Nature, which was taped during a conference at Middlebury College, the Dalai Lama talks to Bill and an assembled audience about our shared...
View ArticleWhy Single-Degree Climate Changes Matter
Those who think single-degree climate changes on Earth don’t matter should think again. Above, Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, offers a striking...
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