Good War vs. Great Society
Which will Obama choose?
Lies and Misdemeanors
Last week, I inadvertently found myself back in second grade. This is how it happened.
Europe 3.0
The continent has the opportunity to take the path of the future.
The Other Democratic Party
What the Japanese elections mean for the country’s foreign policy.
Chinese Assassination Squads
What the CIA might have said…
Global Spin Doctors
Public relations…for countries?
Why Are We Letting Polluters Regulate Themselves Instead of Letting the EPA Do Its Job?
The new energy bill would strip EPA of its power and let polluters take the reins with a market-based system.
El Salvador’s Gold Fight
At stake in El Salvador’s movement to ban mining is the question of whether private interests can trump national sovereignty.
Niger Delta Standoff
Oil companies and the Nigerian military are attempting to maintain control of what will soon be one-quarter of U.S. oil imports.
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009: Areas for Improvement
Join us for a briefing on HR 2454 to discuss what the legislation entails, what it lacks, and how it can be improved.
Confirmed experts:
Michael Wara, Stanford University Law School
David Bookbinder, Chief Climate Counsel, Sierra Club
Cecil Corbin-Mark, WeACT for Environmental Justice
Margaret E. Sheehan, lead partner, EcoLaw
Richard Sweeney, Resources for the Future
The discussion will be moderated by Daphne Wysham, co-director of IPS’ Sustainable Energy & Economy Network.
This event is sponsored by Friends Committee on National Legislation, Friends of the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, the Institute for Policy Studies, and MoveOn.org.
Blame Game Leads to Climate Deadlock in Bonn
What’s at stake is perhaps the largest transfer of resources from the global south to the north in history.
Bridging the Climate Change Gap
The United States must help poor countries deal with the impact of climate change.
Book Review: ‘The Slave Next Door’
Slavery may have ended officially in the United States in 1865, but it has continued in practice to this very day.
Cities Can Save the Earth
To deal with big crises, we have to think big, and that means starting with our cities.
Abolition Follies
The risk of proliferation has made abolitionists out of the sternest of Cold Warriors.