Interest groups all around are jockeying for newsprintand news reels touting their perspectives on the outcomes of the on United Nations Global Climate Change Conference. Three of the most important outcomes are getting the least amount of attention. First, the world’s nations have agreed unequivocally that the Earth’s climate is changing, that the pace and [...]

by Jeff Feldman
I sat engrossed in Coal Country during last month’s American Conservation Film Festival in Shepherdstown. The film documents a range of perspectives on the issue of surface mining for coal in Appalachia, what many have come to call mountaintop removal. Interviews and footage depict miners expressing pride in their heritage; locals struggling to [...]

By Glenn Scherer and David Lillard
When our economy tanked last year, politicians told us that our nation’s financial institutions were “too big to fail,” and the federal government immediately proceeded to bail out the banks. Now, as world leaders prepare for a critically important climate summit in Copenhagen, we need to ask: Is Earth too [...]