An Environmental Agenda for Obama  

As recently as last year’s presidential campaign, the debate on Barack Obama’s environmental agenda would have centered on righting the astonishing wrongs of the George W. Bush era. The last administration’s performance—the junking of science, the suppression of basic information, …



Green Politics in the Bush Era  

From cabinet appointments to policy initiatives, much about environmental politics in George Bush the Younger’s administration is depressingly familiar. We’ve seen this show before, when Ronald Reagan, his secretary of the interior James Watt, and company rode into Washington intent …







The Environment-Security Trap  

The threats we face today as Americans respect no nation’s borders. Think of them: terrorism, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, organized crime, drug trafficking, ethnic and religious hatred, aggression by rogue states, environmental degradation.” This passage from Bill …