From the Editor

A funny thing happened on the way to Copenhagen. On the eve of the climate summit, Annie Leonard – the creator of the Internet phenomenon “The Story of Stuff” – threw a stink bomb into the debate over how best to address runaway greenhouse gas emissions. She released a new video called “The Story of Cap and Trade” that tore apart what has become the environmental lobby’s preferred strategy for cutting carbon dioxide. In the video she mocked cap and trade as a “carbon racket” that would lead to another speculative bubble …more

Forward from Copenhagen

The Emissions Emergency Is a Crisis of Justice

by Tom Athanasiou

To Drill or Not to Drill

A Natural Gas Rush in the Northeast Is Forcing Farmers to Choose Between Income and Land.

by Adam Federman

Rough Water

The Likely Removal of Four Dams on the Klamath River Will Mark the Largest Dam Decommissioning in History. An Unlikely Alliance of Farmers, Fishermen, Ranchers, and Indians Made It Happen.

by Jacques Leslie