From the Editor

Two years ago, The Nation magazine published a list of the “The 50 Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century.” Among giants like Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, and Cesar Chavez were three environmentalists: Rachel Carson, Ralph Nader, and David Brower. Brower, whose centennial we are celebrating this year, was the first executive director of the Sierra Club, one of the driving forces behind the passage of the Wilderness Act, and the founder of Friends of the Earth, the League of Conservation Voters and, 30 years ago exactly, Earth Island Institute. …more

“Objectivity is the greatest threat to the United States today.”

An Excerpt from Encounters with the Archdruid

by John Mc Phee

A Voice for the Wilderness

An Excerpt from The Wildness Within

by Kenneth Brower

Green Dragon

A suspicious and powerful government. Home to incredible biodiversity and the world’s biggest polluters. A citizenry struggling to define its notion of civil society. Despite these challenges, the environmental movement in China is gaining momentum.

by Mike Ives

Life on Refinery Row

Residents of Corpus Christi, Texas are afraid of the chemicals around them – and scared to leave home.

by Stephanie Elizondo Griest