Social Justice The Bag Man Stephen Joseph’s Save the Plastic Bag Coalition maintains that the bags are actually good for the environment, not to mention the economy. Nick Welsh
Social Justice Sarwidi Versus the Volcano An engineer’s radical idea to help people survive an eruption: stay put Marc Herman
Environment The Cheapest Way to Fight Climate Change? Block Out the Sun This summer, the volume and extent of arctic sea ice fell to the lowest level on record; America… Matt Skenazy
Environment Romney’s Energy Plan Isn’t an Energy Plan It's a veiled stimulus plan to bring back fossil-fuel jobs. Lisa Margonelli
Environment Plentiful Natural Gas, Get It While It’s Cold Back in May Bruce Dorminey outlined the potential benefits of tapping methane hydrates—a “frozen combo of methane gas… Michael Todd
Environment Consider the Crawdad What lessons can we learn from an enterprising decapod? Trish Reynales
Social Justice Save the Trees, We’ll Save Your Life Can medical care motivate Indonesian villagers to protect the rain forest? Brendan Borrell
Environment The Buffalo Massacre Spinoff Economy First hides, then meat, then bones, then nostalgia John Gravois
Environment A Hotter World Won’t Automatically be a More Fiery World With 2012 on track to be the worst year on record for wildfires in the U.S.—although Isaac’s heavy… Michael Todd
Environment It’s a Gull-Eat-Whale World Out There, Thanks to People A month ago ecologist Leah Gerber asked our readers to consider a biodiversity conundrum—in preserving a natural habitat,… Michael Todd