energy
The price of gas in a global economy
Our dependence on fossil fuels is filling Vladimir Putin’s war chest.
A book on climate change that’s neither preachy nor hopeless
Raised on a farm, scientist Hope Jahren offers clear, concise, and credible explanations.
Holiness in every drop
Judith Schwartz and Michael E. Webber each call attention to the challenges facing the water over which the Spirit broods.
Fighting fracking
Sandra Steingraber, ecologist, activist and author, was in Joliet, Illinois, Wednesday to present a lecture on our era of “extreme energy extraction.” (See the Century interview with Steingraber.) According to Steingraber, we’re acting more and more foolishly as we hold on more and more tightly to our dependence on fossil fuels.