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Now In Environment

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  Much Ado About Carbon Offsets

  Five experts debate if carbon offsetting is the quick, efficient way to decarbonize the global economy, or the loophole that will derail such efforts.

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  Finding Fish

  Six experts discuss the global fisheries crisis; the economic, political, and social pressures that contributed to it; and what it will take to make fish stocks bounce back.

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  The Great Climate Change Pay-Off

  UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on wealthy nations to cough up $100 billion for climate aid. But with no firm commitments, could money be the deal breaker in Copenhagen?

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  The Lesser Evil: Nuclear or Coal?

  Should we depend on coal or nuclear? Five experts discuss how clean coal works, how dangerous nuclear waste really is, and whether the root of the problem is money.

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  Scientific Flip-Flop

  Five experts debate the roots of GM opposition, the role of big agribusiness, and whether we’ve achieved real scientific consensus.

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  Economic Advice for the Planet

  Protecting the environment, some say, is a drag on economic growth. Kristen Sheeran directs a new network of economists who aim to prove them wrong.

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  In Seeds We Trust

  Because science won’t save us if biodiversity fails, a global effort is underway to collect and cache the genetic resources contained in seeds.

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  Forests for the Trees

  Five experts discuss paying countries to keep forests intact, what role carbon markets should play, and how to protect the people whose lives depend on trees.

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  Al Gore’s New Marching Orders

  The Climate Project began as a public education campaign. A foot soldier reports back from a recent summit, where Gore's environmental activists were issued a new directive.

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  Is There a Better Word for Doom?

  Six experts discuss the merits of framing climate change, the language that troubles them, and the inherent bias of any chosen word.

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