Can Nuclear Power Compete?
Newly approved reactor designs could reduce global warming and fossil-fuel dependence, but utilities are grappling with whether better nukes make market sense
Features
Clean Cities and Dirty Coal Power--China's Energy Paradox
China is aggressively building cleaner cities and renewable power supplies, but the relentless expansion of dirty coal may suffocate those efforts. A firsthand look
The U.S. Needs to Lead in Clean Tech
Steve Mirsky talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman on how green technology can save the world economy
Chicago's Plans to Go Green
Mayor Richard Daley has unveiled an aggressive plan to transform the old, gritty city. If he can pull it off, other cities might follow
Carbon-Offset Cowboys Let Their Grass Grow
Ranchers in Montana are being paid by polluters to keep their grass unmowed
Shark-Smitten Tourists Help Save Guadalupe's Great Whites
Ecotourism has become the unlikely protector of the unexpectedly endangered great white sharks
Regrowing Borneo's Rainforest--Tree by Tree
To save orangutans, scientist Willie Smits is restoring a rain forest—and creating new livelihoods for the Indonesian families who help him
Turning the Tide
Several companies are trying to convert experimental ocean energy plants into commercial powerhouses
Departments
- From the Editor
Aggressive Optimism: Environmental Challenges Facing the New President
- Departments
Intel Saves Air and Money
Crops Could Cleanse Soil
Wanted: Spare Computer Power
You, Too, Can Be a Hypermiler
Unselling Bottled Water
Greening the Supply Chain
Stock-Market Strategy Halts Fishing Collapse
Organic Farms Say "WWOOF"
Singing in the Rain (Forest)
Rooftop Solar on a Roll
View: The Truth about Trash
Obama's First 100 Days
Cap and Dividend, Not Trade: Making Polluters Pay
A Move to Green-Collar Jobs
For Alternative Energy's Sake--Keep Oil Prices High
Confronting Videophilia
Eco-Gadgets: Exploiting the Shame Meter
Ecotravel: Migration Sightseeing--From Gray Whales to Butterflies
Being Green: An Ecofriendly Guide to Surviving Winter
Buying Green: Products for Sustainable Living
Resources in Film and Online
Green Role Model: California Academy of Sciences
