Nicole Rogers (SCU): Law and Liberty in a Time of Climate Change. From Reviews in History, a review of Nature and Power: A Global History of the Environment by Joachim Radkau (and more); a review of An Environmental History of the World: Humankind's Changing Role in the Community of Life by J. Donald Hughes; and a review of A Cultural History of Climate by Wolfgang Behringer. New evidence shows scientific expertise is lacking among the doubters of climate change. Nina Shen Rastogi on the environmental arguments for and against nuclear energy. Is the cure (geoengineering) worse than the disease (global warming)? Climate Bill, RIP: Instead of taking the fight to big polluters, President Obama has put global warming on the back burner. If a ghastly oil spill can't convince 60 senators of the dire need for a real climate change bill, nothing will. The US has long been a leader in green technologies, but it has also long been a leader in fumbling that lead — here are five big reasons why. Heather Rogers on her book Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution (and more). From The Nation, a special issue on Green Energy, including Christine MacDonald on the spill's silver lining; and Christian Parenti on the Big Green Buy. A look at why going green won't make you better or save you money. More and more on Eric Pooley's The Climate War. Does a warming world really mean that more conflict is inevitable? A review of Climate Refugees.
