Political and Environmental Essays
Essays on Oil and War
- A Trip to Ecuador's Oriente and Block 16 - May 1998
- Another War for Oil - October 2001
- A Terrorism Reality Check for the New Year - January 2002
- More Oil Wars - The Bush-Cheney Oilygarchy's Idea of a Responsible Energy Policy for the 21st Century - May 2002
- The Oils of War - February 2003
- Ecuador and Oil - February 2003
- How Did Our Oil Get Under Their Sand? - July 2003
- Bomb and Drill - The Bush Administration's Energy Policy for the 21st Century - July 2004
- Got Oil? - February 2005
- The Next War for Oil - March 2005 (download pdf file)
- Support Our Troops? - Why I Don’t Support Baby-Killers and War Criminals - March 2006
- An Open Letter to the Maine Congressional Delegation - May 2007
- An Open Letter to the Internal Revenue Service - March 2008
- In Oil We Trust - September 2008
- Facts Count - January 2009
- What He Says and What He Does - October 2009
- Baby-killer Awarded Nobel Peace Prize - October 2009
- Up Is Down - The War President and the Peace Prize - December 2009
- My Own Top Ten Stories of the Past Decade - January 2010
- War and Pipelines - January 2010
Essays on Politics
- Why I Will Be Voting for Ralph Nader, Again - October 2004
Essays on Environmental Issues
global warming
- Global Warming Gets Personal - October 2001
- What Do You Know About Global Warming? - September 2008
- What Do You Know About Energy? - September 2008
- Will Barack Obama Rescue Us from Global Warming? - February 2009
- Why Politicians Will Not Save Us - January 2010
old-growth forests
- The Butterfly Who Would Save a Giant - Summer 1998
- Sitting Tight: Update on Headwaters Forest and Julia "Butterfly" Hill - Winter 1999
- Headwaters Forest Not Yet Protected - Fall 1999
- Redwood News Update - Late Winter 2000
- Julia Butterfly Hill Visits Maine - Winter 2001
- The Cabling of Luna - Winter 2001
- Luna - 17 Months Since Being Cut, and Still Doing Well - Spring 2002
acid rain and tree death
- Middlesex Fells Reservation Revisited - June 1996
- Has Anyone Checked the Trees Lately? - September 1996
- Acid Rain Has Not Gone Away - August 1997
- The Ice Storm of the Century - Winter 1998
- Tree Death and Forest Decline - March 1998
water issues
- Who Owns the Earth's Water - August 2005
- Five Reasons Not to Drink Bottled Water - August 2005
- Nestlé's Horrific Corporate Record - August 2005
international trade
- This Is What Democracy Looks Like - The WTO Protests in Seattle - Late Winter 2000
- Global Free Logging: Defend Our Forests - Clearcut the WTO - Late Winter 2000
miscelaneous environmental issues
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