ECOLOGY

ExxonMobil's War on Science By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., HuffingtonPost.com With an elaborate network of phony think tanks and slick public relations firms, ExxonMobil has become today's Big Tobacco, defrauding the public and waging a war on science.

The Most Important Thing You Can Do To Stop Global Warming By Tara Lohan, AlterNet Environmentalist Bill McKibben explains that forcing Congress to take action on climate change is the top priority. Fortunately, he has a plan.

Alpha Females By Bill McKibben, Grist Magazine You know climate concern has gone mainstream when sororities get on board.

Biodiesel: The Fuel That Doesn't Kill Us By Joshua Scheer, Truthdig Annie Nelson, wife of Willie Nelson, speaks about community-based biodiesel production as a way of restoring dignity to family farmers, the environment, the economy and national security.

Apple Computers: Fun for You, Toxic for the Environment By Jess Hemerly, AlterNet Apple positions itself as the technological haven for the hip, the progressive and the revolutionary. But when it comes to the environment, Apple is quite out of touch.