By Maggie Astor
While the brunt of public fury has rightly fallen on BP, quite a bit of blame has been pinned on President Obama as well. This is not entirely surprising, given the time-honored American tradition of blaming the federal government for almost everything. But we could do with a more levelheaded look not only at what Obama can realistically accomplish here, but also at where he fits in the long history of presidential responses to environmental disasters.

By Eisa Ulen
We were on our way to North Side Elementary School in the Central Dauphin School District, near the state capital in Harrisburg, the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, several dairy farms, some Amish households, and, by a distance of about 12 miles, Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island power plant, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in American history.

By The Editors
We know we must act to improve the environment and save the planet. While many of us recycle, use more energy-efficient light bulbs and other things, there is one more vital step we can take to make a global statement in support of Planet Earth.