May 17, 2004 | Vol. 163 No. 20

Facing the Disgrace (Cover | Iraq)

As more appalling evidence emerges of U.S. forces abusing Iraqi prisoners, the White House struggles with a scandal that may lose hearts and minds for good

How Safe Is Athens? (Europe | The Olympics)

Bombs go off 100 days before the Olympics begin. A look at who may have planted them, and how officials plan to secure the Games

In the Name of the Rose (Europe | Georgia)

Georgia reclaims a rebel province

Putting the World on a Low Carbon Diet

The oil and gas industry has come up with a novel way to cut harmful CO2 emissions: put them back in the ground

Building the Titan Turbine

Wind power is getting bigger, both in the amount of electricity it supplies and the machines that generate it

Emissions Trading

Making a Mini-Solar System

Installing solar panels is a solution to distribution of electricity in rural South Africa

Power Struggle

Wind energy is finally taking off — but critics say it's an unviable blowhard while activists complain it's a green blot on the landscape

Take Me To The River

Plans to create an environmentaly friendly hydroelectric scheme on the river Congo may not be so friendly to the environment.