COVER

How America Can Lead in Green (The Well / Special Report)

So far, the U.S. has sat out the fight against climate change--but that can't continue. Here's how America can lead the way to a greener world

The Candidates and Climate Change (Special Report)

All three presidential contenders talk like greens. What the cap-and-trade fight about to break out may say about them

Web Exclusive

Top Green Companies

A group of stalwart start-ups are turning clean technology into big business

Top Green Websites

Covering Hollywood to the Hill, these 15 websites teach you everything you ever wanted to know about greening your life

Photo Essay

In the Time of Trees

Magnum Photographer Stuart Franklin has spent a decade exploring the beauty of trees and the unique place they occupy in man's world

Web Exclusive

CO2: They Should Bottle That Stuff

Viewpoint: Carbon capture is a crucial part of the global effort to stop warming. So, why hasn't it been implemented yet?

The Greening of the Pentagon

According to a Pentagon-funded report, U.S. foreign dependence on oil, energy-inefficient troops and environmentally unfriendly forts threaten our national security

TO OUR READERS

Why We're Going Green

It won't be simple, and it won't be cheap, but the war on global warming must be won--and Time is ready to help

NATION

Obama's Bitter Lesson (The Well / Campaign '08)

Barack Obama's ill-chosen words have caused a stir, but both candidates face challenges with working-class white voters. Why that could cost the Democrats the White House

Why Democrats Rule the Web (The Well / Campaign '08)

In this campaign, grass-roots organizing has moved online. How the Democrats got the jump on the GOP

ESSAY

Above the Fray (In The Arena)

McCain wants the election to be about real issues. That's a gift to the Democrats — and the country

Keeping Canada in Afghanistan (The Well / Commentary)

Canadians are losing faith in the war in Afghanistan. Why America's security and NATO's future hang in the balance

Joel Stein Sells His Gold

As the price of gold soars, Joel ponders selling the necklace that (barely) got him through high school

WORLD

Gordon Brown in America (The Well / Profile)

Embattled at home, Gordon Brown talks to TIME about his trip to the U.S. and his ambitious ideas for the world

Postcard: Inner Mongolia (Postcard: Inner Mongolia)

Among the Oroqen people of northern China, an ancient way of life is being lost in a flurry of assimilation. China's last hunters face an uncertain future

BRIEFING

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Choosy Mothers Choose Caesareans (Life: Health - Fashion - Food - Nerd World - Right On Your Money / Health)

Why more women across America are making caesareans their delivery of choice

SOCIETY

A Cocktail Class in Molecular Mixology (Life: Health - Fashion - Food - Nerd World - Right On Your Money / Food)

How bartenders are using science to create new cocktails that can be sipped or spooned

TECHNOLOGY

Getting Rid of My TV (Life: Health - Fashion - Food - Nerd World - Right On Your Money / Nerd World)

Has the Internet made the old-fashioned idiot box obsolete? There's only one way to find out: get rid of it

BUSINESS

Richard Branson's Flight Plan (The Well / Business)

Shoddy service and mounting losses have turned the airline industry into a national joke. So why do Virgin America and its fun-loving boss think they can save it?

Surviving Market Mayhem (Life: Health - Fashion - Food - Nerd World - Right On Your Money / Right on Your Money)

Cash is king--if you're petrified. But the best plan is to rebalance and stay focused on your long-term goals

Business Books

Why has Latin America's economic growth lagged that of Asia? Three new books provide an urgent critique of the region's failures. Can this still be "the century of the Americas"?

Business Books (Also In This Issue)

You'll never see a career guide published just for men. So why are bookstores filled with professional makeovers for women? A review of the latest in glass-ceiling lit

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Stiff Drink (Global Business: Manufacturing - Front And Center - Megacities - Top Business Teams - China - Spirits / Spirits)

Pernod Ricard aims for global liquor dominance by paying a premium for the prize vodka Absolut

Making P&G New and Improved (Global Business: Manufacturing - Front And Center - Megacities - Top Business Teams - China - Spirits / Front and Center)

A.G. Lafley transformed a legendary but ossifying company by organizing around innovation

Let the Building Begin (Global Business: Manufacturing - Front And Center - Megacities - Top Business Teams - China - Spirits / Megacities)

Winning the 2012 Olympics gives London cover to spend billions to keep the city competitive

The Rage to Engage (Global Business: Manufacturing - Front And Center - Megacities - Top Business Teams - China - Spirits / Top Business Teams)

Giving attention to workers can pay off as much as pay

Sewn in the U.S.A. (Global Business: Manufacturing - Front And Center - Megacities - Top Business Teams - China - Spirits / Manufacturing)

Wage costs forced most clothing makers abroad. Brooks Brothers' tie factory makes the case for staying local

China's At-Risk Factories (Global Business: Manufacturing - Front And Center - Megacities - Top Business Teams - China - Spirits / China)

As the U.S. slouches toward a recession, the "workshop of the world" is looking vulnerable

The TIME 100.

To help select the world's most influential people, previous honorees offer their nominations when asked, Who should be on this year's list?

LETTERS