One of the nation's wealthiest communities, Aspen, Colorado has a complex relationship with the environmental movement and social justice. While a community deeply self-conscious about its own liberal politics, Aspen hasn't shown much tolerance for the poor. In fact, worried that immigrants might overrun the...
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Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, the landmark book connecting pesticide usage with species decline. Carson noted the very real threats of chemicals on humans as well as.
Jane McAlevey has a great piece on the problems unions and environmentalists have faced for the past thirty years bridging the gap between them to fight together for better work.
I don't agree with all of James McWilliams' attack on localized agriculture, but it is useful correction to the fawning deification of Michael Pollan, backyard chickens, grass-fed beef, etc. All of those things have their very important qualities, but if we are really serious about...
Sharon Friedman makes a very good point about the language of environmentalism, particularly the use of the term "virgin forests." Calling anything involving forests "virgin" muddles the concepts of "old-growth,".
UMWA President Cecil Roberts embarrassed himself and his union on a West Virginia radio station: “The Navy SEALs shot Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan and Lisa Jackson shot us in.
The 9-pound Gambian rat has invaded the Florida Keys, having been released there by an exotic animal breeder about 10 years ago. They are thriving, one of many species that are transforming south Florida, destroying the native wildlife and turning the swamps and islands of...
Feral pigs are expanding their range and will probably be across most of North America in the next 20 years. They cause a tremendous amount of damage, not only to.
If I dare suggest that the shockingly warm temperatures in the eastern half of the country, temperatures that by a gigantic margin make up the biggest March heat wave in.
Outstanding Christopher Ketcham story on the delisting of wolves from the Endangered Species Act and the plans to wipe them out in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. There is much that is disturbing--people's hatred of wolves, the incredible and damaging power of the ranching industry in...
General Motors is feeling some heat for its support of the Heartland Institute and their extremist climate change denying agenda. It's sad to see GM working with these extremists, but.
I think it's great that Los Angeles is creating a new wetland in south Los Angeles. Part of a 9 acre park, this 4.5 acre wetland will bring much needed.