Prying Eyes
How the government and law enforcement agencies are spying on environmentalists.
By Adam Federman
Ice Melt
California’s glaciers are disappearing at an alarming rate, threatening the ecology
of the High Sierra. By Jeremy Miller
Whale Riders
A small group of volunteers has committed itself to untangling whales that get
caught in fishing nets. The work is difficult, dangerous – and doesn’t always go
according to plan. By Eric Wagner
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Atomic Foes Nuked in New Documentary Film
Pandora’s Promise is more hit job than conversation starter
Everybody loves a conversion story. With their mix of good-versus-evil and personal vulnerability, conversion stories appeal to the hope that each of us can change for the better. Filmmaker Robert Stone tries to tap into the power of the conversion archetype in…
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Proposed Removal of Gray Wolves’ Endangered Status a Case Study in the Politicization of Science
US Fish and Wildlife Service relies on taxonomical shenanigans to appease wolf haters
The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent announcement that it is beginning the process for removing gray wolves across the country from the protection of the Endangered Species Act surprised no one. The Fish and Wildlife Service’s mid-1990s reintroduction of gray wolves…
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Coral Die-Off Reveals Truths About Our Interconnected World
To save reefs we need to first fix the quality of our air and water
In June 2012 author and illustrator Liz Cunningham visited the Turks and Caicos Islands – a tiny crescent of windblown, handkerchief-sized coral islands just north of Haiti and the Dominican Republic – to research her upcoming book on ocean conservation, Ocean Country.…
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Threatened Species Smoked by Pot Growers
Northern spotted owl and Pacific fisher succumbing to rat poison used by illegal marijuana farms
The story is what you could call, um, an evergreen: As folks have reported here, here and here, illegal marijuana farms on public lands in California often cause serious environmental damage. Tresspass growers, as they are called, have been known to clear…
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What India’s Decision to Ban Dolphin Captivity Means
Move indicates a growing understanding that cetaceans are ‘nonhuman persons’
The Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests’ decision to ban dolphin captivity within India has been making waves around the world. The unprecedented decision is particularly significant because it reflects an increasing global understanding that dolphins deserve better protections based on who…
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Time for a New Environmentalism
Greens can learn a lot from the successes of missionary religious movements
Since the early years of the environmental movement, some voices within the movement have pointed out that fighting power plants, dams, deforestation, mining, and roads is a game of defense, one that can never be won. As the late environmentalist Peter Berg…
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We’re All in This Together
Communities with strong ethics of the commons most resilient to disasters
Following the hugely destructive earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, communities along Japan’s northeastern coast faced a major challenge of social organization: People who had lost everything needed to decide, often together, how to rebuild. They had to work through complex issues…
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