Environment

Fields of Toxic Pesticides Surround the Schools of Ventura County—Are They Poisoning the Students?

Fields of Toxic Pesticides Surround the Schools of Ventura County—Are They Poisoning the Students? Fields of Toxic Pesticides Surround the Schools of Ventura County—Are They Poisoning the Students?

In some of California’s most heavily Latino communities, going to school can be a health hazard.

Apr 6, 2015 / Liza Gross

Into the Woods

Into the Woods Into the Woods

The fight between terrorism and tourism in Algeria’s Atlas Mountains.

Mar 31, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Malika Rahal

The Coal Industry Is Imploding. Why Is it Still So Powerful in Washington?

The Coal Industry Is Imploding. Why Is it Still So Powerful in Washington? The Coal Industry Is Imploding. Why Is it Still So Powerful in Washington?

As its battle against the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan intensifies, Big Coal is getting a lot of help from friends in high places.

Mar 25, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try

The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try

The future will follow an unpredictable route, but we must still follow a compass called hope.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit

Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to Fix It

Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to Fix It Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to Fix It

The “logic” of capitalist development has left a nightmare of environmental destruction in its wake.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Noam Chomsky

The Gospel According to Wendell Berry

The Gospel According to Wendell Berry The Gospel According to Wendell Berry

To destroy a forest is an act of greater seriousness than we have yet grasped. But to destroy the earth itself is to destroy the possibility of recovery.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Wendell Berry and Wen Stephenson

Did the Chemical Industry Write Its Own Oversight Legislation?

Did the Chemical Industry Write Its Own Oversight Legislation? Did the Chemical Industry Write Its Own Oversight Legislation?

Some Democrats and health groups say this Senate bill is even worse than the outdated Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976.

Mar 19, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Black Comedy in the Maldives

Black Comedy in the Maldives Black Comedy in the Maldives

Why was former president and climate-justice hero Mohamed Nasheed sentenced to prison on terrorism charges?

Mar 16, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

The Most Beautiful Animal You’ve Never Seen

The Most Beautiful Animal You’ve Never Seen The Most Beautiful Animal You’ve Never Seen

How the $20 billion illegal animal trade has pushed the saola—and countless other species—to the brink of extinction.

Mar 16, 2015 / William deBuys

The Real Reason Behind the Oil Price Collapse

The Real Reason Behind the Oil Price Collapse The Real Reason Behind the Oil Price Collapse

It’s not overproduction in shale fields, and it’s not global economic stagnation. It’s something far more threatening to Big Oil’s business model.

Mar 12, 2015 / Michael T. Klare

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