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Making Deserts Bloom
Robert Leonard ReidEditor's Note: As politicans and CEOs persist in denying the reality of climate change and Californians face a dire water shortage, we found this July 1981 archival piece...
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Farewell, Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo GaleanoEditor's Note: Today we mourn the loss of Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015), Uruguyan journalist, longtime Progressive columnist, and author, after a battle with lung cancer. Galeano was a...
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Gagging Over Global Climate Change
Ruth ConniffWelcome to Wisconsin, where April Fool’s Day lasts all year!How about Mike Huebsch, head of our state Public Service Commission, declaring that global warming is caused by volcanoes, not...
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The National Pollution Scandal
Gaylord A. NelsonThe founder of Earth Day, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord A. Nelson, wrote this scathing essay on the scourge of pollution in 1967. On Earth Day's forty-fifth birthday, his warning that "the...
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The BP Oil Spill, Five Years Later
Andrew StelzerFive years ago on Monday, the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the oil industry wrought havoc on the Gulf of Mexico when the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded and...
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Ambivalence and Horror in Nepal
Amitabh PalMy mother was near the village school she runs about 100 miles south of the Nepal border in India when she noticed a strong tremor. She immediately had the building evacuated. When a second...
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Ask Dr. Science: Scott Walker Edition
Jud LounsburyI grew up in a small town in central Iowa and the soundtrack of that time would most certainly have to include my comedic hero, Dan Coffey, and the daily 90-second bit he used to do on NPR...
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“Consumed” Takes On GMOs
Ed RampellPhoto: "Consumed" Promotional Picture“Consumed” is an environmentally-themed movie featuring Zoe Lister-Jones as a single midwestern mom, waitress and student who discovers that genetically...
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Can We Save Ocean Fish?
David HelvargI respect my friend Sylvia Earle’s refusal to eat seafood, as well as the famed ocean scientist’s argument that no market hunting has ever been sustainable. Still, there’s nothing as...
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Back Home, Walker Pushes What Dems Describe as “The Corrupt Politician...
Submitted by Rebecca Kemble on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 1:08pmRebecca KembleIn the wake of his failed bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker didn’t skip a beat in...
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Utah Congressman Wants to Stop Government Funding for Parks Across the Country
Submitted by Mrill Ingram on Wed, 10/28/2015 - 9:47amMrill IngramThe Flight 93 National Memorial in Stoystown, PA, is one of the thousands of historical and natural heritage sites the LWCF helped...
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Reflections from the Center of the Universe
Submitted by Mrill Ingram on Mon, 12/12/2016 - 10:36amMrill IngramMrill Ingram (l), Jeffrey Ingram, and John Weisheit (at the oars) taking in a view from the Green River, Utah.. Photos by Tom MartinIn...
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Sources of Flint’s Water Disaster Run Deep
Submitted by Fredrick McKissack on Wed, 12/21/2016 - 9:41amFredrick McKissackCity of Flint, Michigan water, filter distribution, and sample turn-in, in October 2016. USDA photo by Lance...
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Obama to Trump: No Drilling Here!
Submitted by David Helvarg on Wed, 12/21/2016 - 10:58amDavid HelvargA beluga celebrates. Obama's new Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area encompasses 112,300 square miles, and supports one of...
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Return of the Flat Earth Society
Submitted by Jud Lounsbury on Thu, 01/05/2017 - 9:36amJud LounsburyThe Flammarion engraving (1888) depicts a traverler who arrives at the edge of a flat Earth and sticks his head through the firament,...
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