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Living With a Carbon Tax

As Washington state prepares to vote on a carbon tax, how is the one in Alberta, Canada, faring?
August 24, 2018
by
Ken Kroes
As Washington state prepares to vote on a carbon tax, how is the one in Alberta, Canada, faring?
Straws
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The Last Straw?

What’s the real environmental impact of a plastic straw compared to the 80 million people we add to our population every year?
July 30, 2018
by
Terry Spahr
What’s the real environmental impact of a plastic straw compared to the 80 million people we add to our population every year?
Wild horses
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America’s Wild Horses: Neglected and Thrown Overboard

The Bureau of Land Management has proposed a mass sterilization, euthanasia and “sale without limitation” of America’s wild mustangs.
May 22, 2018
by
Deanne Stillman
The Bureau of Land Management has proposed a mass sterilization, euthanasia and “sale without limitation” of America’s wild mustangs.
Earth NASA
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Is Earth Day Off Its Axis?

This year’s theme is “end plastic pollution.” That misses the point made by Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson.
April 20, 2018
by
Terry Spahr
This year’s theme is “end plastic pollution.” That misses the point made by Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson.
Tonto National Forest
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Oak Flat: Government Complicity in Indigenous Sacred Site Desecration

Settler colonialism in Arizona is ongoing. It continues to harm both the planet and indigenous peoples.
April 10, 2018
by
Joel Helfrich
Settler colonialism in Arizona is ongoing. It continues to harm both the planet and indigenous peoples.
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Livestock Grazing on Public Lands: The Perils of “Multiple Use”

A new book offers insight into how our public lands were created — and what that means as we fight to protect them today and in the future.
February 15, 2018
by
Joel Helfrich
A new book offers insight into how our public lands were created — and what that means as we fight to protect them today and in the future.
palm oil
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The Biofuel Bomb Will Devastate Nature

Growing palm oil for use in food is already destroying habitats and causing extinctions. Using it for biofuel will make things even worse.
February 14, 2018
by
William Laurance
Growing palm oil for use in food is already destroying habitats and causing extinctions. Using it for biofuel will make things even worse.
mountain bikes wilderness
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Mountain Bikes Do Not Belong in Federal Wilderness

A Republican bill threatens to open up federal wilderness areas to mountain biking — and in the process threatens the 1964 Wilderness Act.
February 8, 2018
by
Tim Lydon
A Republican bill threatens to open up federal wilderness areas to mountain biking — and in the process threatens the 1964 Wilderness Act.
democracy science
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Democracy Depends on Scientific Information

We need all the tools we can get to address the environmental and economic inequality felt by many across the globe.
January 25, 2018
by
Scott McKenzie
We need all the tools we can get to address the environmental and economic inequality felt by many across the globe.
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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Trump Wants More Offshore Drilling. That Ignores the Deadly Lessons of Deepwater Horizon

BP’s mistakes, rooted in regulator failures, revealed “such systematic failures in risk management that they place in doubt the safety culture of the entire industry.”
January 12, 2018
by
Donald Boesch
BP’s mistakes, rooted in regulator failures, revealed “such systematic failures in risk management that they place in doubt the safety culture of the entire industry.”

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