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The Revelator’s Top 12 Environmental Commentaries of 2021

Our experts weighed in on hot topics ranging from plastic pollution to the extinction crisis.
December 27, 2021
by
Tara Lohan and John R. Platt
Our experts weighed in on hot topics ranging from plastic pollution to the extinction crisis.
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Editorials

What’s Working: The Revelator’s 12 Favorite Solutions Stories of 2021

From wetlands restoration to conservation dogs and the decline of fossil fuels, these tales set the stage for the year ahead.
December 23, 2021
by
Tara Lohan and John R. Platt
From wetlands restoration to conservation dogs and the decline of fossil fuels, these tales set the stage for the year ahead.
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9 Don’t-Miss Environmental Interviews of 2021

Conservationists, activists, scientists and other experts offered their insight into the year’s most pressing issues.
December 20, 2021
by
Tara Lohan and John R. Platt
Conservationists, activists, scientists and other experts offered their insight into the year’s most pressing issues.
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The Ask

Injustice Forever? Toxic PFAS Chemicals Have ‘Made a Mockery of Our Environmental Regulations’

With a lack of regulations addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” students and professors at a Vermont college have taken their research skills into communities to spur action.
December 17, 2021
by
Tara Lohan
With a lack of regulations addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” students and professors at a Vermont college have taken their research skills into communities to spur action.
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Voices

Are Wildlife Identification Apps Good for Conservation?

The COVID-19 pandemic gave me a chance to put down my paper field guides and test my preconceptions about some popular digital tools.
December 8, 2021
by
Adam Welz
The COVID-19 pandemic gave me a chance to put down my paper field guides and test my preconceptions about some popular digital tools.
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The Ask

The Fight Against Plastic: ‘If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu’

A new podcast puts BIPOC storytelling front and center in working for solutions to the plastic crisis.
December 3, 2021
by
Tara Lohan
A new podcast puts BIPOC storytelling front and center in working for solutions to the plastic crisis.
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Voices

Species Spotlight: To Save the Narrow Sawfish, First We Must Find Them

The elusive fish, the world’s largest rays, find themselves among the most endangered marine fish in the world.
November 24, 2021
by
Sihar Aditia Silalahi
The elusive fish, the world’s largest rays, find themselves among the most endangered marine fish in the world.
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Voices

The Win-Wins of Climate and Biodiversity Solutions

What’s better for plants and wildlife is better for the climate. But where do we start to accomplish the best results?
November 22, 2021
by
Paul C. West
What’s better for plants and wildlife is better for the climate. But where do we start to accomplish the best results?
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Voices

Humans and Jaguars Can Live Together — Here’s How

More than 25 years of experience illustrate how to live successfully in a landscape with jaguars, just as they’re starting to return to the United States.
November 19, 2021
by
John Polisar
More than 25 years of experience illustrate how to live successfully in a landscape with jaguars, just as they’re starting to return to the United States.
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The Ask

Kids and Climate Change: New Book Exposes Why Some Schools Fail to Teach the Science

In Miseducation, investigative journalist Katie Worth reveals big inequities in climate education and a gap that mirrors state politics.
November 15, 2021
by
Tara Lohan
In Miseducation, investigative journalist Katie Worth reveals big inequities in climate education and a gap that mirrors state politics.

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