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Climate Change, Extinction and Other Frights: October’s Scariest Environmental Books

Who needs vampires or serial killers? These new books offer horrifying information — and thrilling solutions — on endangered species, sea-level rise, food security and corporate pollution.
October 7, 2019
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John R. Platt
Who needs vampires or serial killers? These new books offer horrifying information — and thrilling solutions — on endangered species, sea-level rise, food security and corporate pollution.
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Naomi Klein: Gearing up for the Political Fight of Our Lives

The author and activist talks about climate hope, grief and her new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal . 
September 16, 2019
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Tara Lohan
The author and activist talks about climate hope, grief and her new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal . 
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September’s Best Environmental Books: The Green New Deal, Vanishing Species and Effective Activism

This month brings important new books by Naomi Klein, photographer Joel Sartore, Jonathan Safran Foer and water activist Maude Barlow.
September 5, 2019
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John R. Platt
This month brings important new books by Naomi Klein, photographer Joel Sartore, Jonathan Safran Foer and water activist Maude Barlow.
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Environmental Books

Outlaw Oceans: Exposing Slavery, Overfishing and Other Abuses on the High Seas

Journalist Ian Urbina’s daring new book The Outlaw Ocean uncovers a dark world of exploitation on the high seas — a world that exists out of the public eye and beyond the rule of law.
August 20, 2019
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Steven T. Jones
Journalist Ian Urbina’s daring new book The Outlaw Ocean uncovers a dark world of exploitation on the high seas — a world that exists out of the public eye and beyond the rule of law.
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From Kochland to Standing Rock: Here Are the 16-plus Best Environmental Books of August

New books this month tackle tough issues related to climate change, extinction, Indigenous sovereignty, ocean conservation and a whole lot more.
August 1, 2019
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John R. Platt
New books this month tackle tough issues related to climate change, extinction, Indigenous sovereignty, ocean conservation and a whole lot more.
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Environmental Books

This Land: New Book Exposes the Biggest Threats to the Wild West

Journalist Christopher Ketcham explains why we’re running out of time to save the West’s public lands and wildlife.
July 16, 2019
by
Tara Lohan
Journalist Christopher Ketcham explains why we’re running out of time to save the West’s public lands and wildlife.
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Plastic, Insects, Salmon and Climate Change: The 13 Best Environmental Books of July

New books this month also examine environmental racism, wildlife coexistence and the history lessons of acid rain.
July 1, 2019
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John R. Platt
New books this month also examine environmental racism, wildlife coexistence and the history lessons of acid rain.
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Environmental Books

Up in Arms: New Book Explores the Bundys, Militias and the Battle Over Public Lands

Author John Temple takes a deep dive into the world of range wars and ‘patriot’ militia groups in the West, including the infamous Bundy clan.
June 25, 2019
by
Tara Lohan
Author John Temple takes a deep dive into the world of range wars and ‘patriot’ militia groups in the West, including the infamous Bundy clan.
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Extinction Risk and Rebellion: 15 Environmental Books Coming in June

This month brings new books from Greta Thunberg, Robert Macfarlane, the activists behind Extinction Rebellion and other conservation experts.
June 5, 2019
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John R. Platt
This month brings new books from Greta Thunberg, Robert Macfarlane, the activists behind Extinction Rebellion and other conservation experts.
Environmental Books

Untangling the Politics of Dam Removal

Most dam removals take years, often decades, of political, ecological and financial wrangling. A new book, Same River Twice, looks at three dam removals and what made them possible.
May 21, 2019
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Tara Lohan
Most dam removals take years, often decades, of political, ecological and financial wrangling. A new book, Same River Twice, looks at three dam removals and what made them possible.

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