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Op-Eds

‘Free Water’ Was Never Free, Writes a Historian of the American West

Subsidized water cultivated the West, but this required becoming increasingly profligate with the region’s scarcest resource.
November 28, 2022
by
Nate Housley
Subsidized water cultivated the West, but this required becoming increasingly profligate with the region’s scarcest resource.
Sunset behind the U.S. Capitol
Editorials

Election Denial Is the New Climate Denial — and Still a Threat

The midterms may have avoided a red wave, but there’s still blood (and some anti-science conspiracy theorists) in the water.
November 18, 2022
by
John R. Platt
The midterms may have avoided a red wave, but there’s still blood (and some anti-science conspiracy theorists) in the water.
Green wave dominates a blue ocean
Climate Change

Midterms 2022: A Green Wave on the Horizon?

While control of Congress remains unsettled, other races around the country reveal a growing — if precarious — tilt toward climate as a priority.
November 10, 2022
by
John R. Platt and Tara Lohan
While control of Congress remains unsettled, other races around the country reveal a growing — if precarious — tilt toward climate as a priority.
Hurricane Ian
Climate Change

How to Vote If You’ve Been Displaced by Hurricanes

There’s still time to find out how to cast your ballot, even if you’re dealing with other recovery efforts.
October 21, 2022
by
John R. Platt
There’s still time to find out how to cast your ballot, even if you’re dealing with other recovery efforts.
Voting sticker on leaves
Climate Change

30 Ways Environmentalists Can Participate in Democracy

Voting on election day is job one, but the planet needs your civic commitment every other day of the year, too.
October 12, 2022
by
John R. Platt
Voting on election day is job one, but the planet needs your civic commitment every other day of the year, too.
"I Voted" stickers
Op-Eds

Reform Our Elections to Secure a Sustainable Future

Both approval and ranked choice voting put fire under the feet of elected officials to do the right thing for the environment — or risk being voted out.
October 5, 2022
by
Kaleb Nyquist
Both approval and ranked choice voting put fire under the feet of elected officials to do the right thing for the environment — or risk being voted out.
A person uses binoculars to look out at a sunset
Climate Change

Back the Frack Off, ‘We Can’t Advertise the Meats’ and Other Links From the Brink

Don’t miss these environmental news stories about innovative laws, rising renewables and a “climate king.”
September 21, 2022
by
John R. Platt
Don’t miss these environmental news stories about innovative laws, rising renewables and a “climate king.”
dead bee surrounded by crime scene tape
Editorials

Let’s Put More Effort Into Investigating and Prosecuting Environmental Crimes

Uncovering environmental harms and crimes, and holding those responsible accountable, has never received enough priority. We need to correct that problem.
May 9, 2022
by
John R. Platt
Uncovering environmental harms and crimes, and holding those responsible accountable, has never received enough priority. We need to correct that problem.
livestock public lands
Op-Eds

Reform the Bureau of Land Management: Biden Must Succeed Where Obama Failed

An agency insider looks at a history of failure and sees long-delayed opportunities for change and progress.
January 19, 2021
by
Richard Spotts
An agency insider looks at a history of failure and sees long-delayed opportunities for change and progress.
Connecticut River
Op-Eds

Endgame Looms for New England’s Great River

After a half-century of failures, the recovery of the Connecticut River ecosystem hangs in the balance. Will authorities finally act to save it?
August 26, 2020
by
Karl Meyer
After a half-century of failures, the recovery of the Connecticut River ecosystem hangs in the balance. Will authorities finally act to save it?

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