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Commentaries

Developing the Hills Won’t Solve the West’s Housing Crisis

Building millions of needed residential units could destroy vital wildlands. We can house people and protect the environment at the same time.
April 29, 2022
by
Nicholas Crane Moore
Building millions of needed residential units could destroy vital wildlands. We can house people and protect the environment at the same time.
Environmental Books

The Four Most Thought-provoking Environmental Books Coming in February

New books hitting shelves this month ask if we’re doomed (or at least how badly) while laying out critical solutions to the climate crisis.
February 7, 2019
by
John R. Platt
New books hitting shelves this month ask if we’re doomed (or at least how badly) while laying out critical solutions to the climate crisis.
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Commentaries

Urban Ecology: A Bright Future for Sustainable Cities

People often think of urban landscapes as concrete dystopias, but the future may reside in cities that can sustain both people and nature.
December 14, 2018
by
John Lieber
People often think of urban landscapes as concrete dystopias, but the future may reside in cities that can sustain both people and nature.
Straws
Commentaries

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?
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Commentaries

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.
border fence
Investigations

A Border Betrayed: Communities in U.S. and Mexico at Risk From Sewage, Pollution and Disease

President Trump and Congress ignore the nation’s poorest residents along the U.S.-Mexican border, where an environmental health crisis threatens millions of lives.
February 27, 2018
by
John Dougherty
President Trump and Congress ignore the nation’s poorest residents along the U.S.-Mexican border, where an environmental health crisis threatens millions of lives.
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Sustainability

Revelator Reads: 6 New Environmental Books for the New Year

This month’s new books cover climate change, gorillas, warfare and…Godzilla?
January 3, 2018
by
John R. Platt
This month’s new books cover climate change, gorillas, warfare and…Godzilla?
population
Editorials

4 Thoughts on World Population Day

We need to solve runaway human population growth if we hope to fix any other environmental problems.
July 11, 2017
by
John R. Platt
We need to solve runaway human population growth if we hope to fix any other environmental problems.

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