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Environmental Books

This Land Is Our Land: New Books About Public Lands, the Threats They Face, and Their Ecological Importance

These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs.
April 16, 2025
by
John R. Platt and Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs.
Climate Change

As Heat Deaths Rise, Planting Trees Is Part of the Solution

But how do we ensure everyone has equal access to shade? Tucson, where heatwave mortality has soared, shows a path forward.
March 10, 2025
by
Karen Mockler
But how do we ensure everyone has equal access to shade? Tucson, where heatwave mortality has soared, shows a path forward.
Environmental Books

20 Books to Help Prepare for Trump 2.0

Whether they’re primers on environmental activism or a series on resisting autocrats, these books offer a chance to study up for the bumpy years ahead.
November 8, 2024
by
John R. Platt
Whether they’re primers on environmental activism or a series on resisting autocrats, these books offer a chance to study up for the bumpy years ahead.
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Climate Change

Voting in the Age of Climate Change: How to Vote After a Disaster

If you’re displaced by wildfire, a hurricane, or other extreme weather, here’s how to cast your ballot.
September 20, 2024
by
Grist
If you’re displaced by wildfire, a hurricane, or other extreme weather, here’s how to cast your ballot.
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Sustainability

Cities Respond to Global Pollinator Decline

From pocket parks to large-scale projects, cities around the world are working to reverse a troubling trend.
June 17, 2024
by
Molly McCluskey
From pocket parks to large-scale projects, cities around the world are working to reverse a troubling trend.
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Climate Change

Climate Education Suffers From Partisan Culture Wars

But teachers in many states are stepping up to the challenge and providing students with knowledge and tools for resilience.
July 26, 2023
by
Eduardo Garcia
But teachers in many states are stepping up to the challenge and providing students with knowledge and tools for resilience.
Commentaries

‘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.
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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.
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Climate Change

The Pinyon Jay’s Plight

Two culprits have pushed this keystone species to the brink in New Mexico.
November 2, 2022
by
Sara Van Note
Two culprits have pushed this keystone species to the brink in New Mexico.
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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.

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