Wild, Incisive, Fearless.

  • News
    • Extinction Countdown
    • Investigations
    • Wildlife
    • Climate Change
    • Oceans & Clean Water
    • Pollution & Toxins
    • Public Lands & Protected Spaces
    • Sustainability
  • Ideas
    • Voices
    • Editorials
    • Op-Eds
    • The Ask
    • Podcasts
  • Culture
    • Reviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Art
  • About

An initiative of the Center for Biological Diversity

An initiative of the Center for Biological Diversity

Wild, Incisive, Fearless.

Subscribe
  • News
    • Extinction Countdown
    • Investigations
    • Wildlife
    • Climate Change
    • Oceans & Clean Water
    • Pollution & Toxins
    • Public Lands & Protected Spaces
    • Sustainability
  • Ideas
    • Voices
    • Editorials
    • Op-Eds
    • The Ask
    • Podcasts
  • Culture
    • Reviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Art
  • About
  • News
    • Extinction Countdown
    • Investigations
    • Wildlife
    • Climate Change
    • Oceans & Clean Water
    • Pollution & Toxins
    • Public Lands & Protected Spaces
    • Sustainability
  • Ideas
    • Voices
    • Editorials
    • Op-Eds
    • The Ask
    • Podcasts
  • Culture
    • Reviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Art
  • About

States

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.
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.
Three bird in a tree and one in flight
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.
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.
Cedarlands Scout Reservation
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

Developers Loom As Boy Scouts Sell Thousands of Acres to Compensate Sexual Assault Victims

Conservation groups rush to preserve camps across the United States as some properties sell to the highest bidder. Will they succeed?
October 10, 2022
by
Jordan Gass-Poore’
Conservation groups rush to preserve camps across the United States as some properties sell to the highest bidder. Will they succeed?
two electric cars charging on street
Climate Change

Where the Environment Is on the Ballot — And Where It’s Not

In a stark contrast to recent election years, voters in just two states will decide on environmental issues this November. But there’s still a lot at stake.
October 7, 2022
by
Tara Lohan
In a stark contrast to recent election years, voters in just two states will decide on environmental issues this November. But there’s still a lot at stake.
Top of hoover dam with lake mead behind it showing fallen water level
Wildlife

Left Out to Dry: Wildlife Threatened by Colorado River Basin Water Crisis

Lost in much of the coverage of the region’s water woes is the ecological crisis caused by prolonged drought, climate warming and development.
September 12, 2022
by
Tara Lohan
Lost in much of the coverage of the region’s water woes is the ecological crisis caused by prolonged drought, climate warming and development.
person on roof of house installing panels
Climate Change

Time for Solar Energy to Shine

President Biden made waves with recent actions to boost solar manufacturing, but states have been busy, too.
July 5, 2022
by
Tara Lohan
President Biden made waves with recent actions to boost solar manufacturing, but states have been busy, too.
Natural gas flare in New Mexico desert
Climate Change

Oil and Gas Industry Tries to Hold Public Schools Hostage

Fossil fuel interest groups are telling New Mexicans: Let us keep drilling or the state’s education system will collapse.
May 4, 2022
by
Leanna First-Arai
Fossil fuel interest groups are telling New Mexicans: Let us keep drilling or the state’s education system will collapse.
Construction worker on roof in California
Op-Eds

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.

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 … Page 9 Next page

Subscribe to The Revelator’s weekly newsletter.

Wild, Incisive, Fearless.

  • About The Revelator
  • Reprints
  • Privacy Policy

An initiative of the Center for Biological Diversity