Various People
Aug 3, 20205 min read
Coronavirus Chronicles / Reactions in a Time of Plague
An Ongoing Series A compendium of thoughts, reflections, asides or just whatever from a variety of writers, artists & everyday folks,...
Christopher Brown / All Photos: Christopher Brown
Jul 9, 20205 min read
FIELD NOTES / Wotan on the Beach
The first time I came to Port Aransas, I found the bayside nature preserve by following the simple rule of walking away from where...
Jedediah Purdy / The New Yorker
Jun 12, 20205 min read
Outside Sources / Environmentalism's Racist History
Madison Grant (Yale College 1887, Columbia Law School) liked to be photographed with a fedora, or just his dauntingly long head, tilted...
Christopher Brown / All Photos: Christopher Brown
Jun 7, 20207 min read
Field Notes / Black Nature Writing ~ Stories of Braver Solos
This column is about walking alone in nature. Mostly with an inclusive idea of what constitutes “nature”—the degraded urban wilderness of...
Christopher Brown / All Photos: Christopher Brown
May 17, 202010 min read
The Coyotes of Soylent Green
The coyotes have been getting rowdy this week. Monday night we heard one of those insane banshee chorales—a sudden eruption of alien...
Stanley Crawford
Oct 9, 20196 min read
THE GARLIC PAPERS — A SMALL GARLIC FARM IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL VAMPIRES
Every tenderfoot city-bred person like myself would benefit by reading my friend Stanley Crawford’s new work, The Garlic Papers — A Small...
Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico
Jul 2, 20191 min read
Outside Sources / Agriculture Department buries studies showing dangers of climate change
The Trump administration has refused to publicize dozens of government-funded studies that carry warnings about the effects of climate...
Luke Kemp / BBC Future
Mar 17, 20191 min read
Outside Sources / Are We on the Road to Civilization Collapse?
DEEP CIVILIZATION This article is part of a new BBC Future series about the long view of humanity, which aims to stand back from the...
Elliott Negin / Art: Dan Hubig © 2018
Dec 9, 20189 min read
Will Koch Pull the Plug on Electric Cars?
When multibillionaire industrialist Charles Koch perceives a potential threat to his fossil fuel empire, he doesn’t mess around. To...
Elliott Negin
Jun 27, 20185 min read
Judge Should Not Have Deferred to Congress, Executive Branch in Fossil-Fuel Climate Case
On Monday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by San Francisco and Oakland against the five biggest privately owned oil companies for...
Elliott Negin
May 3, 20186 min read
EPA Chief Pruitt Even Violates His Own Principles
With Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s job now hanging in the balance, it is a good time to recall that, just...
Elliott Negin
Dec 21, 20175 min read
Trump Vows To Kill 50 Years Of Federal Health And Safety Protections
President Trump wants to set the regulatory clock back to 1960, and last week he acted it out for the cameras. Wielding a pair of golden...
Elliott Negin
Oct 12, 20175 min read
Coal is Going Down, Even Without The Clean Power Plan
Last Monday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced he will repeal the Obama administration’s regulation to...