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  • artwork depicting an industrialized bootprint on a map of the EarthWelcome to the Anthropocene
    Supposedly we have entered a new geologic epoch: the Age of Man.
    What does this mean for our relationship with the natural world?
    Essays by David Biello, Raj Patel, Gus Speth, Ginger Strand, and others.
  • artwork depicting a sunrise over a forestRadiant Wildlands
    The radioactive forests near Chernobyl and Fukushima might be the
    ultimate Anthropocene environments. By Winifred Bird and Jane Braxton Little
  • slice of a collage artwork depicting a map of North America and animals, a crane lowering a wolf onto the mapReturn of the Wild
    Will humans make way for the greatest conservation experiment in centuries?
    By Adam Federman
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Latest News

Tim DeChristopher’s Case Reveals Obama Administration’s Selective Prosecution

Film Review: Bidder 70

by Ed Rampell – May 17, 2013

Bidder 70 is a stand-up-and-cheer documentary about an activist who made waves while sitting down. Shortly before the Bush regime left office W. leased vast swathes of federally-owned pristine acreage to developers for drilling and mining — an exploitation of public property…
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Remember When the IRS Targeted Environmental Organizations?

This isn’t the first time the agency has investigated political groups – just the first time it’s become a full-blown controversy

by Jason Mark – May 16, 2013

On Wednesday night President Obama, speaking from the East Room of the White House, called the IRS scrutiny of some 300 conservative groups “inexcusable.” “I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency, but especially in the IRS, given the…
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It’s Time for Drakes Estero to Run Wild

We should honor the 1976 public interest agreement and affirm “America’s greatest idea”

by Amy Trainer – May 15, 2013

Last November, then-Interior Secretary Ken Salazar made an historic decision for America’s national parks and wilderness legacy by honoring a decades-old agreement the government made to the people of the United States regarding Point Reyes National Seashore. Salazar decided to let the…
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Water Pollution Plagues Mexico’s Scenic Pacific Coast

Tourists largely unaware that industrial pollution from rivers upstream is making them sick

by Justine Kelly – May 14, 2013

Over the past few decades, Sayulita, a small fishing village along Mexico’s 200-mile Riviera Nayarit coastline, has grown into a boutique eco-tourism and retiree destination. It’s known among surfers for its consistent river mouth surf break. The town has a water treatment plant…
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Tennessee Governor Vetoes Ag-Gag Bill

Legislation is “constitutionally suspect,” says Gov Bill Haslam

by Maureen Nandini Mitra – May 13, 2013

Great Monday morning news! Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has just vetoed his state’s “ag-gag” bill that would have criminalized undercover investigations at horse stables and factory farm facilities. Photo by Tom HartA 2011 undercover investigation of a horse training facility in Tennessee revealed painful chemicals…
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Climate Milestone is a Moment of Symbolic Significance on Road of Idiocy

The only way forward is back: to retrace our steps and seek to return atmospheric concentrations to around 350ppm

by The Guardian UK – May 10, 2013

The data go back 800,000 years: that's the age of the oldest fossil air bubbles extracted from Dome C, an ice-bound summit in the high Antarctic. And throughout that time there has been nothing like this. At no point in the preindustrial record…
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A Race To Save A Continent

A British couple is running the length of South America for its wilderness and wildlife

by Patrick Holian – May 9, 2013

On the opening day of London’s 2012 Summer Olympics, Brits David and Katharine Lowrie, both in their 30s, kicked off their own race in Patagonia. The challenge? To run the length of South America unsupported, some 5000 miles south to north, in…
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Voices

Alex Steffen
The planetary futurist discusses what it will take to get to what he calls carbon zero.
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Eco Politics 2.0
Nathanael Johnson, author of the new book All Natural, explores a new strategy for environmental activism.
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Hack the Planet?
Should we begin researching atmospheric geoengineering to counteract global warming?
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Readers Poll
What do you think: Should we try geoengineering? Can we risk not to?
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