Bird Flu has Spread to Humans. How Worried Should We Be?

Two experts weigh in on the fast-developing situation.

Maureen Nandini Mitra KPFA - Terra Verde

The Darling 58 Debacle

Failed attempts to genetically engineer the American chestnut tree are a warning against rash solutions to complex problems.

Anne Petermann

Feds Preparing to Sign Off on Contentious Vermont Logging Plan

Environmental activists say the proposal threatens Green Mountain National Forest’s roadless areas and old-growth trees.

Will Solomon

Tackling Whale Entanglements Along the California Coast

Marine mammal advocates are fighting for access to information and pushing for change in the fishing industry.

Zoe Loftus-Farren KPFA - Terra Verde

The Los Angeles Wildfires Are Climate Disasters Compounded

Conditions for a January LA firestorm have not existed before now, writes a meteorologist and climate journalist.

Eric Holthaus The Guardian

Dreamscapes

Rune Guneriussen’s temporary sculptures tease out the ways in which humans both love and disturb nature.

Zoe Loftus-Farren

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Reviving Lost Relatives

Indigenous farmers in the US Southwest are bringing back traditional crop varieties and finding new ways to protect them.

Marisa Agha

Creating pathways for Farmworker Families to Access Affordable Housing

A pilot housing project aims to foster long-term social and economic stability for California’s agricultural workforce.

Hannah Wilton KPFA - Terra Verde

Refugee Seeds

The Israel-Hezbollah conflict threatens the Middle East’s most valued repositories of plant biodiversity.

Gary Paul Nabhan

Shuttered Radiation Lab Poses Ongoing Health Risks for California Bay Area Neighborhood

People living in the historically Black, working-class neighborhood near a toxic shipyard in Hunter's Point receive no better treatment than human radiation test subjects generations ago, say critics of US Navy.

Chris Roberts

The Most Important Environmental Stories of 2024

The past year brought big wins, major losses, and a bit of hope for 2025.

Jason Mark

Remembrance as Resistance

Authors Lauren Markham and Jason Mark on the power of words, and how the mere act of remembering can be action.

Maureen Nandini Mitra KPFA - Terra Verde

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