News and commentary about environmental issues.

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• Atomic Priesthoods, Thorn Landscapes, and Munchian Pictograms How to communicate the dangers of nuclear waste to future civilizations.
  Juliet Lapidos Nov. 16, 2009
  
• Don't Sweat the Invasion Why foreign plants and animals may not be that bad.
  Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow Nov. 4, 2009
  
• Better Off on Big Farms For workers in agriculture, size matters.
  Tracie McMillan Nov. 2, 2009
  
• Skunks From a continuing series on revolting creatures.
  Constance Casey Oct. 12, 2009
  
• Revolting Creatures A series of unlovely profiles.
  Aug. 20, 2009
  
• Endangered in South Africa Watching wildlife with white people.
  Brendan Borrell Aug. 18, 2009
  
• Are Organic Veggies Better for You? Maybe, or maybe not. Either way, it's a useless debate.
  James E. McWilliams Aug. 5, 2009
  
• "These Dirty Filthy Mud-Turtles" From a continuing series on revolting creatures.
  Constance Casey July 23, 2009
  
• Living on Canada's Oil Must we really choose between energy security and a climate disaster?
  Michael A. Levi June 19, 2009
  
• Frying Nemo Do fish feel pain?
  Michael Agger May 29, 2009
  
• The Politics of Climate Hacking What happens if one country decides to start geoengineering on its own?
  Eli Kintisch April 29, 2009
  
• Blood for No Oil? Our obsession with climate change is killing off animals left and right.
  Brendan Borrell April 21, 2009
  
• The Pesticide Push A last-minute decision by the Bush administration to change the way pesticides are labeled needs to be undone.
  James E. McWilliams April 21, 2009
  
• Feeling Sluggish From a continuing series on revolting creatures.
  Constance Casey April 17, 2009
  
• Barking Up the Wrong Tree Why "green jobs" may not save the economy or the environment.
  Michael A. Levi March 4, 2009
  
• When Green Is Another Word for Cheap Hotels' linen-reuse programs get me fuming. Which eco-marketing gimmicks do you find most annoying?
  Jill Hunter Pellettieri March 3, 2009
  
• Vulture World From a continuing series on revolting creatures.
  Constance Casey Feb. 2, 2009
  
• The Green Monster Could Frankenfoods be good for the environment?
  James E. McWilliams Jan. 28, 2009