Ecology & Environment

Latin America: We Don't Need Gringos to Destroy Our Environment

There is no moral component or lesson in Nature nor in Darwin's theory of evolution.

Dec 23, 2023 •

Why Climate Change and Social Justice Must be Addressed Separately

The following paragraph is from “Climate Policy After the Yellow Vests” (Dissent, spring 2019) by Colin Kinniburgh.

Dec 23, 2023 •

The Climate Justice Movement Splits from Environmentalists

The science behind climate change is well known: an overabundance of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, raising the average global temperature and causing…

Dec 23, 2023 •

The Essay Jonathan Franzen Should Have Written

The whole American birding community, which numbers in the millions if you count backyard bird feeder watchers, has its collective knickers in a twist…

Dec 23, 2023 •

Ecuador: China's Newest Client State

Some years back, linguist Noam Chomsky, one of the leading leftist intellectuals in the USA and a perpetual critic of American foreign policy, wrote a…

Dec 23, 2023 •

Planetary Report Card: Failing

WORLD POPULATION: 6.4 billion, over 4X the population at the start of the 20th century; will reach 9 billion by 2050, mostly in the poorest countries.

Dec 23, 2023 •

The American Left's Next and Last Opportunity

Starting around Earth Day 1970, the American Left had the opportunity to challenge capitalism but dropped the ball.

Dec 23, 2023 •

Saving the Earth: Are there Grounds for Optimism?

Given the debacle unfolding in Washington over how to rescue capitalism, it is time for a reality check.

Dec 23, 2023 •

Ending Poverty: A Great Idea Whose Time Will Never Come

The past three weeks I and my husband Eric spent in Peru, birding in cloud and rainforest, starting in Cuzco in the high Andes, then driving on…

Dec 23, 2023 •

The 21st century may witness the birth of a new Ellis Island, but it is one that will be orders of magnitude larger.

Dec 23, 2023 •

Nature Comes First; Nature Bats Last

A dialogue within the informal Ecology Committee of the US Green Party has been taking place which centers around economic theory and how it could be…

Dec 23, 2023 •

Redefining Urban Coastal Zones for Integration into Upland Ecosystems

So much of the shoreline of New York City is derelict and degraded that it is hard to recognize the magnificent estuarine environment that surrounds the…

Dec 23, 2023 •

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