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Israel Is Salting the Earth

‘What Israel effectively has been doing is creating a dead zone’ Much as the U.S. sprayed agent orange on Vietnam, warfare repeats itself. Such tactics are in line with a “legacy of colonial...

Invasive Plant Drives Ecological Change 

By Lyle Lewis / Mongabay The Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness was part of the original class of lands designated under the United States’ 1964 Wilderness Act: 1.3 million acres, or about 526,000 hectares...

War Kills More Than People

The Global Shockwaves of the Iran–Israel–US Conflict When bombs fall in the Middle East, the world feels it — not just through news reports, but in skyrocketing energy bills, rising food prices...

We Should Not Take Sides

“To be an Enemy of America is Dangerous but to be a Friend is Fatal.” This is another reason why the United States should sign UNCLOS and not act unilaterally to permit deep sea mining in areas beyond...

Pollution From Mostly Unregulated Commercial Space Activities

By Bob Berwyn / Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News (hyperlink to the original story), a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy...

CFC Replacements Cause Vast ‘forever chemical’ Pollution 

CFC replacements cause vast ‘forever chemical’ pollution – new research Lucy Hart, Lancaster University and Ryan Hossaini, Lancaster University When the phaseout of ozone-destroying...

Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands

Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab. Stan Kroenke doesn’t need federal help to make a business flourish. He is worth an estimated $20 billion, a fortune that has...

Talking The Wrong Way About Carbon 

The climate movement is talking about carbon all wrong, a new book argues Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” the environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life...