How the “peaceful atom” became a serial killer
This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch.When nuclear reactors blow, the first thing that melts down is the truth. Just as in the Chernobyl catastrophe almost 25 years ago when Soviet authorities...
View ArticleGlobal warming is burning down the American West
Arizona is burning. Texas, too. New Mexico is next. If you need a grim reminder that an already arid West is burning up and blowing away, here it is. As I write this, more than 700 square miles of...
View ArticleThe environment is an OWS issue
What if rising sea levels are yet another measure of inequality? What if the degradation of our planet's life-support systems -- its atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere -- goes hand in hand with the...
View ArticleCan conservation biology save the planet’s biodiversity?
My home sits at the gateway to a national park in Utah, a source of envy among tourists who gather along Capitol Reef’s “scenic drive.” But after 40 years of living in one desert or another, I know...
View ArticleChip Ward
A former grassroots organizer and librarian, Chip Ward writes from Torrey, Utah. He is the author of two books, “Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West” and “Hope’s Horizon: Three Visions for...
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