Public policy solutions need to grapple with, not ignore, this economic reality.
The Future
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New Godzilla movie makes a mess of environmental ethics
Once an allegory for the atomic bomb, the big lizard has come to represent climate change.
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A utility in coal country doubles down on renewables
‘You can politicize it all you want, but in the end economics is really what drives it.’
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Indigenous peoples are decolonizing virtual worlds
Video games have a malicious history of inaccurate portrayals of Indigenous characters.
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KDNK speaks with HCN correspondent Ben Goldfarb
Can considering the financial value of an ecosystem help save it?
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Postcards from fire
‘We will rise from the ashes, sweep them from our children’s hair.’
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Quoted: your favorite environmental thinkers
Suggestions from our readers.
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Should nature have standing to sue?
Even today, the natural world needs a co-plaintiff: us.
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Should we put a price on nature?
A nuanced look at ecosystem services.
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The New, New West
Introducing the 2014 Bell Prize winner.
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The unusual occupation at Utah’s Book Cliffs
They’re burning mad about climate change. Are you?
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Think of pollution as trespassing
Why take the ‘harms’ approach? Try this instead.
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Where can we say ‘Yes’ to oil and gas?
What we give up in so-called sacrifice zones.
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A Hot Day’s Night
New fiction from the author of ‘The Windup Girl.’
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Can Aldo Leopold’s land ethic tackle our toughest problems?
An argument for ‘voluntary decency.’
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
How faith plays into the new conservation debate
Two sides call a truce, at least for now.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
Introducing the idea of ‘hyperobjects’
A new way of understanding climate change and other phenomena.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
‘Real hunger’ creating demand for environmental philosophy
Descriptions of the West’s top programs.