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Battles Beneath the Surface
From the Alamo to Gettysburg, the battlefields of the United States’ many wars are commonplace across the country. Whether big or small,...
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Apr 8, 20155 min read


The More You GMO
In a nation where 75 percent of processed food contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Vermont reignited an already contentious...
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Mar 12, 20156 min read


Dr. Safelove
We cannot afford to lose another decade,” warned the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in April 2014, explaining...
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Mar 12, 20154 min read


Offshore Wind Farms: Spinning Towards a Cleaner Future
With growing alarm regarding climate change in the new millenium, the United States has energized efforts to utilize clean energy...
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Feb 25, 20154 min read


Caged Resistance: California’s Proposition 2 and Animal Welfare
January 1st, 2015 has been on every American egg farmer’s mind since 2008. On that date, California’s landmark Proposition 2, officially...
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Feb 22, 20156 min read


Beakers Versus Ballots: The Lack of Science Savvy Politicians
“I’m not a scientist.” Such was the key 2014 Republican talking point on climate change for both potential candidates and GOP party...
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Feb 17, 20156 min read


The Atmospheric Wasteland
Since Sputnik kicked off the space race, humans have steadily littered Earth’s orbit with derelict satellites, spent rocket stages and...
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Oct 22, 20143 min read


Bringing Home the Bakken
South Dakota might have one Washington on Mount Rushmore, but North Dakota has pockets lined with Benjamins. The state is experiencing an...
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Oct 22, 20146 min read


Things Stay the Same: Why Neoconservatives are Wrong
Roger Cohen wrote a recent op-ed in the New York Times lamenting what he referred to in the title of his column as “The Great...
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Oct 6, 20145 min read


Conservatism and Conservation: A Case for Environmentalism
Rick Perry, Republican governor of Texas and former candidate for the United States presidency, speaking about regulation on oil and gas...
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Sep 30, 20142 min read


A Watershed Moment: Californian Droughts Invite Compromise
It is abundantly clear to anyone visiting California this year that the state is in the midst of a catastrophe. The Central Valley is...
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Sep 24, 20144 min read


The Rocky Path to a Green Legacy
“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,”...
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Sep 2, 20147 min read


A Whale of a Problem: The US Navy and Environmentalism
During the 1990’s a team of researchers operating in the Mediterranean Sea discovered a mass stranding of beaked whales, a behavior...
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Jul 27, 20145 min read


Living Without Lights
The permanently emblazoned image of poverty is a toddler in some faraway place, his tattered clothes soiled by the filth in which he...
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Apr 30, 20144 min read


Reid’s Nuclear Gamble
Gay marriage bans are falling like dominos, and not just in liberal states — first in Utah, then Oklahoma, Virginia and, most recently,...
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Apr 1, 20145 min read


The Hidden Cost of the Emerald Cash Crop
Ed Rosenthal, well-known marijuana legalization activist. The Emerald Triangle has been looking more brown than green recently. With...
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Mar 16, 20147 min read


The Top Threat to Climate Change Action: Skepticism
Though climate change reform is the charge of the Democratic Party, the organization has allocated a disappointing amount of energy to...
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Mar 7, 20143 min read


We (Were) All In This Together: What Happened to Addressing Climate Change?
When “An Inconvenient Truth” came out in 2006, introducing the severity of climate change to a mass audience, it seemed like the new buzz...
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Mar 5, 20146 min read


Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the Supreme Court, Part 2
Hello readers, and welcome to the coldest March that I’ve experienced in some time. The federal government was closed on Monday because...
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Mar 5, 20145 min read


The $100 Million Man
How much does it cost to win a gubernatorial election? Or to kick out an incumbent Republican Senator? How much does it cost to save the...
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Feb 21, 20142 min read
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